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.  



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.