INDIA'S HOME STRETCH

BCCI confirms dates, venues for Australia, NZ series

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India and Australia will begin the series with the opening ODI in Chennai © Agencies

India will kick start their home leg of the 2017-18 season with the five-match ODI series against Australia, the first of which will be played in Chennai on September 17, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced through a media release on Thursday (September 7).

With just 10 days to go for Australia series against India to begin, BCCI had left many in the lurch having failed to announce the venues for the ODI and the T20I series. On Thursday, however, BCCI also shared the venues and dates for New Zealand's trip to India, during which they will play three ODIs and three T20Is.

While the venues for the Australia series, is on expected lines, with BCCI sticking to the venues it had announced early in August, there have been some changes made for the New Zealand series. Kanpur and Cuttack, centres which were earmarked to host an ODI and a T20I against New Zealand, have been replaced by UPCA Stadium and Thiruvananthapuram respectively.

Following the series opener in Chennai, India and Australia travel more than 1300 kilometers 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, with 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 marking 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.

Full Schedule

Australia tour of India, 2017

12 Sept 1st Warm-up Chennai 17 Sept 1st ODI Chennai 21 Sept 2nd ODI Kolkata 24 Sept 3rd ODI Indore 28 Sept 4th ODI Bengaluru 1 Oct 5th ODI Nagpur 7 Oct 1st T20I Ranchi 10 Oct 2nd T20I Guwahati 13 Oct 3rd T20I Hyderabad

New Zealand tour of India, 2017

17 Oct 1st Warm-up CCI, Mumbai 19 Oct 2nd Warm-up CCI, Mumbai 22 Oct 1st ODI Mumbai 25 Oct 2nd ODI Pune 29 Oct 3rd ODI UPCA 1 Nov 1st T20I Delhi 4 Nov 2nd T20I Rajkot 7 Nov 3rd T20I Thiruvananthapuram

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