ICC World Cup 2023 schedule announcement highlights: India vs Pakistan on October 15, final in Ahmedabad

"Spinners will dominate the World Cup. My pick for highest wickettakers will be Adil Rashid, Rashid Khan. If Ravindra Jadeja plays all the matches, he too will be a top contender." - Muttiah Muralitharan

Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma,,, David Warner - Top highest run-getters

Bumrah (if fit), Mohammed Shami - Top wickettakers

October 5: England vs New Zealand in Ahmedabad

October 10: England vs Bangladesh in Dharamsala

October 14: England vs Afghanistan in Delhi

October 21: England vs South Africa in Mumbai

October 26: England vs Qualifier 2 in Bengaluru

October 29: England vs India in Lucknow

November 4: England vs Australia in Ahmedabad

November 8: England vs Qualifier 1 in Pune

November 12: England vs Pakistan in Kolkata

When we reached the dressing room Sachin Tendulkar said that we have never lost against Pakistan and we need to do the same today. Play with your hearts, and give 100 percent efforts. The results will come, even if we lose it won't be a big deal, the big deal is reaching this stage." 

“I remember that speech and after that when we went to play we defeated Pakistan. I think they don't perform well under pressure, like we do. In 90s they played well under pressure, but after 2000 things have changed.” - Sehwag on IND vs PAK semifinal match 2011

“I knew because Yuvraj (Singh) is not very comfortable to play me. So Yuvraj was the best player in World Cup at that time, middle-order number four position. I knew because I was bowling a lot in Chennai playing in the IPL, so Dhoni knows how to play me very well. So I thought he didn't wanted to give any wickets to me, because I was wicketless, bowling well. There was a lot of dew at that time and we couldn't spin the ball much. Gambhir was there at the other end, so when we got the wicket we thought Dhoni was promoting himself, definitely I knew he will come, because he knows how to play me very well because I've played for Chennai.” 

“We are not pushovers, but we will give a fight to every opponent. In 1996 no one counted us favourites but we went to win the World Cup.” - Muttiah Muralitharan

“Unfortunate for a country like us to play the qualifiers. But we haven't played to our potential in the last four years. One successful campaign we had, which is the Asia Cup but it is T20 cricket.” - Muttiah Muralitharan

October 6: Pakistan vs Qualifier 1 in Hyderabad

October 12: Pakistan vs Qualifier 2 in Hyderabad

October 15: Pakistan vs India in Ahmedabad

October 20: Pakistan vs Australia in Bengaluru

October 23: Pakistan vs Afghanistan in Chennai

October 27: Pakistan vs South Africa in Chennai

October 31: Pakistan vs Bangladesh in Kolkata

November 4: Pakistan vs New Zealand in Bengaluru

November 12: Pakistan vs England in Kolkata

Why Australia and England in semifinals?

“Australia and England can do well because players hardly play with straight bats and we witness more unorthodox shots, unconventional cricket and the players from these two countries are good at doing it.” - Sehwag

“So many players from Australia, England and South Africa come and play in the IPL and they perform very well because of good tracks. However, they fail to repeat the same once the ball starts turning, so a team from subcontinent are favourite to win the tournament.” - Sehwag 

“Australia, England, India and Pakistan – these are the four semifinalist.” - prediction by Virender Sehwag 

"We played the 2011 World Cup for Sachin Tendulkar" - Virender Sehwag

Since the tournament is being played in a round-robin format, the knockouts starts from the semifinals. 

The first semifinal will be played on November 15 in Mumbai. The second semifinal will be played a day later in Kolkata.

The final will be played on November 19 in Ahmedabad.

IND vs AUS: October 8, Chennai 

IND vs AFG: October 11, Delhi

IND vs PAK: October 15, Ahmedabad 

IND vs BAN: October 19, Pune

IND vs NZ: October 22, Dharamshala

IND vs ENG: October 29, Lucknow

IND vs QF2: November 2, Mumbai 

IND vs SA: November 5, Kolkata

IND vs QF1: November 11, Bengaluru 

India will start their campaign against Australia in Chennai on October 8. 

Will play against Pakistan on October 15 in Ahmedabad. 

The schedule for the big event has been released by ICC.

England and New Zealand kick-off the event at the Narendra Modi Stadium on October 5. 

Muttiah Muralitharan, Geoff Allardyce, and Virender Sehwag have reached St Regis, Mumbai for the World Cup fixture announcement. The event will start in a couple of minutes.

India last won the World Cup back in 2011 and reached the final four stage in the next two editions – 2015 and 2019. Will India lift their third title this year?

As per a report in ANI – Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Dharamsala, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Pune and Thiruvananthapuram as the 12 cities to host ICC ODI World Cup matches.

A total of 48 matches will be played during the course of 46 days in the World Cup. 

The league matches are reported to be played in 10 different cities across India, and two more cities is likely to host the warm-up games before the main event.

As per the information available on the ICC website, the 2023 edition of the Trophy Tour will be the biggest by far.

Starting on June 27, the trophy will travel to 18 countries around the world, including Kuwait, Bahrain, Malaysia, USA, Nigeria, Uganda, France, Italy, the United States of America and the host country India.

The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Trophy was launched into the stratosphere, 120,000 feet above the earth. It then made a stunning landing at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad.

The pictures and details of the trophy launch was shared by ICC on their social media account.

BCCI secretary Jay Shah, former India opener Virender Sehwag, spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan, and ICC Chief Executive Geoff Allardice will be LIVE on Star Sports social handles for the schedule launch, which will be followed by a conversation. 

It starts from 12:00 PM onwards!

If we look at the other table, which is Group B, Sri Lanka, Scotland and Oman have already qualified for the Super 6 stage. 

Only top two teams from Super 6 qualify for the main event.

Zimbabwe take four points into the Super Sixes stage of the competition and Netherlands two, but West Indies will have zero and must win all three of their remaining games to stand a chance of reaching the World Cup in India that starts in October.