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The Governing Body for International Cricket released the men’s Future Tours Program (FTP) for the next five i.e., 2023-2027 cycle. The five-year period will have 777 international matches including 281 ODIs, 173 Tests and 332 T20Is. These matches will be part of multi-team events as well as bilateral and tri-nation series. The upcoming five-year cycle will see an increase from the previous 694 matches played between 12 Test-playing nations.
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The period from mid-march to the end of May has been left vacant for the Indian Cricket Board to organise the Indian T20 League. Elsewhere Pakistan will organise the Pakistan T20 League in the same window. The Indian T20 League will also be held between December to February in other years.
The Border- Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia has been amped up a notch and will feature five Test matches as opposed to four. The last time India and Australia clashed in a five-match Test series was in 1992. Australia are scheduled to play a multi-format series with India and England every year on the five-year cycle. Australia, India and England will play the most number of Tests during the upcoming five-year cycle, featuring in 20, 21 and 22 Test matches respectively.
India has a packed schedule
India will begin the next FTP cycle with a series against West Indies on July 2nd 2023 followed by a full tour of South Africa in December 2023. In January 2024 the Men in Blue will host England for a five-match Test series. In the same year, India will travel to Australia for a series starting from November 2024 to January 2025. From Australia, the Indian team will fly to England for a series starting from June 2025.
When back to India, the Men in Blue will host Afghanistan for one Test and three ODI matches. Australia will come back to India in January or February 2027. India will also play ODI and T20I matches against England, Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and West Indies in the upcoming FTP cycle.