Arch-rivals India and Pakistan will face off on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on October 15 in the course of the 2023 ODI World Cup, as per the schedule launched by the Worldwide Cricket Council immediately.
The World Cup in India will start on October 5 in Ahmedabad, and shall be performed throughout 10 venues. The ultimate, too, shall be in Ahmedabad, on November 19. The semifinals shall be held in Mumbai and Kolkata on November 15 and 16.
The 45 league matches of the 2023 ODI World Cup, the semis and the ultimate, shall be performed at Dharamsala, Delhi, Lucknow, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Chennai over 46 days.
The long-awaited 2023 ODI World Cup schedule was lastly launched by the ICC and BCCI at an occasion in Mumbai on Tuesday, simply 100 days earlier than the beginning of the event.
The format
Will probably be the identical as in 2019, with 10 groups taking part in one another as soon as within the league section and the highest 4 qualifying for the semifinals. India certified for the occasion as hosts, whereas Afghanistan, Australia, England, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Pakistan, and South Africa made it by ending within the high eight of the 2020-2023 World Cup Tremendous League.
The remaining two groups shall be recognized on the ongoing World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe, which is being performed by Sri Lanka, West Indies, Eire, Nepal, Netherlands, Oman, Scotland, UAE, USA and Zimbabwe.
The 2023 World Cup will open with a rematch between the 2019 finalists – New Zealand and England. India will open their marketing campaign in opposition to Australia on October 8 in Chennai.
India then play Afghanistan in Delhi on October 11; Pakistan in Ahmedabad on October 15; Bangladesh in Pune on October 19; New Zealand in Dharamsala on October 22; England in Lucknow on October 29; a qualifier in Mumbai on November 2; South Africa in Kolkata on November 5; and one other qualifier in Bengaluru on November 11.
