BCCI release venues dates for Australia, NZ series
The home series against New Zealand will witness India playing the three One-Day Internationals and as many Twenty20 Internationals.
Team India will kick-start their 2018-2019 home campaign with the five-match ODI series against Australia, the first of which will be played in Chennai on September 17 and the final match will be played on 13 October in Hyderabad. The Board of Control for Cricket in India also finally shared the venues and dates for New Zealand trip to India.
Following the series opener in Chennai, India and Australia travel more than 1300 kilometres for their next ODI in Kolkata on the 21st. The third ODI will take place in Indore, while both teams travel back down south for the fourth ODI in Bangalore on the 28th. The final ODI will be held in Nagpur on October 1st. The three T20Is will be held in Ranchi, Guwahati and Hyderabad respectively, at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati hosting its first international game.
The home series against New Zealand will witness India playing the three One-Day Internationals and as many Twenty20 Internationals. The ODIs will be hosted by Mumbai, Pune and Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association while the T20Is will be hosted by Delhi, Rajkot and Thiruvananthapuram. Both UPCA and Thiruvananthapuram will be making their international debuts with the said matches.
The ODI series begins on 22nd October, with the second and third games played on 25th and 29th. The T20Is will be played on 1st, 4th and 7th November.