The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced major changes to India’s domestic calendar for the upcoming season at home. Team India are set to host South Africa and West Indies in Test series which are part of the World Test Championships (WTC) 2025-27. Indians are beginning their new WTC campaign under new Test skipper Shubman Gill against England with a five-Test series beginning on June 20. Gill’s side will play two Tests each against South Africa and West Indies later this year. Kolkata’s iconic Eden Gardens stadium and New Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium will swap their allocated Tests against West Indies and South Africa the BCCI announced on Monday.   🚨 NEWS 🚨 BCCI announces updated venues for Team India (International home season) & South Africa A Tour of India. Details 🔽 #TeamIndia | @IDFCFIRSTBank https://t.co/vaXuFZQDRA — BCCI (@BCCI) June 9 2025 While Delhi was set to host the opening Test against South Africa from November 14-18 it will now host the second Test against West Indies starting on October 10. While the BCCI statement didn’t make it clear about the reasons for making the swap but Delhi’s poor air pollution levels in the months of November could have possibly swayed their decision. The shocking AQI in Delhi a few years back had become a matter of concern in India’s Test vs Sri Lanka. According to PTI news agency the BCCIs Cricket Operations team collated the AQI data over the past few years and decided that venue swap is a viable option. India’s home season starts with two WTC Tests against West Indies from October 2 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad followed by the Delhi Test. India then play a full three format series against South Africa starting with two Tests followed by three ODIs and five T20 Internationals across various Indian venues. While Kolkata hosts the opening Test against the current WTC finalists Proteas Guwahati’s Barsapara Stadium will become the newest Test venue as the second Test will be played from November 22 to 26. The ODIs will be held at Ranchi (November 30) Raipur (December 3) and Visakhapatnam (December 6). The five T20Is will be held at Cuttack (December 9) New Chandigarh (December 11) Dharamsala (December 14) Lucknow (December 17) and Ahmedabad (December 19). Meanwhile Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) has expressed its inability to host the women’s ODI series against Australia starting September 14 which was supposed to serve as a pre-cursor to the 50-over ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 starting on September 30. The first two matches of the series will now be played in Mullanpur (New Chandigarh) and the third match in New Delhi.