The 2023 ODI World Cup in India will begin on October 5 in Ahmedabad, be played across ten venues, and culminate in the final – also in Ahmedabad – on November 19. The semi-finals will be held in Mumbai and Kolkata on November 15 and 16.
The long-awaited World Cup schedule was finally released by the ICC and BCCI at an event in Mumbai on Tuesday, just 100 days before the start of the tournament. In comparison, the fixtures for the 2019 World Cup in England and the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand were released more than 12 months in advance.
The 45 league matches of the 2023 ODI World Cup, the semis, and the final will be played at Dharamsala, Delhi, Lucknow, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Chennai over a span of 46 days.
The format will be the same as it was in 2019, with ten teams playing each other once in the league phase and the top four qualifying for the semi-finals. India qualified for the event as hosts, while Afghanistan, Australia, England, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Pakistan, and South Africa made it by finishing in the top eight of the 2020-2023 World Cup Super League. The remaining two teams will be identified at the ongoing World Cup Qualifiers in Zimbabwe, which is being played by Sri Lanka, West Indies, Ireland, Nepal, Netherlands, Oman, Scotland, UAE, USA, and Zimbabwe.
ICC World Cup 2023 Schedule: India confirmed fixtures
- India vs Australia, October 8 – Chennai
- India vs Afghanistan, October 11 – Delhi
- India vs Pakistan, October 15 – Ahmedabad
- India vs Bangladesh, October 19 – Pune
- India vs New Zealand, October 22 – Dharamsala
- India vs England, October 29 – Lucknow
- India vs Qualifier 2, November 2 – Mumbai
- India vs South Africa, November 5 – Kolkata
- India vs Qualifier 1, November 11 – Bengaluru
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