More matches, less playing days in new FTP
Updated On: 12 December, 2017 10:22 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
<p>India will host 81 matches across formats from 2019-2023, 30 more than the previous Future Tours Programme (FTP)</p>

India will host 81 matches across formats from 2019-2023, 30 more than the previous Future Tours Programme (FTP), but the number of playing days for the ever-busy cricketers will come down with the BCCI yesterday deciding to prune the Test schedule against lesser-ranked teams. The revised FTP was agreed upon unanimously at the Board's Special General Body Meeting (SGM) - a move that will see India playing more Tests against Australia, England and South Africa but also addressing captain Virat Kohli's complaints on player fatigue.

Virat Kohli
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