ICC World Cup 2023: India’s Venue For Clashes Against Pakistan Revealed – Details Here
ICC World Cup 2023: India’s Venue For Clashes Against Pakistan Revealed – Details Here
ICC World Cup 2023: We are in the World Cup year and the excitement for the mega event has already taken its toll on every cricket lover. The ICC ODI World Cup 2023 will take place in India.
For the first time since 2011, ICC World Cup returns to India as 10 teams will be in action in 48 matches for the crown of cricket. Out of 10 teams, 8 have made a direct entry into the tournament due to their performances in the ICC ODI Super League while the remaining two teams will be decided after the Qualifiers, which will take place in June in Zimbabwe.
The 8 teams that have qualified are India, Australia, Afghanistan, New Zealand, Pakistan, England, Bangladesh and South Africa. Whereas two among USA and UAE, West Indies, Netherlands, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Scotland, Oman, Nepal and Ireland will be head to India for the main tournament.
The official schedule for the ICC World Cup 2023 is likely to be released in the coming days but as per the media reports BCCI has shortlisted Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Mumbai, Rajkot, Bengaluru, Delhi, Indore, Mohali, Guwahati and Hyderabad as the prime venues for the tournament.
ODI World Cup 2023 full schedule in next 48 hours.
Senior officials of the Board of Control of Cricket (BCCI) have confirmed that the schedule of the ODI World Cup 2023 will be released in the next 48 hours, InsideSport reported on Sunday. The International Cricket Council (ICC) is conducting meetings to finalise the last details. Pakistan has refused to play its matches at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad and Chennai is likely to be the next venue for the high-voltage India vs Pakistan faceoff.
“We are meeting ICC officials tomorrow to discuss the fine prints of the schedule. Once that’s done, we will have it for you. By Monday, we should have the final schedule,” a senior BCCI official told InsideSport.
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Apart from Chennai, Pakistan is expected to have its other matches at the Bengaluru and Kolkata Stadiums. In case, Pakistan qualifies for the semi-finals or finals of the ODI World Cup 2023, then they will have to play at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
The delay in the announcement of the ODI World Cup 2023 schedule is due to many technical factors, especially a bone of contention between India and Pakistan. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has threatened that if India doesn’t visit Pakistan for the Asia Cup 2023 or ICC Champions Trophy 2023, the Pakistan cricket team will not travel to India for the ODI World Cup 2023.
The recent reports are claiming that an understanding has been reached for the Asia Cup 2023 saga and while Pakistan will host the 4 matches of the tournament, the rest 9 matches, including India vs Pakistan will be played in Sri Lanka.
Recently, ICC chief Greg Barclay and CEO Geoff Allardice also visited Pakistan to get guarantees that the country will not stay away from the ODI World Cup 2023.
(With Inputs From Agencies)