India will host Australia in a high-profile five-Test series starting January next year to end the 2026/27 home season, the country’s cricket board announced on Thursday.“The season will culminate with the prestigious and much-anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy, featuring a five-match Test series against Australia, beginning on January 21, 2027, in Nagpur,” the Board of Control for Cricket in India said.“The contest will then move to Chennai, Guwahati, Ranchi and Ahmedabad,” the board said.India suffered a 2-0 Test whitewash against South Africa at home last year and are placed sixth in the World Test Championship table led by Australia.India’s home season will begin with a white-ball series including three one-day matches and five T20 internationals against the West Indies starting September 27.The cricketing powerhouse will host Sri Lanka in December 2026 for a white-ball series including three ODI and three T20I matches.Zimbabwe will be in India for three 50-over matches in January.India home fixtures 2026/27:West Indies in India:September 27: 1st ODI, ThiruvananthapuramSeptember 30: 2nd ODI, GuwahatiOctober 3: 3rd ODI, New ChandigarhOctober 6: 1st T20I, LucknowOctober 9: 2nd T20I, RanchiOctober 11: 3rd T20I, IndoreOctober 14: 4th T20I, HyderabadOctober 17: 5th T20I, BengaluruSri Lanka in India:December 13: 1st ODI, New DelhiDecember 16: 2nd ODI, BengaluruDecember 19: 3rd ODI, AhmedabadDecember 22: 1st T20I, RajkotDecember 24: 2nd T20I, CuttackDecember 27: 3rd T20I, PuneZimbabwe in India:January 3: 1st ODI, KolkataJanuary 6: 2nd ODI, HyderabadJanuary 9: 3rd ODI, MumbaiAustralia in India:January 21-25: 1st Test, NagpurJanuary 29-February 2: 2nd Test, ChennaiFebruary 11-15: 3rd Test, GuwahatiFebruary 19-23: 4th Test, RanchiFebruary 27-March 3: 5th Test, Ahmedabad