India National Cricket Team Schedule 2026-27: Full Fixtures, Dates and Venues

India's 2026-27 international calendar is one of the busiest in recent memory: 22 home internationals across 17 cities, a full multi-format tour of New Zealand, and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to close it out. Here is every confirmed fixture for the India national cricket team, with venues and Indian Standard Time start times.

India's next match

India play a one-off T20I against Japan at the Sano International Cricket Ground on 22 September 2026, a first-ever meeting between the two sides. The Asian Games T20 competition in Japan runs through the same window, from 19 September to 4 October.

India arrive off a 3-0 T20I sweep of Afghanistan in the Friendship Cup and a two-Test tour of Sri Lanka in August.

India tour of Japan, 2026

| Date | Match | Venue | Time (IST) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Tue, 22 Sep | One-off T20I | Sano International Cricket Ground, Sano | 9:30 AM |

West Indies tour of India, 2026

India's home season opens on 27 September with three ODIs and five T20Is against the West Indies.

| Date | Match | Venue | Time (IST) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Sun, 27 Sep | 1st ODI | Trivandrum | 2:00 PM | | Wed, 30 Sep | 2nd ODI | Guwahati | 2:00 PM | | Sat, 3 Oct | 3rd ODI | New Chandigarh | 2:00 PM | | Tue, 6 Oct | 1st T20I | Lucknow | 7:00 PM | | Fri, 9 Oct | 2nd T20I | Ranchi | 7:00 PM | | Sun, 11 Oct | 3rd T20I | Indore | 7:00 PM | | Wed, 14 Oct | 4th T20I | Hyderabad | 7:00 PM | | Sat, 17 Oct | 5th T20I | Bengaluru | 7:00 PM |

India tour of New Zealand, 2026

The longest away assignment of the season — five T20Is, five ODIs and two World Test Championship matches spread over six weeks.

| Date | Match | Venue | | --- | --- | --- | | Thu, 22 Oct | 1st T20I | Hagley Oval, Christchurch | | Sat, 24 Oct | 2nd T20I | Hagley Oval, Christchurch | | Tue, 27 Oct | 3rd T20I | Wellington | | Fri, 30 Oct | 4th T20I | Eden Park, Auckland | | Sun, 1 Nov | 5th T20I | Seddon Park, Hamilton | | Wed, 4 Nov | 1st ODI | Eden Park, Auckland | | Sat, 7 Nov | 2nd ODI | Wellington | | Tue, 10 Nov | 3rd ODI | Seddon Park, Hamilton | | Fri, 13 Nov | 4th ODI | Mount Maunganui | | Sun, 15 Nov | 5th ODI | Mount Maunganui | | 19-23 Nov | 1st Test | Wellington | | 27 Nov - 1 Dec | 2nd Test | Christchurch |

White-ball matches in New Zealand start in the morning IST — 12:30 PM for T20Is and 7:30 AM for ODIs.

Sri Lanka tour of India, 2026

| Date | Match | Venue | Time (IST) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Sun, 13 Dec | 1st ODI | Delhi | 2:00 PM | | Wed, 16 Dec | 2nd ODI | Bengaluru | 2:00 PM | | Sat, 19 Dec | 3rd ODI | Ahmedabad | 2:00 PM | | Tue, 22 Dec | 1st T20I | Rajkot | 7:00 PM | | Thu, 24 Dec | 2nd T20I | Cuttack | 7:00 PM | | Sun, 27 Dec | 3rd T20I | Pune | 7:00 PM |

Zimbabwe tour of India, 2027

| Date | Match | Venue | Time (IST) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Sun, 3 Jan | 1st ODI | Kolkata | 2:00 PM | | Wed, 6 Jan | 2nd ODI | Hyderabad | 2:00 PM | | Sat, 9 Jan | 3rd ODI | Mumbai | 2:00 PM |

Australia tour of India, 2027 — Border-Gavaskar Trophy

The season ends with a five-Test series against Australia, part of the 2025-27 World Test Championship cycle. Guwahati hosts a Border-Gavaskar Test for the first time.

| Date | Match | Venue | Time (IST) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 21-25 Jan | 1st Test | Nagpur | 9:30 AM | | 29 Jan - 2 Feb | 2nd Test | Chennai | 9:30 AM | | 11-15 Feb | 3rd Test | Guwahati | 9:00 AM | | 19-23 Feb | 4th Test | Ranchi | 9:30 AM | | 27 Feb - 3 Mar | 5th Test | Ahmedabad | 9:30 AM |

Format-wise summary

| Format | Matches remaining in 2026-27 | | --- | --- | | Tests | 7 (2 in New Zealand, 5 vs Australia) | | ODIs | 14 (3 vs WI, 5 in NZ, 3 vs SL, 3 vs ZIM) | | T20Is | 11 (1 vs Japan, 5 vs WI, 5 in NZ) |

Where to watch

Home internationals and India's overseas tours are broadcast on television and streamed digitally in India through the rights holders for each board's season. Ticketing for home matches is handled by the respective state associations, usually announced two to three weeks before each fixture.

Fixtures, venues and timings can change. We update this page whenever the BCCI or a host board revises the calendar — check the full fixtures page for the latest.