The 2019–20 Indian cricket season is the ongoing and 126th cricket season since the commencement of first-class cricket in India. The international cricket season started in September 2019 with South Africa's tour of India. The T20I series between the nations was drawn 1−1 while India clean swept the test series 3−0. India is currently hosting Bangladesh. India won the T20I series 2−1. India will play 2-match test series against Bangladesh which will include the first day/night test match to be played by either side. India will also host tours from West Indies, Sri Lanka and Australia. India will also host home games for Afghanistan which include tours from West Indies and Ireland. South African women toured India. India won the WT20I series 3–1 and WODI series 3–0. Originally, Zimbabwe were scheduled to tour India in January 2020. However, in September 2019, India cancelled the Zimbabwe series following the ICC's suspension of Zimbabwe Cricket, with Sri Lanka replacing them.
The A-team season consisted of tours from Sri Lanka A and South Africa. Sri Lanka A lost the first class series 2–0 and drew the one-day series 2–2. South Africa A lost the first class series 1–0 and lost the one-day series 4–1.
Paytm retained the title sponsorship of international and domestic Indian cricket tournaments for five years. BCCI partnered with All India Radio for radio commentary of all international and selected domestic games for 2019-20 and 2020–21 season.
The domestic season retained the same format of last year. The domestic season began with Duleep trophy and is scheduled to end in May with 13th season of Indian Premiere League. India Red won the Duleep trophy. Karnataka won the Vijay Hazare Trophy. India B won the Deodhar Trophy. The women's domestic season began in October with the T20 League and is scheduled to end in March with Women's T20 Challenge (Women's IPL). Railways won the T20 League.
International Men's International tours Dates Tournament Home team Away team Results [Matches] Test ODI T20I - South Africa tour of India 3−0 — 1−1 - Bangladesh tour of India 2−0 — 2−1 - West Indies against Afghanistan in India 0-1 0-3 2-1 - West Indies tour of India — 2−1 2−1 - Sri Lanka tour of India — — 2-0 - Australia tour of India — 2-1 — - Ireland against Afghanistan in India — — 2-1 - South Africa ODI tour of India — — Women's International tours Dates Tournament Home team Away team Results [Matches] WTest WODI WT20I - South Africa women tour of India — 3–0 3–1
India-A, India-B and India U-19 Teams International tours Dates Tournament Home team Away team Results [Matches] FC LA - Sri Lankan A tour of India India A Sri Lanka A 2-0 2-2 - South Africa A tour of India India A South Africa A 1-0 4-1
Domestic BCCI announced the domestic schedule in July 2019. It largely retained the format of previous season with a total of 2036 domestic games being played across various age groups in the men's and women's category. The inter-state T20 tournaments added a semifinal stage after the super league stage. In August it was announced that Chandigarh cricket team will make their debut in the season after BCCI granted affiliation to Union Territory Cricket Association. Due to communication curfew after Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association had to put TV advertisements on local TV channel to contact its players.
Transfers The following players transfers and staff changes were held during the season.
