Delhi Could Host First Test In Five Years For Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023: Reports

The World Test Championship (WTC) cycle’s second instalment will conclude with these four games for India, making the series crucial. In fact, India may need to defeat Australia 4-0 in order to advance to the top match, which could be a herculean job for Rohit Sharma’s team.

Normally a four-Test series, it will be split up into five games starting in 2024 as part of the ICC Future Tours & Programme (FTP).

The two years of the COVID-19 epidemic prevented Delhi from participating in the BCCI’s rotation mechanism, but it is now slated to receive one of the Test matches. In December 2017, the city last hosted a Test match against Sri Lanka.

Delhi All Set To Host Test Match: Reports

“Delhi is likely to host the second of the four Test matches as of now, The dates will be out as and when the Tours and Fixtures committee holds its meeting. Dharamsala, which hosted its first and only Test almost six years back, against Australia in March, 2017, will probably host the third Test,” PTI quoted an unnamed BCCI official as saying.

Given that Sri Lanka played a Test match in Bengaluru earlier this year, it is understood that Australia will most likely begin the series there. It was a test of day and night.

The series finale is anticipated to take place at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium.

Which of the four Tests will be a day/night affair has not yet been decided.

The first pink-ball Test in the nation was played against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens; the second one was played against England at Motera, and the third one was played against Sri Lanka in Bengaluru. The BCCI has thus far hosted three pink-ball Tests.

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