India, March 27 -- There could be no more inappropriate time to discuss Indian Test cricket venues than the day before the IPL season starts. I can already hear the response: "Sit down, Aunty, keep quiet". But before it all goes "RCB, RCB", let's at least get the voices of Indian Test cricket faithful out there.

India's 2026-27 home season, for which fixtures were released Wednesday, will be white-ball heavy, featuring seventeen matches-nine ODIs and eight T20Is-against the West Indies, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe. The BCCI's cheery media release talked about 22 international matches in 17 cities, a good spread across the country; the other five games are Tests.

The sole Test series at home is for the yummalicious Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) b...