ICC Cricket World Cup Schedule Announced, Tournament Begins On October 5, Final On November 19

BCCI and ICC announced the schedule of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 on Tuesday in Mumbai. The tournament begins on October 5 and concludes on November 19 with the final. Kolkata's Eden Gardens and Mumbai's Wankhede, two iconic Indian cricket grounds, will host the semi-finals while the final will be played at the largest cricket stadium in the world which is the Narendra Modi cricket stadium in Ahmedabad. The tournament begins with the first match between England and New Zealand on October 5 at Ahmedabad. Hosts India will play their first match on October 8 against Australia in Chennai on October 8.

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Team India led by Rohit Sharma will meet Babar Azam-led Pakistan on October 5 at Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad.  

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ICC, in a their world cup schedule release, stated that 10 teams will take part in the tournament. So far, only eight teams having qualified for the Cricket World Cup. The final two spots will be taken by the the end of the Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe, which concludes on July 9. The tournament will see all ten teams play each other in the round-robin format. The best four teams will qualify for the semi-finals.

Check out the World Cup schedule below:

Date	Team 1	Team 2	Venue
Thursday, 5 October	England	New Zealand	Ahmedabad
Friday, 6 October	Pakistan	Qualifier 1	Hyderabad
Saturday, 7 October	Bangladesh	Afghanistan	Dharamsala
Saturday, 7 October	South Africa	Qualifier 2	Delhi
Sunday, 8 October	India	Australia	Chennai
Monday, 9 October	New Zealand	Qualifier 1	Hyderabad
Tueday, 10 October	England	Bangladesh	Dharamsala
Wednesday, 11 October	India	Afghanistan	Delhi
Thursday, 12 October	Pakistan	Qualifier 2	Hyderabad
Friday, 13 October	Australia	South Africa	Lucknow
Saturday, 14 October	England	Afghanistan	Delhi
Saturday, 14 October	New Zealand	Bangladesh	Chennai
Sunday, 15 October	India	Pakistan	Ahmedabad
Monday, 16 October	Australia	Qualifier 2	Lucknow
Tueday, 17 October	South Africa	Qualifier 1	Dharamsala
Wednesday, 18 October	New Zealand	Afghanistan	Chennal
Thursday, 19 October	India	Bangladesh	Pune
Friday, 20 October	Australia	Pakistan	Bengaluru
Saturday, 21 October	England	South Africa	Mumbai
Saturday, 21 October	Qualifier 1	Qualifier 2	Lucknow
Sunday, 22 October	India	New Zealand	Dharamsala
Monday, 23 October	Pakistan	Afghanistan	Chennai
Tueday, 24 October	South africa	Bangladesh	Mumbai
Wednesday, 25 October	Australia	Qualifier 1	Delhi
Thursday, 26 October	England	Qualifier 2	Bengaluru
Friday, 27 October	Pakistan	South Africa	Chennai
Saturday, 28 October	Qualifier	Bangladesh	Kolkata
Saturday, 28 October	Australia	New Zealand	Dharamsala
Sunday, 29 October	India	England	Lucknow
Monday, 30 October	Afghanistan	Qualifier 2	Pune
Tueday, 31 October	Pakistan	Bangladesh	Kolkata
Wednesday, 1 November	New Zealand	South Africa	Pune
Thursday, 2 November	India	Qualifier 2	Mumbai
Friday, 3 November	Qualifier 1	Afghanistan	Lucknow
Saturday, 4 November	England	Australia	Ahmedabad
Saturday, 4 November	New Zealand	Pakistan	Bengaluru
Sunday, 5 November	India	South Africa	Kolkata
Monday, 6 November	Bangladesh	Qualifier 2	Delhi
Tueday, 7 November	Australia	Afghanistan	Mumbai
Wednesday, 8 November	England	Qualifier 1	Pune
Thursday, 9 November	New Zealand	Qualifier 2	Bengaluru
Friday, 10 November	South Africa	Afghanistan	Ahmedabad
Saturday, 11 November	India	Qualifier 1	Bengaluru
Sunday, 12 November	England	Pakistan	Kolkata
Sunday, 12 November	Australia	Bangladesh	Pune

 

Indian team schedule reads as follows: After first match vs Australia on October 8 in Chennai, India will fly to Delhi to play Afghanistan on October 11. On October 15, they move to Ahmedabad to play Pakistan. India vs Bangladesh match will be on October 19 in Pune while India will play New Zealand at Dharamsala on October 22. India will also play England on October 29 in Lucknow. Mumbai will host India vs Qualifier on November 2. India vs South Africa on November 5 in Kolkata. India vs Qualifier on November 11 in Bengaluru.

Not to forget, the silverware will travel to a total of 18 countries, starting June 27. The list of countries where the World Cup trophy will travel to include Kuwait, Bahrain, Malaysia, USA, Nigeria, Uganda, France, Italy, the United States of America and the host country India.