Name From To Note Ref C. M. GautamKarnatakaGoa Arun KarthikKeralaPuducherry Vinay KumarKarnatakaPuducherryPlayer-cum-mentor role K. B. PawanNagalandMizoram Abrar KaziNagalandMizoram Iqbal AbdullahMumbaiSikkim Milind KumarSikkimTripura Yashpal SinghManipurSikkim Bipul SharmaSikkimChandigarh Malolan RangarajanUttarakhandTamil Nadu Robin UthappaSaurashtraKeralaCaptain Role Stuart BinnyKarnatakaNagaland Shrikant MundheMaharashtraNagaland Yogesh TakawaleMaharashtraNagaland Dwaraka Ravi TejaAndhraMeghalaya Unmukt ChandDelhiUttarakhandCaptain Role Tanmay SrivastavaUttar PradeshUttarakhand Rahil ShahTamil NaduUttarakhand Barinder SranPunjabChandigarh Manan VohraPunjabChandigarhCaptain Role Uday KaulPunjabChandigarh Karn SharmaAndhraRailways T PradeepKarnatakaRailways Karthik RamanAndhraRailways Vikrant RajputChhattisgarhRailways Mangal MahrourBiharRailways Jiwanjot SinghPunjabChhattisgarh Puneet DateyMadhya PradeshChhattisgarh Shashank SinghPuducherryChhattisgarh Pulkit NarangDelhiServices Arpit PannuPunjabChandigarh Ankit KaushikHimachal PradeshChandigarh Shresth NirmohiHimachal PradeshChandigarh Gurinder SinghMeghalayaChandigarh Vikas YadavServicesBihar Rahul DalalHaryanaArunachal Pradesh Devika VaidyaMaharashtra womenChhattisgarh women Staff changes Divakar Vasu Tamil Nadu Appointed as Coach Vinayak Samant MumbaiReappointed as Coach KP BhaskarUttarakhand Delhi Appointed as Coach Gursharan SinghArunachal Pradesh Uttarakhand Appointed as Coach Sunil Joshi Uttar Pradesh Appointed as Coach Sanjeev Sharma Arunachal Pradesh Appointed as Coach Ajay Ratra AssamAppointed as Coach Sairaj BahutuleBengalGujaratAppointed as Coach Sanath KumarMeghalayaBarodaAppointed as Coach V. R. V. Singh ChandigarhAppointed as Coach
Men's
The men's season began in August with Duleep Trophy. India Red won the Duleep trophy, beating India Green by an innings and 38 runs in the final. The Vijay Hazare Trophy was played in September and October. Karnataka won the rain-affected final, beating Tamil Nadu by 60 runs to win the Vijay Hazare Trophy. The Deodhar Trophy was held in October and November. India B beat India C by 51 runs in the final to win the Deodhar Trophy. The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is being held early in November and December to facilitate franchisees for the auction of Indian Premier League. The Ranji Trophy will start in December to February and will finish with knockouts being played in February and March 2020. Winner of Ranji Trophy will play Rest of India in a Best vs Rest format one-off match for Irani Cup in March. The men's season will end with the 13th season of IPL.
Dates Tournament Matches Format Teams Format (No. of Teams) Tournament format (No. of Matches) Winners - Duleep Trophy First-class Intra-national(3 Teams) Round-robin and Finals(4 Matches) India Red - Vijay Hazare Trophy List A Inter-state(38 Teams) Round-robin and Playoff format(169 Matches) Karnataka - Deodhar Trophy List A Intra-national(3 Teams) Round-robin and Finals(4 Matches) India B - Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Twenty20 Inter-state(38 Teams) Round-robin and Playoff format(149 Matches) Karnataka - Ranji Trophy First-class Inter-state(38 Teams) Round-robin and Playoff format(169 Matches) Saurashtra - Irani Cup First-class State and Intra-national(2 Teams) Single match(1 Match) - Indian Premier League Twenty20 Inter-franchise(8 Teams) Double Round-robin and Playoff format(60 Matches) Mumbai Indians
Women's
The women's season began with T20 League in October and November. Railways women defeated Bengal women by 8 wickets to win the T20 League for the record 9th time. It will be followed by T20 Challenger Trophy in January 2020. The One-Day League will be played in February and March. It will be followed by Challenger Trophy in March. The season will conclude with Women's T20 Challenge.
Dates Tournament Matches Format Teams Format (No. of Teams) Tournament format (No. of Matches) Winners - T20 League Women's Twenty20 Inter-state(37 Teams) Round-robin and Playoff format(142 Matches) Railways women - T20 ChallengerTrophy Women's Twenty20 Intra-national(3 Teams) Double Round-robin and Finals(7 Matches) India C Women - One-Day League Women's List A Inter-state(37 Teams) Round-robin and Playoff format(160 Matches) Knockout stage Cancelled - Challenger Trophy Women's List A Intra-national(3 Teams) Round-robin and Finals(4 Matches) Cancelled - Women's T20 Challenge Women's Twenty20 Intra-national(3 Teams) Round-robin and Finals(4 Matches) IPL Trailblazers
Junior Level + Contents 1 InternationalUnder-23 Men's 2 Domestic Men's 3 Domestic Women's 1.1Under-23One-Day Seriesvs Bangladesh 2.1Col C KNayuduTrophy 2.2U23One-DayLeague 2.3VizzyTrophy 2.4CoochBeharTrophy 2.5VinooMankadTrophy 2.6U19One-DayChallengerTrophy 2.7VijayMerchantTrophy 3.1U23One-DayLeague 3.2U23One-DayChallengerTrophy 3.3U23 T20League 3.4U23 T20ChallengerTrophy 3.5U19One-DayLeague 3.6U19 T20League 3.7U19 T20ChallengerTrophy Similar to senior domestic schedule, the season retained all the tournaments and format of previous season across various age groups in the men's and women's category. Chandigarh will make its debut and were added to the Plate group (north zone for Vijay Merchant Trophy). Similar to Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, the women's inter-state T20 tournaments also added a semifinal stage after the super league stage.
