Future Tours Programme

'Bilateral cricket will soon be history! Long live bilateral cricket!' Recall former India cricket coach Ravi Shastri waxing eloquent recently that bilateral Twenty20s should be stopped? Well, India will play 76 bilateral T20s alone over the next four years.   

India will play two five-Test series each against Australia and England during the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s Future Tours Programme (FTP) for the period 2023-27 that was confirmed Wednesday.

Jun 29, 2022 15:06
MUMBAI: Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Jay Shah has reiterated earlier comments that the Indian Premier League will have an extended two-and-a-half month window in the next international calendar to allow all the world's top players to participate in the world's richest annual cricketing event.
Dec 14, 2021 17:12
MUMBAI: The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has released its Future Tours Program (FTP) for 2022-23, the highlight (from a commercial perspective) of which is a three-match ODI series in India in March, just ahead of the Indian Premier League.
Oct 15, 2019 09:10
MUMBAI: Rahul Johri, chief executive of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), has written a letter to the International Cricket Council in relation to the post-2023 events calendar and the additional events calendar 2023 the ICC has proposed.
Jun 20, 2018 18:06
DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC), cricket’s governing body released on Wednesday a revamped Future Tours Programme (FTP) for the period of 2018-23.  The stated aim of the new FTP is to bring more context to bilateral cricket series across all three formats of the men’s game. As expected, the World Test Championship (WTC) has been created along with a 13-team men’s ODI league.
Dec 12, 2017 14:12
NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on Monday, in its Special General Meeting, confirmed that India will be hosting the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2023 and the ICC Champions Trophy in 2021. 
Dec 06, 2017 15:12
NEW DELHI: Even as Delhi is copping serious flak for its pollution woes, BCCI's intention to pitch for ensuring that their home season has two windows reserved - October-November and February-March - in the future tours programme the ICC is drawing up, could well resolve a number of scheduling headaches.
Nov 17, 2017 13:11
NEW DELHI: The special general meeting (SGM) of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will be held on December 1 here, following a go ahead by the Committee of Administrators earlier this week.
Nov 16, 2017 14:11
MUMBAI: The Committee of Administrators (CoA) has given the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) the go-ahead to hold its special general meeting at which three main points will be on the agenda: settlement of dues owed to erstwhile IPL franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala, re-affiliation for Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) and approval of the International Cricket Council's new Future Tours Programme (FTP) for 2019 t