ICC World Cup 2027 Full Schedule: India open vs Australia, face Pakistan on Oct 10; Fixtures, venues and Super 7 path

Here is the full schedule for the 2027 World Cup. The tournament runs from October 2 to November 21, 2027.

Super Series

Oct 2: QF1 vs QF3 - Windhoek

Oct 4: QF1 vs QF2 - Windhoek

Oct 6: QF2 vs QF3 - Windhoek

Group Stage

Oct 7: India vs Australia - Cape Town

Oct 8: Pakistan vs Afghanistan - Tshwane

Oct 8: England vs Bangladesh - Windhoek

Oct 9: Zimbabwe vs Qualifier A - Bulawayo

Oct 9: South Africa vs New Zealand - Cape Town

Oct 10: India vs Pakistan - Johannesburg

Oct 10: Sri Lanka vs Qualifier B - Windhoek

Oct 11: Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan - Bulawayo

Oct 12: Australia vs Qualifier A - Paarl

Oct 12: New Zealand vs Bangladesh - KuGompo City

Oct 13: England vs Sri Lanka - Windhoek

Oct 13: South Africa vs Qualifier B - Paarl

Oct 14: India vs Afghanistan - Tshwane

Oct 15: Pakistan vs Qualifier A Bloemfontein

Oct 15: Zimbabwe vs Australia - Harare

Oct 16: Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh - Durban

Oct 16: South Africa vs England - Gqeberha

Oct 17: India vs Qualifier A - Bloemfontein

Oct 17: New Zealand vs Qualifier B - Harare

Oct 18: Australia vs Afghanistan - KuGompo City

Oct 19: Zimbabwe vs Pakistan - Harare

Oct 19: South Africa vs Bangladesh - Durban

Oct 20: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka - Johannesburg

Oct 20: England vs Qualifier B - Harare

Oct 21: Afghanistan vs Qualifier A - KuGompo City

Oct 22: Australia vs Pakistan - Paarl

Oct 22: South Africa vs Sri Lanka - Johannesburg

Oct 23: England vs New Zealand - Gqeberha

Oct 23: Bangladesh vs Qualifier B - Tshwane

Oct 24: Zimbabwe vs India - Victoria Falls

Super 7

Oct 25: A2 (Australia) vs B3 (Sri Lanka) - Johannesburg

Oct 26: B1 (New Zealand) vs A3 (Pakistan) - Gqeberha

Oct 27: B2 (South Africa) vs AB4 (England) - Tshwane

Oct 28: A1 (India) vs A2 (Australia) - Victoria Falls

Oct 29: B1 (New Zealand) vs B3 (Sri Lanka) - KuGompo City

Oct 30: A3 (Pakistan) vs AB4 (England) - Victoria Falls

Oct 31: B2 (South Africa) vs A1 (India) - Johannesburg

Nov 1: A2 (Australia) vs B1 (New Zealand) - Victoria Falls

Nov 2: B3 (Sri Lanka) vs AB4 (England) - Cape Town

Nov 3: B2 (South Africa) vs A3 (Pakistan) - Durban

Nov 4: A1 (India) vs B1 (New Zealand) - Paarl

Nov 5: A2 (Australia) vs AB4 (England) - Durban

Nov 6: B2 (South Africa) vs B3 (Sri Lanka) - Bloemfontein

Nov 7: A1 (India) vs A3 (Pakistan) - Cape Town

Nov 8: B1 (New Zealand) vs AB4 (England) - Durban

Nov 9: B2 (South Africa) vs A2 (Australia) - Gqeberha

Nov 10: A3 (Pakistan) vs B3 (Sri Lanka) - Bloemfontein

Nov 11: A1 (India) vs AB4 (England) - Gqeberha

Nov 12: B2 (South Africa) vs B1 (New Zealand) - Cape Town

Nov 13: A2 (Australia) vs A3 (Pakistan) - Bloemfontein

Nov 14: A1 (India) vs B3 (Sri Lanka) - Durban

Knockouts

Nov 17: Semi-final 1 - Cape Town

Nov 18 Semi-final 2 - Tshwane

Nov 21: Final -Johannesburg

As India are pre-seeded as A1, their Super 7 route is fixed if they qualify. If they and the other teams pre-seeded qualify, India's path would be like this -

October 28: IND vs AUS - Victoria Falls

October 31: IND vs SA - Johannesburg

November 4: IND vs NZ - Paarl

November 7: IND vs ENG - Gqeberha

November 14: IND vs SL - Durban

India have been pre-seeded as A1 for the Super 7, with Australia as A2 and Pakistan as A3. That means A1 is a fixture designation, not necessarily a reward for finishing top of Group A. If India qualify for the Super 7, they retain the A1 pathway and its pre-set dates and venues. Only if they fail to progress would another team inherit that slot.

