Pakistan will open its ODI World Cup 2023 campaign against a Qualifier 1 team in Hyderabad on October 6 after the International Cricket Council (ICC) unveiled the full schedule in Mumbai on Wednesday.
The 10-team tournament will begin on October 5 in Ahmedabad with defending champion England taking on 2019 runner-up New Zealand.
Pakistan will take on archrival India on October 15 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. It will be the third successive year where the two teams will lock horns in an ICC event in October, having previously met in the T20 World Cup 2021 (UAE) and T20 World Cup 2022 (Australia).
Pakistan will play its league stage matches at five venues: Hyderabad, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and Kolkata. Its last match will be against England on November 12 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Here’s the complete list of all Pakistan matches:
- Pakistan vs Qualifier 1, October 6 – Hyderabad
- Pakistan vs Qualifier 2, October 12 – Hyderabad
- India vs Pakistan, October 15 – Ahmedabad
- Australia vs Pakistan, October 20 – Bengaluru
- Pakistan vs Afghanistan, October 23 – Chennai
- Pakistan vs South Africa, October 27 – Chennai
- Pakistan vs Bangladesh, October 31 – Kolkata
- New Zealand vs Pakistan, November 4 – Bengaluru
- England vs Pakistan, November 12 – Kolkata