Australia to tour India for T20I, ODI series in February-March

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Australia will tour India for a limited-overs series, including two T20Is and five ODIs, to be played in February and March.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday announced the schedule for the upcoming series.

The series will start with the first T20I on February 24 in Bengaluru. The second T20I match will be held in Visakhapatnam on February 27.

Meanwhile, the ODI series will start on March 2 in Hyderabad. The rest of the matches will be played on March 5 (Nagpur), March 8 (Ranchi), March 10 (Mohali) and March 13 (Delhi).

The limited overs tour comes as handy matches for both nations as they finalise their respective squads for the upcoming 2019 World Cup in England.

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