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The Indian cricket team is in Australia, where after the 3 ODI series, a 5 match T20 series will be played. After this tour, the Indian team will play a series of all three formats with South Africa at home. It will start from November 14, the first test will be played at Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. Bengal Cricket Association has started preparations for this match. Association President Sourav Ganguly has given a big Diwali gift to the cricket fans before the match.
A Test match is to be played at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata after 6 years, where in 2019 the Pink Ball Test was played between India and Bangladesh. Now the first Test between India vs South Africa will be played here at Eden Gardens from 14th November. Tickets for this match can be booked on Zomato app. The ticket price for a 5-day match is Rs 300, which means it costs only Rs 60 for a one-day game. Along with this, there is also a ticket of Rs 250 for one day.
After the retirement of Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill is captaining Test and ODI. Under his captaincy, India played its first Test series in England, which ended in a draw at 2-2. After this, India defeated West Indies 2-0 in the Test series played at home. Now under the captaincy of Gill, India is playing its first ODI series against Australia, where India has lost the first match.
Ganguly took over as the President of Cricket Association of Bengal for the second time on September 22, 2025. Earlier, he had held this post from 2015 to 2019, after leaving which he became the 35th President of BCCI.
After the first Test from 14 to 18 November, the second Test between India and South Africa will be played at the Assam Cricket Association from 22 to 26 November. The 3-match ODI series will start from 30th November and the 5-match T20 series will start from 9th December.