MUMBAI: The 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 February 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. Schedule: 1st test - Feb. 23-27 - Pune 2nd test - March 04-08 - Bengaluru 3rd test - March 16-20 - Ranchi 4th test - March 25-29 - Dharamshala