ICC release new Future Tours Program (FTP), India to play 20 Tests in the new cycle

ICC's new Future Tours Program (FTP) is out and Team India is scheduled to play 20 Test matches in the new cycle.

The FTP starts with an away 2-match series against Bangladesh in December 2022.

India will then host Australia for 4 Tests in February and March next year in the much-awaited Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The Subcontinental giants will then tour West Indies and South Africa for two-match Test series each.

In 2024, India will host England, Bangladesh and New Zealand, while also travel to Australia. It will then travel to England in 2025 for a five-match Test series before hosting West Indies and South Africa. In 2026, India will host Afghanistan in a one-off Test match and take a trip to Sri Lanka and New Zealand. India's final Test series of the 2023-27 cycle will be against Australia at home.

The 12 full members of the ICC will play a total of 777 international matches 173 Tests, 281 ODIs and 323 T20Is in the 2023-2027 FTP cycle compared to the 694 in the current one.

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