New Delhi: BCCI today announced the venues for West Indies and Australia series in 2018/19 as Hyderabad and Rajkot will host two Test matches against the West Indies while Delhi will conduct a One-Day International against Australia.
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The Indian team will play only three Test matches at home — the historic first against Afghanistan in June along with two more against West Indies in October post Diwali.
Apart from that, India also host the Windies for five ODI’s in Mumbai, Guwahati, Kochi, Indore and Pune in early November.
The series will end with three T20 Internationals scheduled at Kolkata, Chennai and Kanpur. The Kolkata T20 will held on November 4 but dates for other matches are yet to be released.
CAB president Sourav Ganguly was a special invitee (as technical committee chairman) at the Tours and Fixtures Committee meeting today.
Apart from Ganguly, acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhary, GM (Cricket Operations) Saba Karim and Rajan Tiwary were present. CEO Rahul Johri is in Dubai for a strategic group meeting of ICC while acting president CK Khanna didn’t attend due to personal reasons.
India will leave for Australia after the Twenty20 series for a two-month long tour.
They will again host Australia for five ODIs and two T20 Internationals in February-March.
The five ODIs will be held in Mohali (February 24), Hyderabad (February 27), Nagpur (March 2), Delhi (March 5) and Ranchi (March 8).
The two T20 Internationals will be held in Bengaluru (March 10) and Visakhapatnam (March 13).
When contacted, BCCI acting president CK Khanna told PTI:”It is only good that Delhi gets to host matches in March as there won’t be any problems of air pollution like it happened during the Sri Lanka Test match, last December.
Venues for West Indies and Australia series in 2018/19
West Indies series:
1st ODI: Mumbai 1st T20: Kolkata 1st Test: Hyderabad
2nd ODI:Guwahati 2nd T20: Chennai 2nd Test: Delhi
3rd ODI:Kochi 3rd T20: Kanpur
4th ODI:Indore
5th ODI: Pune
Australia series 2019:
1st ODI: Mohali (February 24) 1st T20: Bengaluru (March 10)
2nd ODI: Hyderabad (February 27) 2nd T20: Visakhapatnam (March 13)
3rd ODI: Nagpur (March 2)
4th ODI: Delhi (March 5)
5th ODI: Ranchi (March 8)
