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India to play T20Is against Ireland on June 26 and June 28: BCCI

newsnow9March 21, 2026March 25, 202603 mins

New Delhi: Reigning world champions India will play two T20 Internationals in Ireland on June 26 and June 28 respectively, the BCCI said on Saturday about the games that will precede their white-ball assignment in England.

Both matches will be held at Belfast, where the Indian team will play for the first time since 2007.

“Team India (Senior Men) will travel to Ireland for a two-match T20I series in June 2026.

The two matches are sandwiched between the mixed home series against Afghanistan and the away white-ball series in England.

It is gathered that players, coaches, and other support staff were informed about the short stopover in Ireland during the recent BCCI awards night in Delhi. It will mark the first international assignment for Suryakumar Yadav’s side, post their World Cup triumph earlier this month.

As already declared by the BCCI, India are engaged with Afghanistan till June 20 when the last of the four home matches (one Test and three ODIs) will be played. They will play their first of the five T20Is and three ODIs against England in Chester-le-Street on July 1 which means the team will have to reach England at least three to four days before that game.Usually, India has played three matches whenever they’ve visited Ireland in recent years (2018, 2022, and 2023), but finding a window has been an issue. The series has been in the works for the last few months and the deliberations, obviously, have been to find a proper, albeit brief, window to squeeze the matches between the Afghanistan and England series.