BCCI announced the Indian Cricket schedule 2023 for the upcoming MasterCard home series against Sri Lanka, New Zealand, and Australia on Thursday. India's 2022-23 international home season will begin in January 3 with a three-match T20I and three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka.
According to the announcement, India has to play 9 ODIs, 6 T20s, and 4 Tests at home next year. All these matches will be played within 78 days. These tours are important in terms of preparations for the ODI World Cup 2023 to be hosted by India in October-November next year. Team India will play 11 matches in the month of January. These include 6 ODIs and 5 T20s. They have to play white ball matches against New Zealand after Sri Lanka. The last match of the T20 series against the Kiwis will be played on February 1.
At the same time, Australia's tour is going to be big, because the Border-Gavaskar Trophy of 4 Tests will be played here as well as 3 ODIs. In the next three months, teams from three countries will come to India to play matches, and till March matches will be played continuously. Sri Lanka and New Zealand teams will tour India in January. While the Australian team will be in India in February and March.
Indian Cricket Schedule 2023:
India's Schedule for Sri Lanka Series
Sr. No. | Day | Date | Match | Venue |
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1 | Tuesday | 3rd January | 1st T20I | Mumbai |
2 | Thursday | 5th January | 2nd T20I | Pune |
3 | Saturday | 7th January | 3rd T20I | Rajkot |
4 | Tuesday | 10th January | 1st ODI | Guwahati |
5 | Thursday | 12th January | 2nd ODI | Kolkata |
6 | Sunday | 15th January | 3rd ODI | Kerala |
India's Schedule for New Zealand Series
Sr. No. | Day | Date | Match | Venue |
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1 | Wednesday | 18th January | 1st ODI | Hyderabad |
2 | Saturday | 21st January | 2nd ODI | Raipur |
3 | Tuesday | 24th January | 3rd ODI | Indore |
4 | Friday | 27th January | 1st T20I | Ranchi |
5 | Sunday | 29th January | 2nd T20I | Lucknow |
6 | Wednesday | 1st February | 3rd T20I | Ahmedabad |
India's Schedule for Australia Series
Sr. No. | Date | Match | Venue |
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1 | 9th – 13th February | 1st Test | Nagpur |
2 | 17th – 21st February | 2nd Test | Delhi |
3 | 1st – 5th March | 3rd Test | Dharamsala |
4 | 9th – 13th March | 4th Test | Ahmedabad |
5 | 17th March | 1st ODI | Mumbai |
6 | 19th March | 2nd ODI | Vizag |
7 | 22nd March | 3rd ODI | Chennai |