BCCI announces schedule for Australia, New Zealand series

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officially announced the schedule on Thursday for the upcoming limited overs series against Australia and New Zealand.

Australia will kick-start their tour with a warm-up game against Board President’s XI in Chennai before playing the first ODI on September 17 at the same venue.

Meanwhile, New Zealand will play two warm-up games in the lead up to their first ODI at Mumbai on October 22. Pune (Oct 25) and Kanpur (Oct 29) will host the remaining fixtures of the one-day series.

The Greenfield Stadium



in Thiruvananthapuram and Barsapara Cricket Stadium at Guwahati will host their maiden international fixtures.

Fixtures: Australia tour: 1st ODI: Chennai (Sept 17); 2nd ODI: Kolkata (Sept 21); 3rd ODI: Indore (Sept 24); 4th ODI: Bengaluru (Sept 28); 5th ODI: Nagpur (Oct 1); 1st T20I: Ranchi (Oct 7); 2nd T20I: Guwahati (Oct 10); 3rd T20I: Hyderabad (Oct 13).

New Zealand tour: 1st ODI: Mumbai (Oct 22); 2nd ODI: Pune (Oct 25); 3rd ODI: Kanpur (Oct 29); 1st T20I: Delhi (Nov 1); 2nd T20I: Rajkot (Nov 4); 3rd T20I: Thiruvananthapuram (Nov 7).