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India Cricket Schedule 2026 – Complete List of Series and Matches List

Check India’s complete cricket schedule for 2026, including home and away series, key tours, and ICC Men’s T20 World Cup fixtures.

Sandipan Ghosh

Last updated: 08.01.2026

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India, the Men in Blues, are ready for the new year 2026. It will be another busy year for India, including hosting the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, where they will defend the title.

Here, we are checking the complete cricket schedule for India in the calendar year of 2026.

January: New Zealand tour of India 2026

3-match ODI series

5-match T20I series

India have won all their seven home bilateral ODI series against New Zealand.

Apart from one-off T20I in 2012, which New Zealand won, India won all their last three home bilateral T20I series against New Zealand.

February 7 – March 8: ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 (Hosts India and Sri Lanka)

June: Afghanistan tour of India 2026

One-off Test
3-match ODI series

India won the only Test against Afghanistan in 2018.

It will be their first bilateral ODI series.

July: India tour of England 2026

3-match ODI series

5-match T20I series

In their last three bilateral ODI series in England, India won twice and lost once. Their latest bilateral ODI series resulted in a 2-1 favour of the Men in Blues.

India won the last two bilateral T20I series in England. Before that, they had two one-off T20I series, which England won both times.

August: India tour of Sri Lanka 2026

2-match Test series

India are unbeaten in bilateral Test series against the hosts Sri Lanka in the last three series, including winning the last two series. Sri Lanka won their last home Test series against India in 2008.

September: India tour of Afghanistan 2026

3-match T20I series

It will be their second bilateral T20I series after India hosted in 2024, which the hosts won by 3-0

September-October: West Indies tour of India 2026

3-match ODI series

5-match T20I series

India won all their last seven home bilateral ODI series against the West Indies. The Caribbean team previously won the away ODI series in India in 2002.

India won all three of their home T20I series against the West Indies.

October-November: India tour of New Zealand 2026

2-match Test series
3-match ODI series

5-match T20I series

India last won the away bilateral Test series against the hosts New Zealand in 2009. After that historic Test series win, India suffered three consecutive Test series defeats in New Zealand.

After winning the bilateral ODI series in New Zealand in 2019, India lost three straight ODI series in New Zealand.

After New Zealand won their first two home bilateral T20I series against India, the Men in Blues won the next two bilateral T20I series in New Zealand.

December: Sri Lanka tour of India 2026

3-match ODI series

3-match T20I series

India have never lost a bilateral home ODI series against Sri Lanka. Except for a draw series in 1997, the hosts won all other 10 such series, including the last six series.

India have never lost a bilateral home T20I series against Sri Lanka. After a draw in their first bilateral T20I series in India, India went on to win the next five series.

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