New Delhi. The Indian cricket team is going to take the field with a new mission in the new year. Team India’s New Year competition is going to start with a Test match but the real target will be the ICC T20 World Cup. The Indian team reached the ODI World Cup final at home last year but could not win the ICC trophy. India will start its preparations for the T20 tournament by hosting the neighboring country at home.
The Indian team is going to start the year 2024 by hosting the neighboring country Afghanistan. Team India is going to play a three-match T20 series in the second week of the new year. This is going to be the last international series of the Indian team before the ICC T20 World Cup. After this, India will have to play in the domestic league Indian Premier League for T20 matches.
India will host neighboring country
The Indian team is going to host the Afghanistan team first in the new year. India has to play a three-match series between January 11 and January 17. The first match is to be played in Mohali while the second match will be played in Indore on 14 January. The last match of the series is to be held in Bangalore on 17th.
Where will the Afghanistan team stay?
Afghanistan will become the first team to tour India on New Year. The team is expected to reach India on 5th or 6th for the first T20 match in Mohali. Generally, Team India and teams coming on foreign tours stay at The Lalit Chandigarh Hotel. The distance of this hotel is about 14 kilometers from the stadium. The team bus takes 15 to 20 minutes to reach the stadium from the hotel. This time too, the news of the team staying in the same hotel has come to light. At present, all these things have not been kept in front due to security reasons, but earlier the Indian team was staying in this hotel.