AGENCY
NEW DELHI: Rajkot and Visakhapatnam will host their first ever Test respectively when India play their five-Test series against England starting 9th November.
The BCCI today announced the dates of the series comprising five Tests, three ODIS and as many T20 Internationals from November to February.
Rajkot will host the first Test of the series from 9th-13th November, followed by the second Test in Visakhapatnam from 17th-21stNovember.
The teams then travel up north for the third Test at Mohali from 26th-30th November.
The remaining two games will be played in Mumbai and Chennai, from 8th-12th and 16th-20th December respectively.
Significantly as per
the timings of the Test matches released in
the BCCI website, there would not be any Day/Night Test matches against England also.
As per timings, all matches will be starting at 9:30 AM.
BCCI, released a video of new Head Coach Anil Kumble with Indian Test skipper Virat Kohli,
where they describe, how in past India had many tussles with the England team and how important this series will be.
England are expected to go back home for Christmas before returning for the limiter overs leg of the tour.
The ODI series begins in Pune on 15th January, followed by games at Cuttack and Kolkata on 19th and 22nd January respectively.
The three T20 Internationals will be played in Kanpur (January 26), Nagpur (January 29) and Bengaluru (February 1). (PTI)