NEW DELHI: India will kick off their home cricket season against Bangladesh in Sept­e­mber before hosting New Zealand in October and England next year, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Thursday.

India will welcome Bang­ladesh for a two-match Test series, which will be played in Chennai and Kanpur from September 19-23 and September 27-October 1. It will be followed by three Twenty20s in Dha­ramsala, Delhi and Hyderabad.

They will then host the Black Caps for three Tests, with the first Test starting on October 16 in Bengaluru.

England will visit India in January next year to play five T20s and three One-day Internationals. Chen­nai, Kolkata, Rajkot, Pune and Mumbai will be the venues for the T20s while Nagpur, Cuttack and Ahm­e­dabad will host the ODIs.

England’s tour of India will begin on January 22 and conclude on February 12.

Published in Dawn, June 21st, 2024