2 years and retirement from 2 formats of cricket. Here we are talking about Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who took retirement from T20 in 2024 and Test cricket in 2025. Virat and Rohit now play only 50-over format. The Indian team has staked its claim to play the 2027 World Cup by performing strongly in the recent ODI matches as well as in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

Now the whole world has entered the new year i.e. 2026. Know here when the fans of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will be able to see them playing in 2026.

Rohit-Virat will play only 18 days in 2026

In the year 2026, the Indian team has to play only 18 ODI matches. Therefore, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will be seen playing for the Indian team only 18 days out of 365 days in the year 2026. This year, Team India has to play ODI series against New Zealand, Afghanistan, England, West Indies and Sri Lanka. In 2026, India will play two ODI series with New Zealand and three matches will be played in each series.

India vs New Zealand (11, 14 and 18 January)

India vs Afghanistan – June 2026

India vs England (14, 16 and 19 July)

India vs West Indies – September-October

India vs New Zealand – November 2026

India vs Sri Lanka – December 2026

India-New Zealand series will start from January 11

In the year 2026, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma can be seen playing in the series against New Zealand for the first time. According to media reports, India-New Zealand ODI series matches will be played on January 11, January 14 and January 18. According to media reports, BCCI can announce the Indian squad on January 3.

Both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are in excellent form at the moment. On one hand, Virat Kohli is coming back after scoring a century in South Africa and then in Vijay Hazare Trophy also. On the other hand, Rohit Sharma has scored 2 half-centuries in the ODI series against South Africa and a century for Mumbai in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

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In the year 2025, many cricket matches took place between India and Pakistan. From Champions Trophy to Asia Cup and Women’s ODI World Cup 2025, both the teams came face to face, but every time Team India defeated Pakistan. The Indian team also won the title of Asia Cup 2025 by defeating Pakistan. Are India-Pak matches going to be held in the year 2026 also, if yes, then how many times will both the countries come face to face. Know the dates of all the matches here.

Let us tell you that in cricket, India and Pakistan now come face to face only in big events. Due to poor political relations, no bilateral series has been played between India and Pakistan for a long time.

How many times will India-Pakistan match take place in 2026?

Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup: Many big cricket events will be played in the year 2026. The Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup will be played from 15 January to 6 February. India and Pakistan have been placed in different groups, so India and Pakistan can come face to face in the knockout matches of the Under-19 World Cup.

Men’s T20 World Cup: After this, the Men’s T20 World Cup will be played from 7 February to 8 March. India and Pakistan have been placed in Group A along with Namibia, Netherlands, USA. In this World Cup, the match between India and Pakistan will be played on 15 February. Apart from this, India-Pakistan match is also possible in the Super-8 stage and thereafter in the knockout matches of T20 World Cup.

Women’s T20 World Cup: Women’s T20 World Cup will be played from June 12-July 5. In this group, 6 teams including India and Pakistan have been placed in Group A. The World Cup match of India vs Pakistan women’s cricket teams will be played on 14 June.

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Many teams including Delhi, Mumbai and Punjab and Haryana registered victory in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on 26 December. On one hand, Virat played an important role in giving Delhi a close 7-run victory over Gujarat by playing a half-century inning of 77 runs. On the other hand, Rohit Sharma flopped in his second match and was out without opening the account. However, Mumbai defeated Uttarakhand by 51 runs. Now the question is when will Rohit and Virat play their next match?

According to media reports, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were going to play only two matches each for their respective teams in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. This means that now both the senior batsmen of the Indian team will not be seen playing in the Vijay Hazare Trophy again.

When is ROKO’s next match?

Vijay Hazare Trophy will conclude on January 18, but before that the India vs New Zealand ODI series will start. The New Zealand team is soon going to tour India, where 3 ODI and five T20 matches will be played between the two teams.

India vs New Zealand ODI series will start from January 11, so Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will now return to the cricket field on January 11 only. Both players have retired from T20, so ROKO will not play in the T20 series against New Zealand.

Strong performance in Vijay Hazare Trophy

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli played two matches each in Vijay Hazare Trophy. Virat had played an innings of 131 runs for Delhi in the first match, while he scored 77 runs in the second match. He scored 208 runs in 2 matches. On the other hand, playing for Mumbai, Rohit Sharma had scored 155 runs in the first match of the tournament, but in the second match he was out without opening the account.

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The 3-match ODI series between India and Australia is going to start from October 19. Team India will be playing an ODI series for the first time after Champions Trophy 2025. This series will also be special and memorable because Shubman Gill will be captaining the Indian ODI team for the first time. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will also be playing an international cricket match after 7 months. There will be many things worth seeing in the India-Australia ODI series (India vs Australia ODI Series Schedule), but will you be able to watch this tremendous cricket action for free? Know here how?

When and where to watch live matches?

The three matches of India vs Australia ODI series will be played in Perth (19 October), Adelaide (23 October) and Sydney (25 October) respectively. These three matches will start at 9 am Indian time.

Live telecast of ODI series matches will be available on Star Sports Network. Indian fans can enjoy live streaming on JioHotstar app and website.

