New Zealand Cricket has announced its 2026 home season featuring a major tour by India national cricket team from Oct 22–Dec 1, including 5 T20Is, 5 ODIs, and 2 Tests across NZ. The season also includes tours by Sri Lanka national cricket team and Bangladesh women, marking a packed multi-format summer across eight cities.
Christchurch: New Zealand Cricket has announced its international home season which will see India's blockbuster three-format tour from October 22 until December 1.
Team India will take on the New Zealand in five T20Is, five ODIs, and two Tests, played across the five major centres, with the 12 matches the most internationals scheduled for an in-bound tour in NZC history, NZC said in a release.
The tour will also mark the first time since 2019 that India will play Test cricket in New Zealand, while it will be their first white-ball assignment in the country since 2022.
NZC also said that the New Zealand Government will be supporting the in-bound India tour alongside adjacent sporting tours by India later inthe year, as 100 years of sporting ties between New Zealand and India are commemorated.
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