Mumbai: India will tentatively host the Women’s ODI World Cup in September this year, with the opening ceremony of the global tournament and the first match scheduled for Vizag, while Guwahati will stage its maiden Test match when it hosts the second Test between India and South Africa in Nov, it was decided after a meeting of the BCCI Apex Council in Kolkata on Saturday.
The other venues of the Women’s World Cup will be Mullanpur in Punjab, Indore, Trivandrum, and Guwahati. As per sources in the BCCI, this list of venues may be altered in case of any emergency.
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The India senior men’s team will play a two-Test home series against West Indies in the first week of October. The first Test will be held in Mohali, while the second Test will be held at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata from October 10-14.
India will also play a full-fledged series at home against South Africa in November, 2025. The first Test will take place at Delhi and the second at Guwahati, which will be held from Nov. 22 to 26.
After the Test series, India will play a three-match ODI series against South Africa, with the matches scheduled to be held at Ranchi, Raipur and Vizag on November 30, December 3 and December 6. The ODI series will be followed by a five-match T20I series against the Proteas, with Cuttack, Nagpur, Dharamsala, Lucknow and Ahmedabad set to stage the matches on December 9, 11, 14, 17 & 19.
Duleep Trophy set to return to zonal format
Meanwhile, zonal format is set to return for the Duleep Trophy, with six zones competing for the title. As has been the norm in the last few years, India’s 2025-26 domestic season will kick off with the Duleep Trophy.
The Duleep Trophy was reinstated to its zonal format for this season after quite a few state associations, during the BCCI’s Annual General Meeting in Sept last year, voiced their concern over the way the tournament was conducted, with four teams-India A, India B, India C, and India A, which were picked by the national selectors. This time, though, the teams are likely to be picked by the zonal selectors, with one state’s chief selector chairing the meeting.
Uniformity in pay for scorers
Meanwhile, the BCCI has decided to introduce a uniformity in the payment of scorers, which means that every scorer will get Rs 15,000 per domestic match by the state associations for international assignments hosted by them .
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