New Delhi, Oct 21: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday (October 21) announced the venues and dates for India's four Test series against Australia beginning February 2017.
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Virat Kohli and his men will lock horns with Steve Smith and company in the tournament titled Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
The first Test will be held in Pune from February 23 to 27. The teams will then move to Bengaluru, where second Test will be held from March 4-8.
The last two matches will be played in the two new Test centres -- Ranchi and Dharamsala -- from March 16-20 and March 25-29, respectively.
Australia were whitewashed 4-0 by India in their last tour of India in 2013 when MS Dhoni was leading the side. India are scheduled to play 10 more Tests, 6 ODIs and three T20Is in the current home season.
There aren't any ODI or T20I matches scheduled during this tour.
Here's the schedule for Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2017:
1st Test (February 23-27) Pune
2nd Test (March 4-8) Bengaluru
3rd Test (March 16-20) Ranchi
4th Test (March 25-29) Dharamsala
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