BCCI announces schedule for home series against Australia and South Africa

India's home series against Australia will begin on September 20 followed by the full limited-overs series against South Africa on September 28 as BCCI announced a detailed schedule for India's home season on Wednesday. Australia is slated to tour India for three T20Is while South Africa will play three T20Is and as many ODIs.

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Mohali will host the first T20I against Australia with Nagpur and Hyderabad hosting the second and third respectively. However, the home series against South Africa will begin in Thiruvananthapuram on September 28. The second T20I will be played on October 2 Gandhi Jayanti, to mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi at Guwahati. However, the last T20I will be held at Indore.

The action will then shift to Lucknow on October 6 where the ODI series will get underway. Ranchi and Delhi will host the second and third ODI on October 9 and 11 respectively.

Both the series will be treated as a preparation for the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia.

"Mohali will host the first T20I against Australia with Nagpur and Hyderabad hosting the second and third respectively. The home series against South Africa will begin in Thiruvananthapuram."

"The second T20I will be played on October 2, 2022, Gandhi Jayanti, to mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi at Guwahati, followed by the last T20I at Indore."

the statement from the board read

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Meanwhile, India is currently busy playing a five-match T20I series against West Indies. Their next assignment will be a three-match ODI series in Zimbabwe followed by the Asia Cup 2022 in UAE starting August 27.

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