NEW DELHI: India will kick off their home season against Bangladesh in September before hosting New Zealand in October and England next year, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Thursday.

India will welcome Bangladesh for a twomatch Test series, which will be played in Chennai and Kanpur from Sept 19-23 and Sept 27-Oct 1. It will be followed by three Twenty20s in Dharamsala, Delhi and Hyderabad.

They will then host the Black Caps for three Tests, with the first Test starting on Oct 16 in Bengaluru.

England will visit India in January next year to play five T20s and three One-day Internationals. Chennai, Kolkata, Rajkot, Pune and Mumbai will be the venues for the T20s while Nagpur, Cuttack and Ahmedabad will host the ODIs.

England`s tour of India will begin on Jan 22 and conclude on Feb 12.-Reuters