<p class="title">Five countries will tour India in the 2019-20 season with the hosts scheduled to play five test matches, starting with a series against South Africa later this year, the country's cricket board (BCCI) has said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Virat Kohli's top-ranked test side face South Africa in the first of three Twenty20 Internationals on Sept 15 followed by a three-test series in October.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India's last two home tests of the season are against Bangladesh in November 2019, with the teams also scheduled to play three T20s.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The five tests are part of the inaugural World Test Championship which involves the nine top-ranked test nations competing in a league between July 2019 and April 2021, with the top two teams progressing to the final to be held in June 2021.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India will play nine ODIs and 12 T20s in total at home with the West Indies arriving in December, followed by visits from Zimbabwe and Australia in January.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kohli's men wrap up the season with a three-match ODI series against South Africa in March.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India's 2019-20 home schedule:</p>.<p class="bodytext">South Africa: Three T20s in Dharamsala, Mohali and Bengaluru; three tests in Visakhapatnam, Ranchi and Pune; three ODIs (in March 2020) in Dharamsala, Lucknow and Kolkata</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bangladesh: Three T20s in Delhi, Rajkot and Nagpur; two tests in Indore and Kolkata</p>.<p class="bodytext">West Indies: Three T20s in Mumbai, Thiruvananthapuram and Hyderabad; three ODIs in Chennai, Visakhapatnam and Cuttack</p>.<p class="bodytext">Zimbabwe: Three T20s in Guwahati, Indore and Pune</p>.<p class="bodytext">Australia: Three ODIs in Mumbai, Rajkot and Bengaluru</p>
<p class="title">Five countries will tour India in the 2019-20 season with the hosts scheduled to play five test matches, starting with a series against South Africa later this year, the country's cricket board (BCCI) has said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Virat Kohli's top-ranked test side face South Africa in the first of three Twenty20 Internationals on Sept 15 followed by a three-test series in October.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India's last two home tests of the season are against Bangladesh in November 2019, with the teams also scheduled to play three T20s.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The five tests are part of the inaugural World Test Championship which involves the nine top-ranked test nations competing in a league between July 2019 and April 2021, with the top two teams progressing to the final to be held in June 2021.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India will play nine ODIs and 12 T20s in total at home with the West Indies arriving in December, followed by visits from Zimbabwe and Australia in January.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kohli's men wrap up the season with a three-match ODI series against South Africa in March.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India's 2019-20 home schedule:</p>.<p class="bodytext">South Africa: Three T20s in Dharamsala, Mohali and Bengaluru; three tests in Visakhapatnam, Ranchi and Pune; three ODIs (in March 2020) in Dharamsala, Lucknow and Kolkata</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bangladesh: Three T20s in Delhi, Rajkot and Nagpur; two tests in Indore and Kolkata</p>.<p class="bodytext">West Indies: Three T20s in Mumbai, Thiruvananthapuram and Hyderabad; three ODIs in Chennai, Visakhapatnam and Cuttack</p>.<p class="bodytext">Zimbabwe: Three T20s in Guwahati, Indore and Pune</p>.<p class="bodytext">Australia: Three ODIs in Mumbai, Rajkot and Bengaluru</p>