The BCCI has announced India’s schedule for the upcoming home season which has as many as five Tests, nine ODIs and 12 T20Is spread across seven months. The Virat Kohli-led India will start their season with a series against South Africa, hosting the Proteas for a T20I in Dharamsala on September 15.

Cricket Australia has given in to the BCCI’s (Board of Control for Cricket in India) demand of scheduling the three-match ODI series early next year in India. Both the apex governing bodies were at loggerheads as the series was scheduled in Australian summer but they have finally come to terms.

Sanjay Manjrekar has lambasted Vijay Shankar and Rishabh Pant while questioning India’s middle order right before the World Cup. He raised his concerns as Shankar and Pant lost another opportunity to take India home in the series decider against Australia by giving away their wickets cheaply.