India vs England 2016 Schedule: Fixtures announced for England's tour of India

BCCI announced the dates for England’s tour of India with the clashes now set to begin on 9th November and concluding on 1st February with the third T20 match. According to the reports from Cricbuzz, England will play 5 tests, 3 ODIs and 3 T20 Internationals.

As we had seen earlier in 2012, England will head back home after the Test series for a Christmas and a New Year break. They will return to India in January to play the ODIs and the T20 Internationals.

This is going to be the first time since the 1986-87 series against arch-rivals Pakistan that India is hosting a five-match Test series.

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India has never beaten England in a Test series since the 2008-09 series at home.

Visakhapatnam will be hosting its first ever Test match along with Rajkot. Last time England came to India, they won the series 2-1. Losing the first Test in Ahmedabad, England played brilliantly to outclass the hosts in the following two Tests. Monty Panesar and Graeme Swann were the players who helped them clinch the series last time, but the duo will not feature in the forth-coming Tests. It will be interesting to see how England fills their boots.

Tests:

1st Test	November 9 – November 13	Rajkot
2nd Test	November 17 – November 21	Visakhapatnam
3rd Test	November 26 – November 30	Mohali
4th Test	December 8 – December 12	Mumbai
5th Test	December 16 – December 20	Chennai

The last time England played an ODI series in India, they lost the series 3-2. Winning the first match by 9 runs, they were unable to capitalise on the win and lost the next three ODIs eventually losing the series.

One-Day Internationals:

1st ODI	January 15th (D/N)	Pune
2nd ODI	January 19th (D/N)	Cuttack
3rd ODI	January 22nd (D/N)	Kolkata

England played Two T20 Internationals in 2012 at Pune and Mumbai. India won the first match by 5 wickets while England won the second match by 6 wickets.