ICC World Cup 2023 | Schedule announced | India | Pakistan

2023 Cricket World Cup 

The 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup will be the 13th edition of the Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day International (ODI) cricket competition organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and contested by men's national teams. It will be held in India from October 5 to November 19, 2023.

10 teams will participate in the tournament, including the 2019 defending champions, England. It will be the first Men's Cricket World Cup hosted completely by India, who previously co-hosted the event with other countries on the Indian subcontinent in 1987, 1996, and 2011.

The final will take place on November 19, 2023, at the Narendra Modi Stadium. The two semifinals will be held in Mumbai and Kolkata.

Background

The World Cup was originally scheduled to take place from February 9 to March 26, 2023. However, it was reported in July 2020 that the tournament would be relocated to October and November 2020 due to the disruption of the qualification timetable caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. ESPNcricinfo reported in March 2023 that the event would be held from October 5 to November 19, 2023. On June 27, the ICC announced the tournament schedule.

After the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) refused to send its squad to the 2023 Asia Cup, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) vowed to boycott the World Cup. The Asian Cricket Council declared on June 15, 2023, that the 2023 Asia Cup will be hosted in a hybrid model as requested by the PCB. However, prior to the introduction of the 2023 Asia Cup schedule, previous PCB chairman Najam Sethi voiced his hesitation to play any group league matches at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad other than the knockout matches, subject to approval from the Government of Pakistan. He also wanted all of their games to be played in Bengaluru, Chennai, or Kolkata.

Venues 

The tournament will be played in 10 stadiums across 10 different cities in India.

Fixtures 

The ICC released the fixture details on 27 June 2023. Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Dharamsala, Delhi, Chennai, Lucknow, Pune, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Kolkata.

Date	Team	VS	Team	Location
5 Oct	England	V	New Zealand	Ahmedabad
6 Oct	Pakistan	V	Netherlands	Hyderabad
7 Oct	Afghanistan	V	Bangladesh	Dharamshala
7 Oct	South Africa	V	Sri Lanka	Delhi
8 Oct	Australia	V	India	Chennai
9 Oct	New Zealand	V	Netherlands	Hyderabad
10 Oct	Bangladesh	V	England	Dharamshala
11 Oct	Afghanistan	V	India	Delhi
12 Oct	Pakistan	V	Sri Lanka	Hyderabad
13 Oct	Australia	V	South Africa	Lucknow
14 Oct	Bangladesh	V	New Zealand	Chennai
14 Oct	Afghanistan	V	England	Delhi
15 Oct	India	V	Pakistan	Ahmedabad
16 Oct	Australia	V	Sri Lanka	Lucknow
17 Oct	South Africa	V	Netherlands	Dharmashala
18 Oct	Afghanistan	V	New Zealand	Chennai
19 Oct	Bangladesh	V	India	Pune
20 Oct	Australia	V	Pakistan	Bengaluru
21 Oct	Netherlands	V	Sri Lanka	Lucknow
21 Oct	England	V	South Africa	Mumbai
22 Oct	India	V	New Zealand	Dharamshala
23 Oct	Afghanistan	v	Pakistan	Chennai
24 Oct	Bangladesh	V	South Africa	Mumbai
25 Oct	Australia	V	Netherlands	Delhi
26 Oct	England	V	Sri Lanka	Bengaluru
27 Oct	Pakistan	V	South Africa	Chennai
28 Oct	Australia	V	New Zealand	Dharamshala
28 Oct	Bangladesh	V	Netherlands	Kolkata
29 Oct	England	V	India	Lucknow
30 Oct	Afghanistan	V	Sri Lanka	Pune
31 Oct	Bangladesh	V	Pakistan	Kolkata
1 Nov	New Zealand	v	South Africa	Pune
2 Nov	India	V	Sri Lanka	Mumbai
3 Nov	Afghanistan	V	Netherlands	Lucknow
4 Nov	New Zealand	V	Pakistan	Bengaluru
4 Nov	Australia	V	England	Ahemdabad
5 Nov	India	V	South Africa	Kolkata
6 Nov	Bangladesh	V	Sri Lanka	Delhi
7 Nov	Australia	V	Afghanistan	Mumbai
8 Nov	England	V	Netherlands	Pune
9 Nov	New Zealand	V	Sri Lanka	Bengaluru
10 Nov	Afghanistan	v	South Africa	Ahmedabad
11 Nov	India	V	Netherlands	Bengaluru
12 Nov	Australia	V	Bangladesh	Pune
12 Nov	England	V	Pakistan	Kolkata