BCCI announces full schedule, venues for New Zealand's tour to India; Checking details | Mint

India and New Zealand include horns in a white ball series starting on January 11, 2026. The teams will face each other in three one-day international players (ODIs) and five Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). Here is a look at all the venues and the schedule for the series. This is especially the first clash between the two teams since the final of the Indian Champion Trophy over New Zealand in March 2025. The Council of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) completed the schedule during the peak of the Council Council. ODI Series New Zealand’s tour to India starts with a three-match ODI series in Baroda (Vadodara) at the newly built Kotambi Stadium. Interestingly, this venue will host its first Men’s International match in more than 15 years, after offering three women ADIs earlier in December 2024 and in 2025 six Women Premier League (WPL) matches in 2025. The second ODI will take place in Rajkot on January 14, followed by the series finals on January 18 in Indore. Ind vs NZ: ODI Full Schedule 1st ODI: January 11, 2026 – Baroda (Kotambi Stage) – 13:30 IST 2nd ODI: January 14, 2026 – Rajkot – 1:30 PM IST 3rd ODI: January 18, 2026 – Indore – 1:30 PM IST T20I series to play the team. Matches spread across Central, Oriental and South India. The T20I series between India and New Zealand begins on January 21 in Nagpur, followed by Raipur on January 23. The third match will be played in Guwahati on January 28, before concluding on January 28 to Visakhapatnam (Vizag) and the tour in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) on January 31. – Nagpur – 19:00 IST 2nd T20I: January 23, 2026 – RAIPUR – 19:00 IST 3rd T20I: January 25, 2026 – Guwahati – 19:00 IST 4th T20I: January 28, 2026 – Visakhapatnam – 7:00 PM 5th T20I: 31 January 2026 – Terjeld ist India vs News. importance to both teams. For India, the ruling T20 World Championship Champions (2024), these five T20I matches can serve as their final preparation before hosting the 2026 T20 World Championships with Sri Lanka in February 2026. New Zealand, on the other hand, can use this tour as an important build-up to their subsequent T20I series against Afghanistan.