NEW DELHI: Delhi will host a test match after more than five years when Pat Cummins’ Australia travel to India for the four-game Border-Gavaskar top-flight series in February-March next year.
Three other centers strongly tipped to host the remaining tests are Ahmedabad, Dharamsala and Chennai.
The series will be very important as it will be India’s last four games in the second edition of the World Trials Championship (WTC). In fact, to qualify for the summit clash, India might have to beat Australia 4-0, which could be a Herculean task for Rohit Sharma’s men.
The series is traditionally a four Test affair, but will be contested over five matches at the next ICC Future Tours & Program (FTP), starting in 2024.
According to BCCI’s rotation formula, Delhi, which has missed out for the two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, is poised to get one of the Test matches. The city last hosted a test against Sri Lanka in December 2017.
“Delhi is likely to host the second of four Test matches from now on. The dates will be known as the Touring and Fixtures Committee holds its meeting. Dharamsala, which hosted its first and only Test there is almost six years, against Australia in March 2017, will likely host the third Test,” a senior BCCI official told PTI on condition of anonymity.
It is understood Australia will in all likelihood start the series in Chennai or Hyderabad as Bengaluru hosted a test match against Sri Lanka earlier this year. It was a day/night test.
Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad is set to host the series finale.
A decision has yet to be made on which of the four events will be a day/night affair.
The BCCI has held three pink ball tests so far – the first in the country against Bangladesh at Eden Gardens, one against England in Motera and the latest against Sri Lanka in Bangalore.
After the COVID-19 induced hiatus, BCCI staged eight test matches including four against England in 2021 (Chennai and Ahmedabad), two against New Zealand (Kanpur and Mumbai) and two against Sri Lanka (Chandigarh and Bengaluru).
Three other centers strongly tipped to host the remaining tests are Ahmedabad, Dharamsala and Chennai.
The series will be very important as it will be India’s last four games in the second edition of the World Trials Championship (WTC). In fact, to qualify for the summit clash, India might have to beat Australia 4-0, which could be a Herculean task for Rohit Sharma’s men.
The series is traditionally a four Test affair, but will be contested over five matches at the next ICC Future Tours & Program (FTP), starting in 2024.
According to BCCI’s rotation formula, Delhi, which has missed out for the two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, is poised to get one of the Test matches. The city last hosted a test against Sri Lanka in December 2017.
“Delhi is likely to host the second of four Test matches from now on. The dates will be known as the Touring and Fixtures Committee holds its meeting. Dharamsala, which hosted its first and only Test there is almost six years, against Australia in March 2017, will likely host the third Test,” a senior BCCI official told PTI on condition of anonymity.
It is understood Australia will in all likelihood start the series in Chennai or Hyderabad as Bengaluru hosted a test match against Sri Lanka earlier this year. It was a day/night test.
Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad is set to host the series finale.
A decision has yet to be made on which of the four events will be a day/night affair.
The BCCI has held three pink ball tests so far – the first in the country against Bangladesh at Eden Gardens, one against England in Motera and the latest against Sri Lanka in Bangalore.
After the COVID-19 induced hiatus, BCCI staged eight test matches including four against England in 2021 (Chennai and Ahmedabad), two against New Zealand (Kanpur and Mumbai) and two against Sri Lanka (Chandigarh and Bengaluru).
