BCCI ushers in big home season: 13 Tests, six new venues
The BCCI has announced that Rajkot, Visakhapatnam, Pune, Dharamsala, Ranchi and Indore will debut as Test venues in India's 2016-17 home season, which will include series against New Zealand, England, Australia and Bangladesh
Facts and trivia
India last hosted a five-Test series in 1986-87
The previous time Chennai hosted a Test match was in February 2013
Delhi and Nagpur are the only active Test venues to miss out on long-format games in 2016-17 (Ahmedabad's stadium is being rebuilt); Delhi has had administrative issues, while Nagpur's pitch was rated poor after the previous Test it hosted
There was no mention of a day-night Test in India for 2016-17