{"id":851398,"date":"2026-03-26T10:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/851398\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T10:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:44:13","slug":"cuttack-to-host-india-vs-sri-lanka-t20i-at-barabati-stadium-on-december-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/851398\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuttack to host India vs Sri Lanka T20I at Barabati Stadium on December 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a good news for the cricket crazy fans across <a href=\"https:\/\/odishatv.in\/tags\/odisha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Odisha<\/a>, the historical <a href=\"https:\/\/odishatv.in\/tags\/barabati-stadium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Barabati Stadium<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/odishatv.in\/tags\/cuttack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cuttack<\/a> will organise a T20I match between <a href=\"https:\/\/odishatv.in\/tags\/india\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">India<\/a> vs Sri Lanka on December 24, 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As per \u00a0Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) sources, India will host Sri Lanka in December 2026 for a white-ball series comprising three ODIs and as many T20Is. The ODI leg will be played in Delhi, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad, while Rajkot, Cuttack and Pune will host the T20Is.<\/p>\n<p>BCCI has unveiled the fixtures for Team India (Senior Men) international home season 2026-27.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming home season promises an exciting and action-packed calendar, featuring four visiting teams &#8211; West Indies, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Australia in a multi-format schedule. The season will comprise 22 international matches in 17 cities, offering fans across the country the opportunity to witness top-quality international cricket.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/odishatv.in\/news\/odisha\/barabati-stadium-floodlight-issue-odisha-govt-slap-show-cause-notice-on-oca-255526\" rel=\"dofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barabati Stadium floodlight issue: Odisha govt slaps show-cause notice on OCA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The season will commence with the West Indies tour of India, starting on September 27, 2026. The tour will feature a three-match ODI series followed by a five-match T20I series. The ODIs will be played in Trivandrum, Guwahati and New Chandigarh, before the action shifts to the T20Is, which will be hosted across Lucknow, Ranchi, Indore, Hyderabad and Bengaluru.<\/p>\n<p>At the start of the new year, Zimbabwe will tour India for a three-match ODI series in January 2027. The matches will be held in Kolkata, Hyderabad and Mumbai.<\/p>\n<p>The season will culminate with the prestigious and much-anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy, featuring a five-match Test series against Australia, beginning on January 21, 2027, in Nagpur. The contest will then move to Chennai, Guwahati, Ranchi and Ahmedabad, promising a compelling battle between two of the premier sides in world cricket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a good news for the cricket crazy fans across Odisha, the historical Barabati Stadium in Cuttack will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":851399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4101],"tags":[1406,18617,79,16,15],"class_list":["post-851398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-odisha","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116295072367021424","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=851398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/851399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=851398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=851398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}