Nagpur, Chennai, Guwahati, Ranchi and Ahmedabad will host the 5 Exams of Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which can finish a busy 2026-27 residence season for India, by which they’re set to host as many as 4 bilateral excursions. The 4 groups touring are West Indies (three ODIs and 5 T20Is from September 27 to October 17), Sri Lanka (three ODIs and three T20Is from December 13 to 27), Zimbabwe (three ODIs from January 3 to 9) and Australia (5 Exams from January 21 to March 7).
Zimbabwe’s go to can be their first for a bilateral sequence in India since 2002.
The season can even mark Bengaluru’s return to internet hosting worldwide cricket for first time since stampede final June that led to lack of 11 lives outdoors Chinnaswamy Stadium. The bottom will host the fifth T20I in opposition to West Indies on October 17 and the second ODI in opposition to Sri Lanka on December 16.
Bengaluru is one in all 5 venues that can host two worldwide matches over the season. The others are Guwahati (second ODI in opposition to West Indies and third Check in opposition to Australia), Hyderabad (fourth T20I in opposition to West Indies and second ODI in opposition to Zimbabwe), Ranchi (second T20I in opposition to West Indies and fourth Check in opposition to Australia) and Ahmedabad (third ODI in opposition to Sri Lanka and fifth Check in opposition to Australia).
Guwahati, which hosted its inaugural Check in November 2025, is ready to host a Check match for a second consecutive season.
One notable fixture on the listing is first ODI in opposition to Sri Lanka in Delhi, which is scheduled for December 13. Over latest years, Delhi has skilled extreme air air pollution within the winter months, with an India-Sri Lanka Check in 2017 marred by gamers experiencing respiratory issue and nausea. Final 12 months, the BCCI initially scheduled a Check match in Kolkata in opposition to West Indies in October and one in opposition to South Africa in Delhi in November. These fixtures were later swapped to permit Delhi to host the match that occurred earlier than the air pollution spike that sometimes happens across the time of Diwali.
India’s 2026-27 residence fixtures
Three ODIs vs West Indies Thiruvananthapuram (September 27), Guwahati (September 30), New Chandigarh (October 3)
5 T20Is vs West Indies Lucknow (October 6), Ranchi (October 9), Indore (October 11), Hyderabad (October 14), Bengaluru (October 17)
Three ODIs vs Sri Lanka Delhi (December 13), Bengaluru (December 16), Ahmedabad (December 19)
Three T20Is vs Sri Lanka Rajkot (December 22), Cuttack (December 24), Pune (December 27)
Three ODIs vs Zimbabwe Kolkata (January 3), Hyderabad (January 6), Mumbai (January 9)
5 Exams vs Australia Nagpur (January 21-25), Chennai (January 29-February 2), Guwahati (February 11-15), Ranchi (February 19-23), Ahmedabad (March 3-7).