India vs Australia on October 7 at Cape Town will be the first game of the main stage. Before that, we will see the Super Series start on October 2.

India's campaign starts against Australia at Cape Town on October 7. Then they play the arch-rivals Pakistan on October 10 in Johannesburg. India's third match will be against Afghanistan on October 14 in Tshwane, followed by Qualifier A in Bloemfontein on October 17.

India's last clash will be against Zimbabwe on October 24 in Victoria Falls.

India's schedule for World Cup 2027

October 7: IND vs AUS - Cape Town

October 10: IND vs PAK - Johannesburg

October 14: IND vs AFG - Tshwane

October 17: IND vs QUAL A - Bloemfontein

October 24: IND vs ZIM - Victoria Falls

India to start their campaign against Australia on October 7. The marquee clash against the arch-rivals is scheduled for October 10.

So, we are here as the event starts. We have Shaun Pollock, Brian Lara and Aaron Finch on the stage. Soon we will move to the business end of things with the dates and venues being announced.

Here is an explainer from ICC on what the format will be.

ICC has revealed the two groups for the twelve-team group stage. India and Pakistan are in group A along with Australia, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan and one of the qualifying teams.

The other group comprises Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, England, New Zealand, South Africa and the other qualifying team.

We are still waiting for the dates and venues of the clashes.

We are nearly there. About 15 minutes before the event starts. Soon, we will get acquainted with the schedule, marquee matches, venues, and everything else. Get ready with your markers, soon, you will need to them mark the important dates on your calendars.

19th November 2023 hurts, right? But 24 years ago, when the World Cup was last held in Africa, the Indian fans were left with another emotional scar.

A team high on emotion, performance and challenging the Aussies against all odds, the hopes were high when India reached the World Cup final. But Ricky Ponting squashed India's hopes with one of the greatest World Cup knocks.

Time for the Indian team to heal all those scars. And what will be route and how they will get to heal them, all be revealed tonight.

South Africa, one of the tournament's hosts, is also experimenting with an Exchangeable Pitch System. This is particularly designed to reduce the strain on heavily used strips.

Unlike the drop-in pitches, in this case, the surfaces are grown using each venue's own soil and grass before it is moved into place when required. Six major grounds are included in the project with Wanderers being in the most advanced stage of development and there is a chance that the venue could use one such surface during the World Cup.

There will be an emotional undertone to this schedule reveal for the Indian fans. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have been the defining batting pair for the team in the modern era.

Kohli has already made it clear that theWorld Cup 2027 will be his last tournament in Indian colours. While Rohit Sharma has stopped of making such statements, he will be 40 by the tournament and there is little chance that the fans will get to see him in the 2031 edition.

So, the schedule will give the fans a chance to mark the dates as this defining batting duo for India navigate through the last major tournament in the Blue.

The Super 7 stage will come as the defining endurance test for the teams. The top three teams from each of the two six-team groups after the Super Series will qualify for this stage. Along with them, the next best team across the groups will qualify, making it a seven-team field. These teams will then face each other in a 21-match round robin stage, with the top four qualifying for the semis. In the semifinals the first placed team will face fourth while second will go up against third.

The three bottom-ranked teams will play a Super Series at the start of the tournament. The three teams will play each other once, meaning only three games will be played. The team finishing at the top will qualify for the 12-team group stage, while the other teams will be eliminated after playing just two matches. Which teams will take part in this Super Series will only be confirmed once all 14 qualified teams and their seedings are clear.

Hosts South Africa and Zimbabwe have already qualified for the tournament as Full Member hosts. Namibia, although a host, does not earn automatic qualification, as it is an Associate nation.

Along with the two hosts, we have India, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, England, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, who have qualified through the ODI rankings. The remaining four teams will be decided throigh a World Cup 2027 qualifier.

The 2027 edition of the World Cup will be markedly different from its previous editions. First of all, the field expands this time from 10 teams to 14 teams; next, the single-league format disappears. There will be a preliminary Super Series that will reduce the number of competitors to 12, followed by two groups of six and then a Super 7 round. Four teams go through to the semis from the Super 7.

The format is rigorous and looks designed to award consistency across multiple rounds.

Hell and welcome!!!!! The countdown to next year's biggest cricketing event will officially start tonight. All eyes now turn to Cape Town, as ICC is set to launch the complete schedule for the marquee tournament. The tournament in itself holds a lot of intrigue as comes with a revamped 14-team format. So folks get ready to find out some major answers around the tournament.