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India's schedule for the year 2017: Dates and Venue Details

India have a packed year ahead once again

What’s the Story?

India are about to kickstart yet another intense 12 months of cricket, with matches spread both home and away, unlike how it was in 2016, where the team played a majority of games on home turf.

Also, the team will play a lot more limited-overs games and so fans will be able to see an equal amount of Tests, ODI Cricket and T20 Cricket right through the year.

In case you did not know...

India had a good 2016 across the three formats. In Tests, under Virat Kohli, they looked an assertive, hungry unit and finished the year without a single loss and also on top of the ICC Test Rankings. They first beat the West Indies 2-0 in their backyard before beating New Zealand 3-0 at home and defeating England 4-0, also at home.

In coloured clothing too, under MS Dhoni, they put in fine performances. After getting off a to a poor start in the ODI series against Australia, India beat the same team 3-0 in the T20I series, won the Asia Cup, reached the semifinals of the World T20, Beat Zimbabwe on their home turf and then beat New Zealand at home. 

The heart of the matter

The Indian Cricket Team are set for an action-packed 12 months of action, which would see them some of the best teams in the world across all three formats of the game, both home and away.

Apart from the various bilateral series, India will also defend their Champions Trophy, which they so clinically won in 2013, in England and it will be interesting to see if the Men In Blue can win back-to-back titles in the Old Blighty.

Here’s the full schedule for India

India’s full schedule for the year 2017

SeriesVenueDate
India vs England Limited-Over Series(3 ODIs and 3 T20Is)  
1st ODIPune15th January 2017
2nd ODICuttack19th January 2017
3rd ODIKolkata22nd January 2017
1st T20IKanpurJanuary 26th, 2017
2nd T20INagpurJanuary 29th, 2017
3rd T20IBengaluru1st February 2017
India vs Bangladesh One-Off TestHyderabadFebruary 8th-12th 2017
India vs Australia Border-Gavaskar Trophy(4 Tests)  
1st TestPuneFebruary 23rd-27th 2017
2nd TestBengaluruMarch 8th-12th 2017
3rd TestRanchiMarch 16th-20th 2017
4th TestDharamshalaMarch 25th-29th 2017
Indian Premier League April 5th-May21st 2017(Tentative)
ICC Champions Trophy June 1st-19th 2017
India vs Pakistan EdgbastonJune 4th, 2017
India vs Sri LankaThe OvalJune 8th, 2017
India vs South AfricaThe OvalJune 11th, 2017
West Indies vs India(5 ODIs and 1T20I)West IndiesJuly 2017 (Individual Dates and Venues not known yet)
Sri Lanka vs India(3 Tests, 5 ODIs and 1 T20I)Sri LankaJuly 2017-September 2017((Individual Dates and Venues not known yet)
India vs Australia(5 ODIs and 1 T20I)IndiaOctober 2017(Individual Dates and Venues not known yet)
South Africa vs India(4 Tests, 5 ODIs, 3 T20Is)South AfricaNovember 2017-January 2018(Individual Dates and Venues not known yet)

What next?

India face against England in a continuation of the latter’s tour, post the Christmas break and Dhoni and his team will look to begin their year on a positive note. They have tasted some amount of success against this opposition, having won the last two ODI series both at home and away and will look to make it three in a row later this month.

Sportskeeda’s take

This promises to be an exciting 12 months of action for India and it could also be the year when Dhoni gives up his captaincy in limited-overs and the full-time reigns is given to Kohli. However, before that, Dhoni will look to win his second Champions Trophy title and he would surely be extra eager for the crown, given that in the last three ICC Events, India have finished runners-up once and semifinalists twice.

Also, the schedule provides India with enough Test matches, to keep their top ranking with them and Kohli and his men will know they will need to be on top of their game in order to stay in pole position.

Note: According to the Future Tours Programme (FTP), India are to play 3 Tests, 5 ODIs and 1 T20I against Pakistan away from home in November 2017 as well, but nothing on that is clear yet.

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