Mumbai: The western Indian city of Pune will stage its first test when the home side plays Australia in the opener of the four-match series starting February.
The Pune test starts Feb. 23 before Australia travel to Bengaluru for the second match from March 4.
Two more venues -- Ranchi and Dharamshala -- will also host their first tests with the third and fourth matches of the Border-Gavaskar series.
The scheduling will force some Australia players, who play all three formats, to miss a three-match Twenty20 international series against Sri Lanka at home, with the first test in India starting a day after the final game against Sri Lanka.
With Australia suffering a 3-0 thrashing in their recent test series in Sri Lanka, there have been talks about the prospect of picking specialist players for different conditions.
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