The first T20I between India and Bangladesh, originally scheduled for December 6 at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala, has been shifted to Gwalior as the BCCI announced a revised schedule for India’s home series. The season will kick off with a two-match Test series against Bangladesh starting on September 19.
While the venues for the two Tests against Bangladesh and the three Tests against New Zealand remain unchanged, minor adjustments have been made to some of the white-ball fixtures against Bangladesh and England. The BCCI stated that the decision to move the first T20I from Dharamsala to Gwalior was due to ongoing repair work in the dressing rooms at the HPCA Stadium.
“The first T20I between India and Bangladesh, originally set for October 6, 2024, in Dharamsala, will now be held in Gwalior due to upgrades and renovation work being carried out by the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association in the dressing rooms,” the board announced in a release.
The match in Gwalior will be the inaugural international fixture at the city’s new Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium, and the first since the historic India-South Africa ODI in 2010, where Sachin Tendulkar became the first male cricketer to score a double century in ODIs.
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Additionally, the BCCI has made a notable change to the venues for the T20I series against England. The venues for the first and second T20Is have been swapped at the request of the Kolkata Police to the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB). Chennai, initially set to host the first T20I, will now host the second, while Kolkata will host the opening T20I instead of the second. The dates for the first T20I (January 22, 2025) and the second T20I (January 25, 2025) remain unchanged. The venue swap was necessitated due to Kolkata Police’s prior commitments related to Republic Day.