International Men's U-23 International tours Dates Tournament Home team Away team Results [Matches] FC LA - India Under-23 vs Bangladesh Under-23 One-Day Series — 3−1
Under-23 Men's One-Day Series vs Bangladesh
In September 2019, Bangladesh Under-23 cricket team toured India to play a five-match one-day series against India Under-23 cricket team. All the matches were played at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. Originally the series was scheduled to be held at Raipur but the venue was changed to Lucknow due to inclement weather conditions in Raipur. India Under-23 won the series 3−1. MatchDateBatting 1stBatting 2ndResult1st One-Day20 September 2019192/9 (50 overs)158/9 (48.4 overs)India U23won by 34 Runs2nd One-Day21 September 2019212/7 (36 overs)149/2 (36 overs)Bangladesh U23won by 5 Runs(DLS method)3rd One-Day23 September 2019114/0 (22 overs)124 (21.4 overs)India U23won by 49 Runs(DLS method)4th One-Day25 September 2019201/6 (50 overs)202/6 (42.2 overs)India U23won by 4 Wickets5th One-Day27 September 2019 vs Matchabandoned
Domestic Men's Vinoo Mankad Trophy was held from October to November. Uttar Pradesh won the Vinoo Mankad Trophy. Vijay Merchant Trophy is being held from October to December. Men's U23 One-Day League is being held from October to December. Men's U19 One-Day Challenger Trophy is being held in November. Cooch Behar Trophy will be held from November to February. Col C K Nayudu Trophy will be held from December to March. Vizzy Trophy will be held in March.
During the season, BCCI also had to face serious issue of age fraud. In September 2019, former India captain and Junior team coach Rahul Dravid said that the issue is "Seriously detrimental" to the health of sport and "leads to an erosion of culture". BCCI relaxed the age fraud punishment during the second year of the punishment. Many BCCI member associations expressed shock over the decision. BCCI also started a 24x7 helpline for reporting the age fraud. Several players were suspended due to the age fraud.
Dates Tournament Age-Group (Matches Format) Teams Format (No. of Teams) Tournament format (No. of Matches) Winners - Vinoo MankadTrophy Men's U-19(One-Day) Inter-state(36 Teams) Round-robin and Playoff format(152 Matches) Uttar PradeshU-19 Men - Vijay MerchantTrophy Men's U-16(Multi-Day) Inter-state(36 Teams) Round-robin and Playoff format(102 Matches) Mumbai U-16 Men's - Men's U23 One-DayLeague Men's U-23(One-Day) Inter-state(36 Teams) Round-robin and Playoff format(160 Matches) Bengal U-23 Men's - Men's U19 One-DayChallenger Trophy Men's U-19(One-Day) National and Intra-national(4 Teams) Round-robin and Finals(8 Matches) India A Men's - Cooch BeharTrophy Men's U-19(Multi-Day) Inter-state(35 Teams) Round-robin and Playoff format(143 Matches) Baroda U-19 Men's - Col C K NayuduTrophy Men's U-23(Multi-Day) Inter-state(37 Teams) Round-robin and Playoff format(160 Matches) Vidarbha U-23 - Vizzy Trophy Men's Inter-University(One-Day) Inter-zonal(4 Teams) Round-robin and Finals(7 Matches) Cancelled
Men's Under-23 The Under-23 age group will consist of Col C K Nayudu Trophy (Multi-day competition) and One-Day League.