This year, Indian Men’s cricket team will play 17 bilateral International T20 games – both home and away, excluding the World Cup T20, this October.
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The higher T20 games during this period is to ensure Team India gets the right amount of T20 game time before the big World Cup.
Indian team will also play 18 ODIs and 6 Test matches during this tenure.
The games are mostly scheduled to be played at home, except the 2 away tours to Sri Lanka and New Zealand in 2020.
India will also be a part of the Asia Cup, which will be conducted at UAE next year.
Let us look into the schedules in detail here.
Team India Schedule (2020)
| VS | Month | Home/Away | T20s | ODIs | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | Jan 2020 | Home | 3 | - | - |
| Australia | Jan 2020 | Home | - | 3 | - |
| New Zealand | Feb-Mar 2020 | Away | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| South Africa | Mar 2020 | Home | - | 3 | - |
| Sri Lanka | Jun-Jul 2020 | Away | 3 | 3 | - |
| Asia Cup | Sep 2020 | Neutral (UAE) | - | NA | - |
| England | Sep-Oct 2020 | Home | 3 | 3 | - |
| Australia | Oct 2020 | Away | 3 | - | - |
| T20I World Cup | Oct-Nov 2020 | Neutral (AUS) | - | - | |
| Australia | Nov-Dec 2020/Jan 2021 | Away | - | 3 | 4 |
| TOTAL (Only Bilaterals) | 17 | 18 | 6 |
Highlights
I have not added the Asia Cup game counts as the schedule for Asia Cup 2020 has not been announced yet. I will update it once it is released.
Looking in to the fixtures, it is clear that the team management is working really well to give the players the much needed T20 game time, The shortest format always looked the least favorite of Indian team for the last few years.
India won the inaugural World Cup in 2007, and so far, they have not won the championships. Maybe this time, it is a turn around.
Even though Indian team won 9 consecutive T20 series at home during 2017-18, the format has always been ups and downs for Team India. They have not been as dominant as they have been in the other two formats.
One major factor would be these 17 games will help India try more youngsters and built a strong team around Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Rohit Sharma. The trio are the only three that will surely make into the World Cup team, from the current squad.
Now, with these games before the next World Cup, and also with IPL 2020 in the same period, hopefully Indian team will get their 15s and 11s right, and get enough game time to be match ready!
