The BCCI has changed the International home season of 2025 and places for India tour of South Africa-A. Team India will play the series against West Indies and South Africa between October and December. The 2 Test series between India and the West Indies will be held in October. While against South Africa, Team India will play a series of 2 Tests, 3 ODIs and 5 T20 matches in November-December.
The Test series against the West Indies will start in Ahmedabad from October 2. The second Test match, which was to be held in Kolkata, will now be played at Arun Jaitley stadium in New Delhi.
Meanwhile, the first Test against South Africa, which was scheduled to begin on November 14, has been shifted from New Delhi to Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
2 Test matches against West Indies in Ahmedabad and Delhi Team India's home season will start with a 2 Test series against West Indies. The first Test between the two teams will be played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad from October 2. The second Test was to be played in Kolkata from October 10, but will now be played in Delhi.
The 2 Test against the West Indies is part of the World Test Championship (WTC). After this, Team India will play a 3 ODI series in Australia from October 19 to 25. The 5 T20 match will be played in Australia from October 29 to November 8.
The first test against South Africa moved from Delhi to Kolkata After returning from Australia, Team India will play a series of three formats against South Africa. The first Test will begin in Kolkata from November 18 and the second Test in Guwahati from November 26. The first Test was to play in Delhi. This will be the first Red Ball international match at Barsapara Stadium. Earlier, 12 ODI and T20 international matches have been played here.
There will be 3 ODIs between the two teams from November 30 to December 6. Ranchi, Raipur and Wizg (Visakhapatnam) have been given host rights for this. Both teams will play 5 T20 from December 9 to 19. Katak, Mullanpur, Dharamshala, Lucknow and Ahmedabad have been given host rights for this.
The last Test series between India and South Africa was played in December 2023. She was a 1-1 draw.
India-A match will now be played in Rajkot India-A and South Africa-A team will play two multi-day and three ODIs from October 30. The multi-day matches will be held at the BCCI Center of Excellence (COE) in Bengaluru. Previously M. of Bengaluru. Three ODI matches held at Chinnaswamy Stadium have now been shifted to Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot.
Women series matches were also moved This season, the Indian women's team is scheduled to play at home against Australian women. Its matches have also been shifted. His first two ODIs were to play at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Which will now be played at the PCA Stadium in New Chandigarh. The third and final ODI will be played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. Outfield and pitch renovation work is underway at MA Chidambaram Stadium.
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