{"id":30999,"date":"2026-04-07T13:36:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=30999"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:36:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:36:28","slug":"zimbabwe-to-host-india-australia-in-major-cricket-tours","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/zimbabwe-to-host-india-australia-in-major-cricket-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe to host India, Australia in major cricket tours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwe Cricket has confirmed two high-profile home series against India and Australia later this year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The reigning T20 world champions, India, are set to tour Zimbabwe in July for a three-match T20 series scheduled for the 23rd, 25th and 26th. The matches present Zimbabwe with an opportunity to bounce back after a heavy defeat to the same opponents at the recent Cricket World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>India last visited Zimbabwe in 2025, and Zimbabwe Cricket Managing Director Givemore Makoni says fixtures of this calibre generate strong local interest and help grow the game.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe will also host Australia in September for a three-match One Day International series. All matches are set to be played at the Harare Sports Club.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The tour will mark Australia\u2019s return to Zimbabwe for the first time since 2014. The two sides last met at the recent T20 World Cup, where Zimbabwe secured a notable victory.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":31002,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-30999","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Zimbabwe Cricket has confirmed two high-profile home series against India and Australia later this year.","published_date":"2026-04-07 13:34:00","news_description":"Zimbabwe Cricket has confirmed two high-profile home series against India and Australia later this year.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31004,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30999\/revisions\/31004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=30999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}