BCCI unveils packed home schedule for India Senior women, India A and U19 teams

India to host Australia A, England A Women and more as BCCI announces multi-format bilateral series across venues for 2026.

BCCI unveils packed home schedule for India Senior women, India A and U19 teams

BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia, chief selector for the Indian women's cricket team Amita Sharma and Indian women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur (PC: IANS)

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has announced a comprehensive home schedule for India’s women’s, A, and U19 teams, featuring a series of multi-format contests against international opposition during the 2026 domestic season.

According to the board, India will host teams including Australia A (men and women), England A Women, Zimbabwe Women, Australia U19 Men, England U19 Women and Sri Lanka Women U19 across multiple venues.

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The India women’s national cricket team will take on Zimbabwe women’s national cricket team in a white-ball series comprising three T20Is and three ODIs in October. Raipur will host the T20I leg (October 16, 18, 20), while Baroda will stage the ODIs (October 23, 25, 28).

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The India A men’s cricket team will face Australia A cricket team in Puducherry, with two multi-day matches (September 22–25 and September 29–October 2) followed by three one-day games (October 6, 9 and 11).

At the junior level, the India under-19 cricket team will host Australia under-19 cricket team for a five-match tour. The series includes three one-day matches in Rajkot (September 18, 21, 23) and two multi-day games in Rajkot (September 27–30) and Ahmedabad (October 5–8).

The India A women’s cricket team will also be in action against Australia A women’s cricket team in a multi-format series across Mohali and Dharamshala in September. The tour includes three T20s (September 12, 15, 17), three one-day matches (September 20, 23, 25) and a multi-day fixture (September 29–October 2).

Later in the season, India A Women will face England A women’s cricket team in another multi-format series in Pune and Navi Mumbai, with T20s (November 30, December 3, 5), ODIs (December 8, 11, 14) and a multi-day game (December 19–22).

Meanwhile, the India women’s under-19 cricket team will host England women’s under-19 cricket team for a five-match T20 series across Baroda and Surat between November and December.

Earlier in the season, the U19 women’s side will take on Sri Lanka women’s under-19 cricket team in a six-match white-ball series across Chennai and Puducherry, featuring three T20s (June 22, 24, 27) and three one-day matches (June 30, July 3, 6).

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