NEW DELHI: Two-time champions and hosts India will face archrivals Pakistan on October 15 in Ahmedabad as the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the match schedule for Men's ODI Cricket World Cup 2023 in Mumbai on Tuesday.
India will host the ODI Cricket World Cup from October 5 to November 19.
India will open their World Cup campaign against Australia in Chennai on October 8.
Defending champions England will play runners-up New Zealand in the opening match on October 5 in Ahmedabad.
Ahmedabad will also stage the grand finale on November 19.
The tournament will have 10 teams. Each team will play the other 9 in a Round-Robin format. Top 4 teams will go through to the semi-finals.
India have never lost to Pakistan in the ODI World Cup.
The two semifinals will be played at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium and the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on November 15 and 16 respectively.
There will be a total of 10 venues – Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Dharamsala, Delhi, Chennai, Lucknow, Pune, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Kolkata -- hosting the matches during the tournament.
Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram in addition to Hyderabad will host the warm-up games from September 29 to October 3.
Pakistan had earlier asked for their match against India to be shifted to either Chennai, Bengaluru or Kolkata, but it was rejected by the the BCCI and ICC.
