Indian cricket schedule 2024: ICC T20 World Cup headlines packed calendar
The Indian men’s cricket team will also play five Tests each against England and Australia. Know the upcoming tours and series.
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The Indian cricket team’s schedule in 2024 promises to be yet another action-packed year where both the men’s and women’s teams will look to carry forward the good work done in 2023.
The Indian men’s cricket team reached the final of the ICC World Test Championship and the ODI World Cup in 2023 while the Indian women’s cricket team beat England and Australia emphatically in Test cricket.
The men’s and women’s Indian cricket teams will compete in multiple bilateral series at home and away, spanning across all three formats this year. However, the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 will be the top priority for both cricket teams.
The Indian men’s team last won an ICC trophy in 2013 when the MS Dhoni-led side beat England in the final to clinch the ICC Champions Trophy. The women’s team, despite reaching the final in both ODI and T20 World Cups in the past, is yet to win an ICC trophy.
The Indian men’s team ushered in 2024 with a Test series in South Africa. The matches were part of the World Test Championship cycle 2023-25. India’s first home assignment of the year was a three-match T20 series against Afghanistan starting on January 11.
January was a particularly busy month with India’s five-match Test series against England also beginning on January 25.
Besides the international tour, Indian cricketers will compete in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. No international matches are scheduled during the IPL 2024 window between March and May for India. Following the IPL, The team will head to the West Indies and the USA for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 in June.
India will travel to Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka for white-ball tours in July, host Bangladesh and New Zealand, visit South Africa for a T20 series and conclude the year with a five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test series in Australia.
Meanwhile, the Indian women’s cricket team start 2024 with a One Day International (ODI) series against Australia at home. The players will participate in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 in February-March.
The women’s team will travel to Bangladesh for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 in October. India will end their year with an away tour to Australia for a three-match ODI series and host West Indies in their final assignment of the year.
Here’s a look at the Indian cricket schedule for 2024.