3 min learnJul 10, 2026 08:47 AM IST
Cricket Australia on Friday confirmed that the Huge Bash League’s first abroad match, involving defending champions Perth Scorchers and Melbourne Renegades, might be performed at India’s iconic MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai in December this 12 months.
The match would be the opener of the sixteenth version of the BBL, set to be performed on the house turf of IPL franchise Chennai Tremendous Kings on December 12. The landmark announcement was made throughout India Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese’s go to to the Melbourne Cricket Floor (MCG) on Friday, with cricket considered as a significant car for deepening ties between the 2 nations.
“Our sport has such an genuine connection in India,” CA’s basic supervisor of Huge Bash Leagues, Alistair Dobson, instructed cricket.com.au. “This recreation can also be a part of a a lot greater initiative throughout each our governments and reveals that cricket is a connector for each our international locations, and that each the Australian and Indian governments see that and wish to be a part of it.
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“We’re vastly excited by the chance and we count on the match would be the most-watched recreation in Australian home league historical past for any sport.
In accordance with cricket.com.au, Chennai was endorsed as the perfect venue for the one-off contest by the Board of Management for Cricket in India (India) and Australian Consul-Basic Silai Zaki as a result of its ardour for cricket and the non secular following five-time IPL winners CSK get pleasure from within the metropolis.
The Renegades would be the designated house staff, with the match on the Chepauk Stadium to start at 2.40pm native time, reflecting an 8.10 pm AEDT begin, slating the competition proper after the fourth day’s play between Australia and New Zealand throughout the first Check in Perth.
The BBL will turn into the primary abroad cricket league to host certainly one of its personal matches in India. Though the Perth Scorchers, Brisbane Warmth and Hobart Hurricanes featured within the now-defunct Champions League T20 in India greater than a decade in the past, these video games had been separate from the BBL.
Australia final featured in a match at Chepauk throughout their 2023 World Cup opener towards India. The 2 groups are as a result of meet in Chennai early subsequent 12 months throughout the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.