How to watch India-Australia ODI match for free?

Many people may be unaware that when they recharge their mobile SIM, they also get a free subscription of JioHotstar. However, JioHotstar subscription does not come with all plans. For example, JioHotstar subscription is available free for recharge of Rs 349 for 28 days. With this, you can watch India-Australia match for free without purchasing any plan of JioHotstar. The first ODI match will be telecasted free on Doordarshan.

squads of both teams

India’s squad: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel, Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Australia’s squad: Mitchell Marsh (captain), Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Matthew Kuhneman, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Owen, Josh Philippe, Matthew Renshaw, Matthew Short, Mitchell Starc.

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The Women’s ODI will start 2025 only 2 days after getting the Asian Champion in Men’s Cricket. The Indian squad has been announced for the World Cup, which will be captained by Harmanpreet Kaur. A shocking thing is that the stormy opening batsman Shefali Verma has been dropped from the squad. The World Cup will be played till 30 September-2 November, whose matches will be played in India and Sri Lanka. Before the start of the World Cup, you can see the squad of Team India and its entire schedule together.

India and Sri Lanka are going to host the women’s ODI World Cup, for which a total of 5 grounds have been selected. However, matches can be shifted from M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru to another place. A total of 8 teams will play in the World Cup, who will face each other once in the league stage under the round-robin format. The top-4 team will enter the semi-finals in the group stage. Finally the finals will be played on 2 November.

When will India’s matches be?

The tournament will begin on September 30 with the India vs Sri Lanka match. The second match of Team India will be held on 5 October from Pakistan and then on 9 October South Africa. On October 12, Team India will have a tough challenge of Australia, which has won the ODI World Cup 7 times. India will face England on 19 October and then on 23 October from New Zealand. Team India’s last league stage match will be held with Bangladesh on 26 October.

India’s full schedule in ODI World Cup

September 30- India vs Sri Lanka

October 5- India vs Pakistan

October 9- India vs South Africa

October 12- India vs Australia

October 19- India vs England

October 23- India vs New Zealand

October 26- India vs Bangladesh

Indian Squad for Women’s ODI World Cup 2025: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (Vice -captain), Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Jemima Rodrigues, Renuka Singh Thakur, Arundhati Reddy, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Kranti Gaur, Sayali Satghre, Radha Yadav, Mr. Charani, Yasika Bhatia (wicketkeeper), Sneh Rana

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Shubman Gill has passed his first test as a captain. Big giants were engaged in predicting that the Indian team would have to face a big defeat in England. Gill not only scored 754 runs in the series, but also took many good decisions as a captain. Finally, Team India was successful in getting the series a 2–2 draw. Despite the best performance of Shubman Gill, Mohammad Siraj and KL Rahul, 3 shortcomings of Team India have been exposed in the England series.

Number-3 batting

It has been more than 2 years since Cheteshwar Pujara dropped from Team India, but the number-3 problem is not taking the name of ending. After Pujara, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill was tested on this sequence. At the same time, Karun Nair and Sai Sudarshan batting on this sequence on England tour, but both flopped. Sai Sudarshan scored just 140 runs in 6 innings while batting at number-3 in the series against England. On the other hand, Nair got four opportunities on this order, in which he could score just 111 runs.

Fitness became a complex problem

Jaspreet Bumrah comes to the first name in the mind when the case of fitness arises. Due to workload, he played only 3 Tests in England. Bumrah’s fitness pole was revealed when his bowling speed started falling when he played in 2 consecutive Test matches in Lord’s and Old Trafford. As a result, he could not play the fifth Test. Nitish Kumar Reddy can fulfill the shortage of good fast bowling all -rounder in the Test team, for this he has also got frequent opportunities, but he was out of the team due to a knee injury.

At the same time, Akashdeep has been effective in the early matches of his Test career, but he too had a problem of lower abdomen pain during the Test series. In such a situation, it was difficult for Team India to prepare the playing XI combination for the fourth Test. This is a very worrying topic and the question arises whether Indian players need to pay more attention to fitness.

Kuldeep Yadav does not trust

Kuldeep Yadav was the only chief spinner in the Indian squad who went on England tour. Kuldeep was repeatedly excluded from the playing XI citing depth in batting. Rist spinner Kuldeep could have left a very good impact on England’s pitches. It has been 8 years since he makes his test debut, after which only 13 Tests play very questions. Repeatedly, the Indian team management was advised to give Kuldeep a chance to the wrist spin bowling, but has the management’s trust in Kuldeep completely raised?

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Virat Kohli Next Match: Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma both have said goodbye to T20 and Test cricket. They will now be seen playing only in ODI format, Indian fans are also waiting for when Virat and Rohit will be seen in Team India’s jersey next time? Team India’s next ODI series is to be against Bangladesh in August, but the problem is that the schedule of this series is not yet approved. In such a situation, it is possible that Indian cricket fans may have to wait a long time for Virat and Rohit’s returns.

