Ranchi, Dharamsala to host ODIs

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's hometown Ranchi as well as the picturesque venue of Dharamsala will become one-day international venues, according to the scheduled for the home bilateral series drawn up by the BCCI.

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's hometown Ranchi as well as the picturesque venue of Dharamsala will become one-day international venues, according to the scheduled for the home bilateral series drawn up by the BCCI.

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While Dharamsala has hosted matches against visiting teams, two more new venues - in Pune and Rajkot besides Ranchi - are expected to get approval for staging international games.

The three home series will start with a two-Test series against New Zealand, to be followed by the 'revenge' series against England. Four Tests will be followed by two T20s and five ODIs - three of them in fresh venues. Australia will also feature in four Tests early next year.

Series venues: New Zealand (Aug-Sep): Tests (Hyderabad, Bangalore), ODIs (Visakhapatnam, Chennai); England (Nov-Jan) Tests (Kolkata, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Nagpur), T20i (Pune, Mumbai); ODIs (Rajkot, Dharamsala, Ranchi, Mohali, Kochi); Australia (Feb-Mar 2013) Tests (Chennai, Delhi, Kanpur, Mohali)