The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) yesterday announced the schedule of the upcoming home series against New Zealand comprising three ODIs and as many Twenty20 Internationals. The series will start on October 22 in Mumbai, just over a week after the conclusion of Australia’s tour of India. India had last hosted Kiwis for a five match ODI series in 2016 which the former won 4-1. New Zealand will play two warm up matches before the series begins, on October 17 and October 19 in Mumbai. The final ODI will be hosted in Uttar Pradesh. However, the venue for the match is yet to be confirmed by the UPCA.
India had hosted New Zealand for a four-match Test series in late 2016 that New Zealand lost 4-0. It was the last series in which MS Dhoni played as India’s captain in limited overs cricket. The three T20Is against New Zealand will be held in New Delhi (Nov 1), Rajkot (Nov 4) and Thiruvananthapuram (Nov 7).
Here is the full schedule:
October 17: 1st warm-up match, CCI, Mumbai
October 19: 2nd Warm-up match, CCI, Mumbai
October 22: 1st ODI, Mumbai
October 25: 2nd ODI, Pune
October 29: 3rd ODI, to be hosted by UPCA, venue yet to be decided
November 1: 1st T20I, Delhi
November 4: 2nd T20I, Rajkot
November 7: 3rd T20I, Thiruvananthapuram.
