Rescheduled ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 fixtures
These matches were rescheduled
Changes made by ICC in the schedule of these matches
10 October: England v Bangladesh (time changed)
10 October: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (earlier this match was to be held on 12 October)
12 October: Australia vs South Africa (earlier this match was to be held on 13 October)
13 October: New Zealand vs Bangladesh (earlier this match was to be held on 14 October)
14 October: India vs Pakistan (earlier this match was to be held on 15 October)
15 October: England vs Afghanistan (earlier this match was to be held on 14 October)
11 November: Australia vs Bangladesh (earlier this match was to be held on 12 November)
11 November: England vs Pakistan (earlier this match was to be held on 12 November)
12 November: India vs Netherlands (earlier this match was to be held on 11 November)
Important change in the date of the match due to Navratri
In fact, according to the earlier schedule, October 15, the day of the India-Pakistan match, would have been the first day of Navratri. It is celebrated in Gujarat with Garba dance throughout the night. The security agencies had advised the BCCI to shift the match to some other date due to security concerns. After this, the ICC and BCCI talked to the PCB about the change in the date of the two group matches of the Pakistan team. Pakistan agreed to this and now this great match will be played on 14th October.
At the same time, due to the India-Pakistan match being held on October 14, their match on October 12 was shifted to October 10 to give the Pakistani team a gap between the two matches. Now Pakistan’s team will land in Hyderabad against Sri Lanka on October 10 instead of October 12. This decision has been taken to ensure a gap of three days before the match against Team India, so that Pakistan can get proper preparation time.
Competition will be held in 10 cities of India
World Cup matches will be played in 10 cities of India. There are matches in Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Dharamshala, Delhi, Chennai, Lucknow, Pune, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Kolkata. Apart from Hyderabad, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram will host warm-up matches from September 29 to October 3. A total of 10 teams will participate in this World Cup. Teams from Sri Lanka and Netherlands have reached this tournament through qualifiers.
World Cup will be held in round robin format
In this World Cup, all the teams will play in round robin format along with the other nine teams. Out of these, the top four teams in the points table will qualify for the semi-finals and the winning teams will compete in the finals. Last time the World Cup was organized in England in the same format. Then the English team defeated New Zealand in the final.
