ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 Schedule: India vs Pak on October 15, Ahmedabad to host Final

At the moment, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe are looking most likely to get the Q1 and Q2 spots and enter the World Cup 2023. West Indies' chances are bleak.

Focusing on the Qualifiers, we may not see West Indies in this World Cup.

Former India player Virender Sehwag reveals MS Dhoni only ate Khichdi during the entire World Cup 2011. That's an interesting anecdote!!

Virender Sehwag said, "MS Dhoni ate only khichdi throughout the 2011 World Cup. Everyone was being superstitious for the event". pic.twitter.com/LsF6IAFH5T

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) June 27, 2023

Australia Schedule

Australia and their schedule. The five-time Champions will kickstart the campaign against the hosts India.

💯 days to go until the ICC Men’s ODI World Cup so here’s the schedule for our Aussie men! 🇦🇺 pic.twitter.com/3Po3rrNFPJ

— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) June 27, 2023

Here is the list of New Zealand matches in the ODI World Cup 2023. They kick off their campaign against England in the very first match of the tournament, and the Kiwis will finish it off with a match against Qualifier 2 on November 9.

The #CWC23 schedule is here 🤩

The @BLACKCAPS will kickstart their campaign with a blockbuster clash against the reigning champions 🔥

Full fixtures 👉 https://t.co/XN8J6nq8To pic.twitter.com/YkV0M5szPK

— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) June 27, 2023

Kolkata to start the Latest

Among the ten venues, Kolkata will start hosting the World Cup 2023 matches at the very last of them. The first game in Kolkata in on October 29. It is possibly because of the Durga Puja festival in that part of the country.

All the Saturdays of the ICC World Cup 2023 will be double headers. The group stages will also end on a Saturday, with Pakistan playing England on the final group matchday, other match will be Australia vs Bangladesh.

5 Key Matches of World Cup 2023

India vs Pakistan- Oct 15, England vs New Zealand- Oct 5, India vs Australia- Oct 8, England vs Australia- Nov 4, England vs Pakistan- Nov 12

Matches across all Venues

Total Matches by Venues: Hyderabad-3 ; Dharamshala-5 ; Delhi-5 ; Chennai-5 ; Lucknow-5 ; Pune-5 ;Bengaluru-5 ;Mumbai-5 ; Kolkata-5 ; Ahmedabad-5

Trivandrum is also not present in the official schedule.

There will be 10 venues in total for the ICC World Cup in 2023. BCCI secretary Jay Shah spoke about matches in Guwahati, but there is no indication of a Guwahati match in the official schedule.

Pakistan Matches

Pakistan have got two of their matches in Kolkata. They will face both England and Bangladesh in Kolkata, whereas face New Zealand and Australia in Bengaluru. Babar Azam and his men will play South Africa and Afghanistan in Chennai, and their remaining two matches against Q1 and Q2 will be in Hyderabad.

India will play Afghanistan in Delhi, whereas the clash against South Africa will be on November 5 in Kolkata.

Rohit Sharma and his men will be up against the defending Champions England on October 29 in Lucknow, and the picturesque Dharamshala stadium will host their tie against New Zealand, just before the England tie.

The Indian team will be playing all of the remaining nine teams in the group stages. Rohit Sharma and his troops kickstart their campaign against Australia on October 8 at the Chepauk Stadium. The blockbuster clash against Pakistan will be taking place on October 15 at the Narendra Modi Stadium.

Jay Shah says the World Cup 2023 will end the debate regarding ODI cricket's future.

The Semi-Finals and the Final

The semi-finals will be played in Mumbai and Kolkata, and the grand finale will be held in Ahmedabad.

India vs Pakistan in Ahmedabad

Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad will be hosting the blcokbuster clash between India and Pakistan.

12 Venues for the World Cup

Dharamshala, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Trivandrum, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Guwahati, Ahmedabad

Chief Guests

The ICC CEO Geoff Allardice and BCCI secretary Jay Shah are the chief guests for the show.

We have started the proceedings in Mumbai. Gaurav Kapoor hosts the show. 100 Days to Go.

According to the draft schedule, India will be kickstarting their World Cup 2023 campaign with a match against Australia. It is supposed to be played on October 8 in Chennai.

ICC sent the Trophy to Space

It was a spectacle to behold as the Trophy was unveiled at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

The #CWC23 Trophy in space 🌠🤩

The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 Trophy Tour is HERE 👉 https://t.co/UiuH0XAg1J pic.twitter.com/48tMi6cuHh

— ICC (@ICC) June 26, 2023

The ICC Trophy Tour

ICC announced a Trophy Tour which starts from today. It will have a long stay in India and then travel to other countries.

India will be aiming to replicate their 2011 performance as they host the global tournament for the first time in 12 years. India beat Sri Lanka in the final in 2011 to lift their 2nd World Cup in history.

12 PM Unveiling

BCCI secretary Jay Shah, former India and Sri Lanka players Virender Sehwag and Muttiah Muralidharan, and ICC CEO Geoff Allardice are set to unveil the 2023 World Cup schedule at 12 PM IST.

It looks like the schedule will be out soon. All indications suggest we may have the fixtures list in a couple of hours. A special event in Mumbai is scheduled today.

World Cup 2023: Possible Semi-Finals - Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai), Eden Gardens (Kolkata). Final - Narendra Modi Stadium (Ahmedabad)

This will be India's fourth time hosting the World Cup, but for the first time, India will host the ODI World Cup as a single host. In all of the previous occasions, India hosted the spectacle with the other sub-continent countries like Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Bangladesh.

World Cup Previous Winners

We have a total of six winners of the ODI World Cup throughout its history. The winners of the previous editions - West Indies (1975), West Indies (1975), India (1983), Australia (1987), Pakistan (1992), Sri Lanka (1996), Australia (1999), Australia (2003), Australia (2007), India (2011), Australia (2015), England (2019).