After the Champions Trophy 2025, Team India’s next major target will be 2027 ODI World Cup. In the next few years, the Indian team has to play 27 matches in 9 ODI series. However, after the Champions Trophy 2025, India does not have to play an ODI match for a few months, but the number of ODI matches will increase after the T20 World Cup 2026.
Let’s know the entire schedule of the Indian team till 2027 ODI World Cup, which teams will compete with and where.
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India’s ODI schedule before 2027 ODI World Cup
The ODI World Cup will be played between 2027 October-December. Before that, India will play ODI series against 8 teams, including two series against New Zealand.
- 6 series will be held in India, while 3 will be on foreign soil.
- The first series will be against Bangladesh in August 2025.
Team India’s upcoming ODI matches (2025-2027)
| Time | Team | place | ODI match |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Bangladesh | Outside | 3 |
| October-November 2025 | Australia | Outside | 3 |
| November-December 2025 | South Africa | Home | 3 |
| January 2026 | New Zealand | Home | 3 |
| June 2026 | Afghanistan | Home | 3 |
| July 2026 | England | Outside | 3 |
| September-October 2026 | West Indies | Home | 3 |
| October-November 2026 | New Zealand | Home | 3 |
| December 2026 | Sri Lanka | Home | 3 |
Complete analysis of schedule
- The series against Bangladesh will begin in August 2025.
- Australia tour (October-November 2025) can prove to be difficult for India.
- In January 2026, the domestic series from New Zealand will be important for India.
- The England tour will be challenging in July 2026.
- There will be another domestic series from New Zealand in October-November 2026.
- India will play domestic ODI series against Sri Lanka at the end of 2026.
