DUBLIN: Ireland will host India when the Asian juggernauts return to Malahide for a three-match T20I series this August.
To complete the summer men’s fixture announcements, the three-match World Cup Super League series against Bangladesh will be played in Chelmsford with tickets now on sale.
The return of the world’s top-ranked T20I side for a second consecutive year represents a vote of confidence in the talent and competitiveness of the current Irish side and a fitting end to the home international fixtures this summer.
India and Ireland played a two-match T20I series in 2022.
Earlier in the summer, Ireland men will face Bangladesh in a three-match one-day international series. The matches, to be played at the Cloud County Ground in Chelmsford in early May, are both sides’ final World Cup Super League fixtures. Bangladesh have already qualified for the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup in India.
These newly confirmed fixtures complete a busy six-month playing schedule for Ireland Men which begins this month with the tour to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. In total, Ireland Men will potentially play more than 30 matches between March and September.
Warren Deutrom, chief executive of Cricket Ireland, said: “Summer 2023 will be a feast of men’s cricket but will look very different to normal for fans. We can today confirm India visiting Ireland for a second consecutive year and confirm the World Cup Super League series against Bangladesh will proceed in early May. This is on top of the already announced Test match at Lord’s in June and the three-match ODI series in September against England.
“We extend our grateful thanks to the Bangladesh Cricket Board for fitting in matches rescheduled during the Covid era, as well as to the BCCI and Cricket West Indies for being so flexible given the uncertainties of World Cup Qualifier participation. It certainly hasn’t been an easy task to schedule these fixtures, but we have achieved it and are delighted to confirm them today.”
