After disappointing billions of cricket fans in the T20 World Cup 2021, India finished their World cup journey without entering the semi-finals. All their hopes of entering the semis crashed when New Zealand defeated Afghanistan one day before India vs Namibia match. Although almost all of the cricket betting sites in India predicted that New Zealand will win the match because Afghanistan is not a very strong cricket team. However, Indian fans were hoping for a miracle to happen, but unfortunately, the prediction of cricket gurus came true and New Zealand easily defeated Afghanistan to reach the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2021.
Now the Indian cricket team has a packed schedule after the T20 World Cup. There are ODI, T20, and Test matches to be played between the top teams. Let’s check out the full list of upcoming cricket series for the Indian team.
India Cricket Schedule: Full list of big series for Team India
India – New Zealand Series (Home)
New Zealand had an unforgettable T20 World Cup where they lost to Australia in a thrilling match. They were in the match until the 16th over. However, a dropped catch later and some fantastic shots by Mitchell Marsh took the game away from them. Now India takes on New Zealand in a 3 T20 International series followed by 2 test match series.
It will be interesting to see how the new T20 captain Rohit Sharma will lead the side along with the new Indian head coach, Rahul Dravid. Indian cricket fans have high expectations from the combination of Rohit and Dravid.
Here is the schedule of the 3 T20 matches to be played between India and New Zealand.
1st T20 International to be played on 17 Nov at Jaipur (7PM IST)
2nd T20 International to be played on 19 Nov at Ranchi ((7PM IST)
3rd T20 International to be played on 21 Nov at Kolkata (7PM IST)
Indian Cricket Team: R Sharma (C), Lokesh Rahul (VC), I Kishan (WK), R Pant (WK), S Iyer, V Iyer, R Gaikwad, SK Yadav, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Y Chahal, D Chahar, Md Siraj, Avesh Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel
New Zealand Cricket Team: Kane Williamson (C), Martin Guptill, J Neesham, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Todd Astle, Tim Seifert (WK), Tim Southee, Adam Milne, Trent Boult, Kyle Jamieson, Lockie Ferguson, Mark Chapman, Ish Sodhi
After the T20 series, India will play two test matches.
1st Test match to be played between 25 – 29 Nov at Kanpur (09:30 AM IST)
2nd Test match to be played between 3 – 7 Dec at Mumbai (09:30 AM IST)
With Virat Kohli rested for the first test match, Ajinkya Rahane will be the captain for the first test match. C Pujara is the vice-captain and W Saha is the WK. Big missing names from the India – New Zealand series are Bumrah and Shami.
India – South Africa Series (Away)
India will travel to South Africa to play 3 Tests, 3 ODI, and 4 T20 Internationals from December 2021 to Jan 2022. Check the full schedule here.
1st Test match to be played between 17 – 21 Dec at Johannesburg
2nd Test match to be played between 26 – 30 Dec at Centurion
3rd Test match to be played between 3 – 7 Jan 2022 at Cape Town
1st ODI match to be played on 11 Jan 2022 at Paarl
2nd ODI match to be played on 14 Jan 2022 at Cape Town
3rd ODI match to be played on 16 Jan 2022 at Cape Town
1st T20 International to be played on 19 Jan 2022 at Cape Town
2nd T20 International to be played on 21 Jan 2022 at Cape Town
3rd T20 International to be played on 23 Jan 2022 at Cape Town
4th T20 International to be played on 26 Jan 2022 at Paarl
India – WI Series (Home)
West Indies will come to India to play 3 ODIs and 3 T20 International matches. Check the full schedule here.
1st ODI match to be played on 6 Feb 2022 at Ahmedabad
2nd ODI match to be played on 9 Feb 2022 at Jaipur
3rd ODI match to be played on 12 Feb 2022 at Kolkata
1st T20 International to be played on 15 Feb 2022 at Cuttack
2nd T20 International to be played on 18 Feb 2022 at Visakhapatnam
3rd T20 International to be played on 20 Feb 2022 at Trivandrum
India – SL Series (Home)
Sri Lankan cricket team will visit India to play 2 Tests and 3 T20 Internationals. Check the full schedule here.
1st Test match to be played between 25 Feb- 1 March 2022 at Bengaluru
2nd Test match to be played between 5 – 9 March 2022 at Mohali
1st T20 International to be played on 13 March 2022 at Mohali
2nd T20 International to be played on 15 March 2022 at Dharamshala
3rd T20 International to be played on 18 March 2022 at Lucknow
Indian Premier League 2022
It is tentative to be played in April – May 2022. This season will have 10 teams with the addition of 2 new teams in the IPL.
India – South Africa Series (Home)
India will host SA for 5 T20 International matches. Check the full schedule here.
1st T20 International to be played on 9 Jun 2022 at Chennai
2nd T20 International to be played on 12 Jun 2022 at Bengaluru
3rd T20 International to be played on 14 Jun 2022 at Nagpur
4th T20 International to be played on 17 Jun 2022 at Rajkot
5th T20 International to be played on 19 Jun 2022 at Delhi
India – England Series (Away)
India will play 1 Test, 3 T20 Internationals, and 3 ODIs in England. Check the full schedule here.
Rescheduled Test Match to be played between 1 – 5 Jul at Birmingham
1st T20 International to be played on 7 Jul 2022 at Southampton
2nd T20 International to be played on 9 Jul 2022 at Birmingham
3rd T20 International to be played on 10 Jul 2022 at Nottingham
1st ODI match to be played on 12 Jul 2022 at London
2nd ODI match to be played on 14 Jul 2022 at London
3rd ODI match to be played on 17 Jul 2022 at Manchester
