Cricket
India will begin the 7-week home series against the West Indies on October 4
Updated : Sep 04, 2018, 04:23 PM IST
India will begin its seven-week home series against the West Indies with a Test match at Rajkot on October 4, less than a week after the completion of the Asia Cup.
The BCCI on Tuesday announced the fixtures of the home series against West Indies which will culminate on November 11.
"The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announce the schedule for the forthcoming home series against West Indies set to be played from October 4 to November 11, 2018. India will play 2 Tests, 5 ODIs & 3 T20Is during this tenure," BCCI secretary Amitabh Choudhary said in a release.
The opening Test will be held at Rajkot from October 4 to 8, followed by the second Test from October 12 to 16 at Hyderabad.
The five-match ODI series will begin on October 21 at Guwahati, followed by the second ODI on October 24th at Indore and third ODI at Pune on October 27th. The final two one-dayers will be held at Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram on October 29th and November 1.
The one-dayers will be followed by the three T20 Internationals to be held at Kolkata (November 4), Lucknow (November 6) and Chennai (November 11).
The Indian team is currently playing against England in the five-match Test series where they are lagging 1-3 after the fourth Test. The final Test begins on Friday at London.
India sans Virat Kohli will then play the Asia Cup to be held from September 15 to September 28, featuring Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan and a qualifier.
TESTS:
India vs West Indies 1st Test: 4-8 October in Rajkot
India vs West Indies 2nd Test: 12-16 October in Hyderabad
ODIs:
India vs West Indies 1st ODI: 21st October in Guwahati
India vs West Indies 2nd ODI: 24th October in Indore
India vs West Indies 3rd ODI: 27th October in Pune
India vs West Indies 4th ODI: 29th October in Mumbai
India vs West Indies 5th ODI: 1st November in Thiruvananthapuram
T20Is:
India vs West Indies 1st T20I: 4th November in Kolkata
India vs West Indies 2nd T20I: 6th November in Lucknow
India vs West Indies 3rd T20I: 11th November in Chennai
(With PTI Inputs)