Virender Sehwag, BCCI Secretary Jay Shah, Muttiah Muralidharan and ICC CEO Geoff Allardice at the #WC2023 event schedule announcement event in Mumbai on Tuesday
- Blockbuster contest India vs Pakistan in Ahmedabad
The International Cricket Council (ICC) yesterday announced the schedule for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 at a ‘Countdown to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023’ event in Mumbai.
Ten teams feature in what will be the biggest Cricket World Cup ever, to be played across 10 venues from 5 October to 19 November, with the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad hosting the tournament opener and the final.
The other nine venues are Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Dharamsala, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai and Pune. Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram will join Hyderabad in hosting the practice games.
Defending champions England will take on New Zealand in a much-awaited clash between the 2019 World Cup finalists that opens the tournament in Ahmedabad, while hosts India will face-off against five-time winners Australia in Chennai on 8 October.
Ahmedabad will also host matches between traditional rivals India and Pakistan (15 October) and Australia and England (4 November).
Eight teams have qualified for the 46-day event through the Cricket World Cup Super League while the final two spots will be taken by the finalists of the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier taking place in Zimbabwe.
The tournament retains the round-robin format of last time with all teams playing against each other for a total of 45 league matches. There are six day matches which will start at 10:30 Indian Standard Time (IST) while all other matches, including the knockouts, will be day-night fixtures starting at 14:00 IST.
The top four teams will qualify for the semifinals, to be played in Mumbai on 15 November and in Kolkata on 16 November. The semi-finals and the final will have reserve days.
Icc Cricket World Cup 2023 Schedule By Venues:
Ahmedabad
- 5 October – England vs New Zealand
- 15 October – India vs Pakistan
- 4 November – England vs Australia
- 10 November – South Africa vs Afghanistan
- 19 November – Final
Hyderabad
- 6 October – Pakistan vs Qualifier 1
- 9 October – New Zealand vs Qualifier 1
- 12 October – Pakistan vs Qualifier 2
Dharamsala
- 7 October – Bangladesh vs Afghanistan (Day Game)
- 10 October – England vs Bangladesh
- 16 October – South Africa vs Qualifier 1
- 22 October – India vs New Zealand
- 29 October – Australia vs New Zealand (Day Game)
Delhi
- 7 October – South Africa vs Qualifier 2
- 11 October – India vs Afghanistan
- 15 October – England vs Afghanistan
- 25 October – Australia vs Qualifier 1
- 6 November – Bangladesh vs Qualifier 2
Chennai
- 8 October – India vs Australia
- 14 October – New Zealand vs Bangladesh (Day Game)
- 18 October – New Zealand vs Afghanistan
- 23 October – Pakistan vs Afghanistan
- 27 October – Pakistan vs South Africa
Lucknow
- 13 October – Australia vs South Africa
- 17 October – Australia vs Qualifier 2
- 21 October – Qualifier 1 vs Qualifier 2 (Day Game)
- 29 October – India vs England
- 3 November – Qualifier 1 vs Afghanistan
Pune
- 19 October – India vs Bangladesh
- 30 October – Afghanistan vs Qualifier 2
- 1 November – New Zealand vs South Africa
- 8 November – England vs Qualifier 1
- 12 November – Australia vs Bangladesh (Day Game)
Bengaluru
- 20 October – Australia vs Pakistan
- 26 October – England vs Qualifier 2
- 4 November – New Zealand vs Pakistan (Day Game)
- 9 November – New Zealand vs Qualifier 2
- 11 November – India vs Qualifier 1
Mumbai
- 21 October – England vs South Africa
- 24 October – South Africa vs Bangladesh
- 2 November – India vs Qualifier 2
- 7 November – Australia vs Afghanistan
- 15 November – Semifinal 1
Kolkata
- 28 October – Qualifier 1 vs Bangladesh
- 31 October – Pakistan vs Bangladesh
- 5 November – India vs South Africa
- 12 November – England vs Pakistan
- 16 November – Semifinal 2
Please note:
- If the West Indies qualify, they will be Q1 irrespective of where they finish in the Qualifiers
- If Sri Lanka qualify, they will be Q2 irrespective of where they finish in the Qualifiers
- If Pakistan qualify for the semi-finals, they will play in Kolkata
- If India qualify for the semifinals, they will play in Mumbai unless playing against Pakistan, in which case they will play in Kolkata
