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SouthAfricawillfaceAustraliainthesecondTestoftheirthree-matchseriesatStGeorge’sParkinGqeberha,startingonSunday,October18.Thematchalsocarriesimportanceinthe2025–27ICCWorldTestChampionship(WTC).

Bangladesh will face Zimbabwe in the opening match of the 2026 ODI Tri-Nation Series in the UAE at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on October 17. Afghanistan are the third team in the tournament, which runs from October 17 to 23.

IndiawillfacetheWestIndiesinthefifthanddecidingT20Ioftheirfive-matchseriesattheM.ChinnaswamyStadiuminBengaluruonSaturday,October17.Withtheserieslevelat2-2afterfourhigh-scoringmatches,bothteamswilllooktowinthefinalgameandclaimthetrophy.

India will face the West Indies in the fourth T20I of their five-match series at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Wednesday, October 14. The hosts lead the series 2-1 and need one more win to seal it with a match to spare.

Pakistan will face Sri Lanka in the third and final T20I of their three-match series at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Tuesday, October 13. The hosts have already secured an unassailable 2-0 lead and will aim to complete a 3-0 whitewash on home soil.

Pakistan face Sri Lanka in the second T20I of their three-match series at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Sunday, October 11. After winning the opener by four wickets, Pakistan lead 1-0 and can seal the series with a match to spare.

India will face the West Indies in the third T20I of their five-match series at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore on Sunday, October 11. With the series tied 1-1 after two high-scoring matches, both teams will look to take the lead.

Australia have delayed announcing their playing XI for the opening Test against South Africa in Durban after all-rounder Cooper Connolly was quarantined with a head cold. Connolly attended the team’s final training session before wearing a mask and leaving Kingsmead in a separate car.

Former India spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan has criticized Ravi Bishnoi after the leg-spinner’s expensive spell in the Asian Games final against Pakistan. Sivaramakrishnan said Bishnoi should not play matches while working on his bowling run-up, arguing that technical issues need to be addressed in training.

India will face West Indies in the second T20I of the five-match series at the JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi on Friday, October 9. The hosts took a 1-0 lead after an emphatic eight-wicket win in Lucknow, where Shreyas Iyer smashed his maiden T20I century.

Afghanistan will face Bangladesh in the one-off Test at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi from Friday, October 9, 2026. They have another chance to build momentum in red-ball cricket after their heavy defeat against India earlier this year.

South Africa will face Australia in the first Test of their three-match series at Kingsmead in Durban from October 9 to 13, 2026. The series marks Australia’s first Test tour of South Africa since 2018.

India will face the West Indies in the first T20I at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Tuesday, October 6. The Men in Blue recently secured a 2-1 win in the ODI series.

Bangladesh will face Sri Lanka in the bronze medal match of the Asian Games 2026 men’s cricket tournament at the Aichi Prefectural Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin, Japan, on Saturday, October 3. Both teams will look to finish the tournament with a place on the podium after losing their respective semi-finals.

India will face arch-rivals Pakistan in the men’s cricket gold medal match at the Asian Games 2026. The blockbuster final will take place on Saturday, October 3, at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin, Japan. It will be the first time India and Pakistan have met in an Asian Games final.

Pakistan will face Bangladesh in the first semi-final of the men’s cricket tournament at the Asian Games 2026 on Thursday, October 1. The match will be played at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin, where both teams will begin their fight for a place in the gold-medal match after rain disrupted the knockout stage.