USA to host two T20Is during India tour of West Indies in July-August 2023

The Indian team will be playing two additional T20Is against West Indies in the United States of America during their scheduled tour in July-August 2023. India and West Indies were scheduled to play two Tests and a six-match white-ball series according to ICC's FTP for 2023. But the recent reports suggest that the two additional T20I matches are added to the schedule and USA's Florida will be the venue for both games.

However, according to Cricbuzz, Cricket West Indies will have the hosting rights for both additional games and USA Cricket will play no role in commercial relations and arrangements. In the recent ICC meetings in Dubai, both Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Cricket West Indies agreed on the addition of two more T20Is to their schedule.

"That is the plan. Unless there is an unavoidable situation, the two extra games will be played in Florida, like last year. No to USAC. The CWI is the event host with special commercial relations and arrangements for local operations at the Broward Stadium. This is very similar to how the 2024 World Cup will operate for the US matches," a Cricket West Indies official said.

Cricket West Indies and USA Cricket have signed a strategic partnership to host the ICC T20 World Cup in 2024. ICC has been a little aggressive in promoting cricket in the USA lately. There have been talks on the table to award the USA the hosting rights for a potential India-Pakistan World Cup game next year if the cricketing board meets ICC's financial compliances.

India played two T20Is at Florida's Broward Stadium as a part of their West Indies tour last year. After playing the first three games in West Indies, the Indian team faced visa issues to travel to the USA for the last two matches. The Cricket West Indies official has assured that the last-minute visa issues will not be repeated this time. 

"The visa appointments in Trinidad were messed up beyond our control and, at great cost and inconvenience for all concerned, we had to rearrange to fly those without visas to Guyana, in between St Kitts and Florida matches. It also included some West Indians," the CWI official said.