In April this year, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) approved the White Ball Series against the Indian team. According to this schedule, 3 matches of ODI series are to be played on 17, 20 and 23 August. At the same time, three matches of T20 series are to be played on 26, 29 and 31 August. On this series recently, BCB President Aminul Islam said that BCCI has not yet agreed to visit Bangladesh.

After a board meeting, Aminul Islam said, “I have spoken to the authorities in BCCI with whom the discussion was positive. Team India’s Bangladesh is to be held next month, we hope that everything will be right. The BCCI is currently waiting for approval from the Government of India.”

If the BCCI does not get approval from the Government of India, then the date of return of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma can proceed. If Team India does not visit Bangladesh, then India’s next ODI series is to be held from Australia in October. At that time, three matches will be played in the ODI series between India Australia.

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India ODI Schedule 2025: A few months to come to the Indian cricket team are going to be very busy. In the interval of December 2025, Team India has to play the series against 5 players. It is a disappointing thing for Indian cricket fans that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will not play in most matches to be held in the next 5 months. Virat-Rohit has retired from Test and T20 format, so he will now be seen playing only ODI matches. Know here that in the year 2025, Virat and Rohit will be seen in action.

Note these 9 days

Since Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will now play only ODI matches. If you look at the schedule of the Indian cricket team, then this year it has to play only 9 ODI matches till December. In August, Team India will visit Bangladesh, where it has to play 3 ODIs. The Indian team’s next ODI series will be held in October, when it has to play three ODIs against Australia on Australian tour. This year, Team India’s last ODI series will be against South Africa, against which it has to play 3 ODIs in November-December.

ODI Series against Bangladesh-

• August 17 – First ODI
• August 20 – Second ODI
• August 23 – Third ODI

ODI Series against Australia-

• October 19 – First ODI
• October 23 – Second ODI
• October 25 – Third ODI

ODI Series against South Africa-

• November 30 – First ODI
• December 3 – Second ODI
• December 6 – Third ODI

Whether or not Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will play in all these 9 ODIs, it depends on the availability for their series. But both senior players are available for these three series, so they will be seen playing international cricket in these days by the end of 2025. Currently, the Indian team is in England, where they are preparing for the Test series against England starting on June 20.

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Ind vs nz schedule 2026: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced a schedule for the white ball series between India and New Zealand. In January 2026, the New Zealand team is scheduled to visit India, where 3 ODIs and 5 T20 matches will be played between the two teams. New Zealand’s visit to India will run from 11 January to 31 January. Let us know that the T20 World Cup is to be played in the month of February-March next year. Before that, the T20 series against New Zealand will be a very important series for the Indian team in terms of preparations for the World Cup.

This will be the first series of the Indian team in the year 2026, let us tell you that before the end of 2025, Team India is going to be very busy. Between June-December 2025, the Indian team has to play the series against England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Australia and South Africa.

ODI series-

• First ODI – 11 January 2026 – Baroda
• Second ODI – 14 January 2026 – Rajkot
• Third ODI – 18 January 2026 – Indore

T20 Series-

• First T20 – 21 January – Nagpur
• Second T20 – 23 January – Raipur
• Third T20 – 25 January – Guwahati
• Fourth T20 – 28 January – Vijg
• Fifth T20 – 31 January – Trivandrum

update in progress…

WTC 2025-27 Schedule of India: Team India’s new World Test Championship cycle is starting with the tour of England. Also, it is like the beginning of a new era in Indian cricket. Shubman Gill has become the new Test captain and after a long time the Indian Test team must be playing without Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Under Gill’s captaincy, India has to play the first Test series against England, even then there are many difficult challenges in front of Team India. Know here how the schedule of the Indian team is going to be in the World Test Championship 2025-27?

First tour is very difficult

In one cycle of the World Test Championship, a team has to play 6 series, in which 3 are played on domestic and 3 foreign land. Team India’s first challenge starts from June 20 as the 5 Test series against England is going to start from this day. The ball will be swinging in a tremendous manner on England’s green grass -covered pitches. At the same time, without Rohit and Virat, this tour can prove to be full of difficulties.

Only 4 Test matches in 2026

After that India will host 2 countries and play a home series. In October, the West Indies team will come to India to play 2 Test matches and in November the South African team will also visit India to play 2 Test matches. As far as 2026 is concerned, Team India will play only 4 Test matches that will be in the final stages of the year. In August 2026, the Indian team will visit England for the 2 Test series, while Team India is to visit New Zealand in October 2026.

The Indian team’s WTC 2025-27 cycle will end in the same manner as the WTC 2023-25. Meaning before the final match in 2027, Team India will take on Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, but this time the difference will be so much that the Australian team will be visiting India.

India’s entire schedule in WTC 2025-27:

India vs England (Foreign Tour) – 5 Tests – June -August 2025

India vs West Indies (Domestic) – 2 Tests – October 2025

India vs South Africa (Domestic) – 2 Tests – December 2025

India vs Sri Lanka (Foreign Tour) – 2 Tests – August 2026

India vs New Zealand (Foreign Tour) – 2 Tests – October -December 2026

India vs Australia (Domestic) – 5 Tests – January -February 2027

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