BCCI confirms venues, schedule for New Zealand's white-ball tour

Sunday - 15/06/2025 06:16

Baroda, Rajkot and Indore will host the three-match ODI series preceding the five T20Is

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has officially announced the venues and schedule for New Zealand's tour of India in early 2026. The tour will consist of three One Day International (ODI) matches and five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.

India to host New Zealand for ODI and T20I series.

India will host New Zealand for three ODIs, five T20Is next year. © AFP

Baroda, Rajkot, and Indore have been selected to host the ODI series, while Nagpur, Raipur, Guwahati, Visakhapatnam, and Thiruvananthapuram will be the battlegrounds for the T20I series. The announcement was made following the BCCI Apex Council Meeting held on Saturday, June 14th.

The New Zealand tour is set to commence on January 11, 2026, with the first ODI in Baroda. Rajkot will host the second ODI on January 14, followed by the third and final ODI in Indore on January 18. The T20I series will then unfold, with matches scheduled for January 21, 23, 25, 28, and 31.

Here is the complete schedule:

Match	Date	Venue	Time
1st ODI	Sun, 11-Jan-26	Baroda	1:30 PM
2nd ODI	Wed, 14-Jan-26	Rajkot	1:30 PM
3rd ODI	Sun, 18-Jan-26	Indore	1:30 PM
1st T20I	Wed, 21-Jan-26	Nagpur	7:00 PM
2nd T20I	Fri, 23-Jan-26	Raipur	7:00 PM
3rd T20I	Sun, 25-Jan-26	Guwahati	7:00 PM
4th T20I	Wed, 28-Jan-26	Vizag	7:00 PM
5th T20I	Sat, 31-Jan-26	Trivandrum	7:00 PM

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