The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) revealed India’s action-packed home schedule for early 2023 on Thursday, December 8. Following India’s current tour of Bangladesh, the Rohit Sharma-led team will host white-ball matches against Sri Lanka and New Zealand before hosting Australia for a four-match Test series (the Border-Gavaskar Trophy), followed by a three-match ODI series before the 2023 IPL. The first visitors in the upcoming year will be from Sri Lanka, then the Kiwis, with the eagerly anticipated India-Australia rivalry starting up after that.
Sri Lanka tour of India, 2023
MATCH | DATE | VENUE |
1st T20I | January 03 | Mumbai |
2nd T20I | January 05 | Pune |
3rd T20I | January 07 | Rajkot |
1st ODI | January 10 | Guwahati |
2nd ODI | January 12 | Kolkata |
3rd ODI | January 15 | Trivandrum |
NZ tour of India, 2023
MATCH | DATE | VENUE |
1st ODI | January 18 | Hyderabad |
2nd ODI | January 21 | Raipur |
3rd ODI | January 24 | Indore |
1st T20I | January 27 | Ranchi |
2nd T20I | January 29 | Lucknow |
3rd T20I | February 01 | Ahmedabad |
Australia tour of India, 2023
MATCH | DATE | VENUE |
1st Test | Feb 9-13 | Nagpur |
2nd Test | Feb 17-21 | Delhi |
3rd Test | March 1-5 | Dharamsala |
4th Test | March 9-13 | Ahmedabad |
1st ODI | March 17 | Mumbai |
2nd ODI | March 19 | Vizag |
3rd ODI | March 22 | Chennai |
Therefore, the senior men’s cricket squad will have no trouble finding matches to play in the first quarter of 2023. They will play six ODIs against Sri Lanka and New Zealand to get ready for the 2023 ODI World Cup, which will be staged in India later in the year. They will try to defeat the Pat Cummins-led Australians in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which consists of four matches, before hosting them for three ODIs prior to the following IPL.
Headed by Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid India is currently dealing with a number of injury-related issues. As the team prepares for the ODI World Cup next year, they have a lot on the table. With a disastrous Asia Cup, a T20 World Cup semifinal exit, a single Test loss to hosts England, a dismal tour of South Africa, and now an ODI series loss to Bangladesh, India’s 2022 campaign hasn’t been great. As a result, they will be hoping for a memorable start to 2023 with some major series planned.