Cricket Australia (CA) on Thursday confirmed its international fixtures for the 2020-21 season which involves 3 T20Is, 4 Tests and 3 ODIs against India men’s cricket team between October 11 and January 17.
Cricket Australia announced the fixtures after saying it is confident of hosting a safe and successful summer which promises to thrill cricket fans across the globe who are starved of live action due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The anticipated arrival of superpower India to play the Australian men’s teams across all formats, as well as the return of Australia’s all-conquering women’s team, are among the highlights scheduled for this summer,” the CA release said.
3 ODIs, 4 Tests and 3 T20Is
India will begin their tour of Australia in October as they are scheduled to play a 3-match T20I series between October 11 and 17.
The much-anticipated 4-Test series will kickstart from December 3, as reported by India Today on Wednesday. Brisbane will host the series opener while Adelaide will host the 2nd Test, which will be a day-night affair with the pink balll.
Melbourne and Sydney will, as usual, host the Boxing Day and the New Year’s Test.
India will then play a 3-match ODI series from January 12 to 17.
It remains to be seen if India will stay in Australia after the T20I series, given there is uncertainty surrounding the T20 World Cup which is scheduled from October 18 to November 15.
Cricket Australia CEO Kevin Roberts said there might be changes in the schedule announced on Thursday, considering the Covid-19 pandemic.
‘We are working closely with the BCCI’
“We are working closely with the BCCI to deliver the eagerly anticipated men’s and women’s tours, and we are looking forward to staging the important series against both the men’s and women’s New Zealand sides. These are in addition to the scheduled men’s Test against Afghanistan and a T20 series against West Indies.
We are working closely with the BCCI to deliver the eagerly anticipated men’s and women’s tours, and we are looking forward to staging the important series against both the men’s and women’s New Zealand sides,” Kevin Roberts said.
India tour of Australia 2020-21 tour full schedule, venues
Men’s T20I Series against India
Australia v India at the Gabba, Brisbane (October 11)
Australia v India at Manuka Oval, Canberra (October 14)
Australia v India at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide (October 17)
Men’s Test Series against India
Australia v India at the Gabba, Brisbane (December 3- 7)
Australia v India at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide (December 11 – 15)
Boxing Day Test, Australia v India at the MCG, Melbourne (December 26 – 30)
Pink Test, Australia v India at the SCG, Sydney (January 3 – 7)
Men’s ODI Series against India
Australia v India at Perth Stadium, Perth (January 12)
Australia v India at the MCG, Melbourne (January 15)
Australia v India at the SCG, Sydney (January 17),
India women’s team will also tour Australia for an ODI series before the Women’s World Cup 2021 which is scheduled to be held in February.
Women’s ODI Series against India
Australia v India at Manuka Oval, Canberra (January 22)
Australia v India at Junction Oval, St Kilda (January 25)
Australia v India at Blundstone Arena, Hobart (January 28)
Australia are scheduled to start their home summer of 2020-21 against Zimbabwe who are set to tour Down Under for a bilateral series after more than a decade. Australia will host as many as 5 men’s teams, including India, New Zealand and West Indies, during what promises to be a blockbuster home season.
Men’s ODI series against Zimbabawe
Australia v Zimbabwe at TBA (August 9)
Australia v Zimbabwe at TBA (August 12)
Australia v Zimbabwe at Riverway Stadium, Townsville (August 15)
Men’s T20I Series against West Indies
Australia v West Indies at Riverway Stadium, Townsville (October 4)
Australia v West Indies at Cazaly’s Stadium Cairns (October 6)
Australia v West Indies at Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast (October 9)
Test Series against Afghanistan
Standalone Test, Australia v Afghanistan at Perth Stadium, Perth (November 21-25)
Men’s ODI & T20I Series against New Zealand
Australia v New Zealand ODI at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide (January 26)
Australia v New Zealand ODI at Manuka Oval, Canberra (January 29)
Australia v New Zealand ODI at Blundstone Arena, Hobart (January 31)
Australia v New Zealand T20 at the SCG, Sydney (February 2)
