International cricket to debut in Raipur as BCCI announces schedule for SL, NZ, AUS home series

BCCI has announced the schedule for the upcoming home series against Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Australia. Meanwhile, international cricket is set to debut in Raipur during the New Zealand ODIs.

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Team India is not having the best of outings in limited-overs cricket. With the ICC World Cup 2023 less than a year away, India would be looking to continue with its preparations with the upcoming home tours by Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Australia in the new year. On Thursday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the schedule for these upcoming home series, which would also witness international cricket debuting at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur. It plays host to a One-Day International versus NZ.

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It starts with Lanka's three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) and ODIs, each between January 3-15, followed by the same against NZ between January 18-February 1. It would be succeeded by four Tests and three ODIs versus Australia between February 9-March 22. Catch the complete schedule of the series below:

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IND vs SL
Date	Match	Venue
January 3	1st T20I	Mumbai
January 5	2nd T20I	Pune
January 7	3rd T20I	Rajkot
January 10	1st ODI	Guwahati
January 12	2nd ODI	Kolkata
January 15	3rd ODI	Trivandrum

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IND vs NZ
Date	Match	Venue
January 18	1st ODI	Hyderabad
January 19	2nd ODI	Raipur
January 20	3rd ODI	Indore
January 21	1st T20I	Ranchi
January 22	2nd T20I	Lucknow
January 23	3rd T20I	Ahmedabad

As for the WTC, India is currently on the top of the table, with the percentage of maximum points, followed by New Zealand, Australia and England. India will be taking on England at home in a four-Test series, aiming to win it convincingly, to compress its qualifying stance for the final.

IND vs AUS
Date	Match	Venue
February 9-13	1st Test	Nagpur
February 17-21	2nd Test	Delhi
March 1-5	3rd Test	Dharamsala
March 9-13	4th Test	Ahmedabad
March 17	1st ODI	Mumbai
March 18	2nd ODI	Vishakhapatnam
March 19	3rd ODI	Chennai