Sourav Ganguly has backed the BCCI’s venue-rotation policy even after Eden Gardens was left out of India’s five-Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against Australia in the 2026-27 home season, choosing to support the board’s wider spread of matches rather than push only for Kolkata’s case. The Australia series, scheduled from January 21 to February 25, 2027, will be played in Nagpur, Chennai, Guwahati, Ranchi and Ahmedabad, with Kolkata and Mumbai missing out despite their stature as two of India’s most traditional Test centres. “It’s always great to have big Test matches back at Eden Gardens. As the president of the CAB and being a former player, I would like to host Test matches here, but we got the Test against South Africa, then there were T20 World Cup games and the Indian Premier League fixtures,” Ganguly said. India’s 2026-27 home season is a packed one, with series against West Indies, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Australia across formats. In that larger calendar, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy has been spread across both established venues and newer Test centres such as Guwahati and Ranchi. Kolkata and Mumbai remain part of the season’s schedule in white-ball cricket, but neither has been handed a Test against Australia.
Published: March 30, 2026 4:20 pm
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