The International Cricket Council (ICC), announced the schedule for the ODI World Cup 2023 in an event in Mumbai on Tuesday. As per the schedule, the tournament will begin on October 05 in Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium. The India vs Pakistan battle, arguably the biggest match in the contest, has been scheduled to be held on October 15 in Ahmedabad too. The Indian cricket team will begin its campaign against Australia on October 08 in Chennai. The final of the tournament will be held in Ahmedabad on November 19.
A total of 10 teams will participate in the mega event. A total of eight teams have already qualified through the Cricket World Cup Super League while two are yet to be decided. The final two spots will be determined at the end of the Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe that concludes on July 9.
ICC ODI World Cup 2023: Full Schedule
- England vs New Zealand: October 5 in Ahmedabad
- Pakistan vs Qualifier 1: October 6 in Hyderabad
- Bangladesh vs Afghanistan: October 7 in Dharamsala
- South Africa vs Qualifier 2: October 7 in Delhi
- India vs Australia: October 8 in Chennai
- New Zealand vs Qualifier 1: October 9 in Hyderabad
- England vs Bangladesh: October 10 in Dharamsala
- India vs Afghanistan: October 11 in Delhi
- Pakistan vs Qualifier 2: October 12 in Hyderabad
- Australia vs South Africa: October 13 in Lucknow
- England vs Afghanistan: October 14 in Delhi
- New Zealand vs Bangladesh: October 14 in Chennai
- India vs Pakistan: October 15 in Ahmedabad
- Australia vs Qualifier 2: October 16 in Lucknow
- South Africa vs Qualifier 1: October 17 in Dharamsala
- New Zealand vs Afghanistan: October 18 in Chennai
- India vs Bangladesh: October 19 in Pune
- Australia vs Pakistan: October 20 in Bengaluru
- England vs South Africa: October 21 in Mumbai
- Qualifier 1 vs Qualifier 2: October 21 in Lucknow
- India vs New Zealand: October 22 in Dharamsala
- Pakistan vs Afghanistan: October 23 in Chennai
- South Africa vs Bangladesh: October 24 in Mumbai
- Australia vs Qualifier 1: October 25 in Delhi
- England vs Qualifier 2: October 26 in Bengaluru
- Pakistan vs South Africa: October 27 in Chennai
- Qualifier 1 vs Bangladesh: October 28 in Kolkata
- Australia vs New Zealand: October 28 in Dharamsala
- India vs England: October 29 in Lucknow
- Afghanistan vs Qualifier 2: October 30 in Pune
- Pakistan vs Bangladesh: October 31 in Kolkata
- New Zealand vs South Africa: November 1 in Pune
- India vs Qualifier 2: November 2 in Mumbai
- Qualifier 1 vs Afghanistan: November 3 in Lucknow
- England vs Australia: November 4 in Ahmedabad
- New Zealand vs Pakistan: November 4 in Bengaluru
- India vs South Africa: November 5 in Kolkata
- Bangladesh vs Qualifier 2: November 6 in Delhi
- Australia vs Afghanistan: November 7 in Mumbai
- England vs Qualifier 1: November 8 in Pune
- New Zealand vs Qualifier 2: November 9 in Bengaluru
- South Africa vs Afghanistan: November 10 in Ahmedabad
- India vs Qualifier 1: November 11 in Bengaluru
- England vs Pakistan: November 12 in Kolkata
- Australia vs Bangladesh: November 12 in Pune
- Semifinal 1: November 15 in Mumbai
- Semifinal 2: November 16 in Kolkata
- Final: November 19 in Ahmedabad
As for the main round, each team plays the other 9 teams in a round-robin format with the top four qualifying for the semi-finals.
The opening match will see last edition's finalists -- England and New Zealand -- get the tournament underway. But there remain quite a few mouth-watering clashes in the league stage.
While the Indo-Pak encounter is arguably the biggest from the schedule in the round-robin stage, Australia's face-off with South Africa on October 13 in Lucknow is also a big one. The Aussies will be hoping for a reversal of fortunes as a dramatic meeting in the last edition ended in the Rainbow Nation's favour.
Pakistan, a team that will understandably be in the spotlight, will face Australia in Bengaluru on October 20 while England have been scheduled to take on South Africa the next day in Mumbai.
India would look to avenge their 2019 World Cup semi-final defeat against New Zealand on October 22 at the picturesque Dharamsala while Australia are to face their arch-rivals England on November 4 in Ahmedabad.
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