Team India has completed the three-match T20 series against Zimbabwe on 26 July with a clean sweep of 3-0. Now Team India will get rest for a long time, after that from 15th August to 27th August, Team India played a 2 test match series against Sri Lanka.
After August 27, Team India can play its first T20 match in the Asian Games 2026 on September 24 under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer. From September 27, the team captained by Shubman Gill will play a three-match T20 series with West Indies. In such a situation, Team India is going to be free from 27th August to 24th September i.e. for about 1 month, they will not get to watch any match. He will be completely deprived of cricket action.
If Indian cricket fans are thinking like this, then they are wrong. Because the Indian cricket team is not going to sit idle in the beginning of September. She will be seen playing the series. According to various reports coming in the media, the Indian cricket team can play a 5-match T20 series with Afghanistan in that vacant slot. Now the latest report coming out has brought a good new for the Indian fans.
Great news for Indian fans
Actually, according to the reports of The Shillong Times, a series of three ODIs and three T20 matches between India and Bangladesh can be held in September. This white ball series can be conducted in this vacant slot between India and Bangladesh. Let us tell you that political relations between India and Bangladesh have been very bad in the last few years. Due to these ups and downs, the series between the two teams was canceled last year also.
Bangladesh cricket team had also withdrawn its name from the T20 World Cup 2026, which was hosted by India. Bangladesh had refused to play in India. He had cited security reasons. India had expelled Bangladeshi cricketer Mustafizur Rahman from the IPL amid the atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh, who was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders. To take revenge, Bangladesh was out of the T20 World Cup with the support of Pakistan.
In place of Bangladesh, the Netherlands team was hurriedly included in the T20 World Cup 2026. In such a situation, India is not in favor of maintaining relations with Bangladesh on the cricket field. He would not like to play a bilateral series with Bangladesh. But if the latest reports are to be believed then this could be a series. If this series does not happen, then the Afghanistan cricket team can host a 5-match T20 series for the Indian team at the Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium in Delhi. Till now all these things are being said in the reports. No official announcement has been made about this.
India has to play a T20 series with the West Indies cricket team in late September and early October. 5 matches will be played in this series. After this, T20 series will also be played with New Zealand cricket team. In such a situation, the thrill of T20 will continue.