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The 13th edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup’s schedule has been released which will be hosted by India between October 5 to November 19. 

Defending champion England and New Zealand are set to face each other in the tournament opener on October 5 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Bangladesh will take on Afghanistan in their tournament opener on October 7 at Dharamsala Cricket Stadium. Following that, the Tigers will face England on October 10 at Dharmamshala again, and Chennai will stage New Zealand on October 14.

While Pune will get the hosting rights for the India-Bangladesh game. The MCA Stadium in Pune will host the game featuring Bangladesh and Australia as well, the last game of the league stage.

Bangladesh will face South Africa at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai fifth game on 24 October.

Before their last league game against Australia, the Tigers will face the second qualifying team in Delhi on 6 November. 

The much-anticipated India-Pakistan clash is scheduled for Sunday October 15 in Ahmedabad. Their last encounter in the 2019 World Cup was a high-scoring affair with India achieving a huge victory in Manchester.

The Final will take place at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on November 19 with November 20 slated as the reserve day.

As host, team India has automatically qualified for World Cup 2023, along with India, seven other teams South Africa, England, Bangladesh, Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, and Afghanistan have qualified for the World Cup 2023.

The final two spots will be determined at the end of the Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe, which concludes on July 9.

The ten-team-based tournament will be played in a round-robin format each participating team will play the other nine teams once in the group stage where a total of 45 group matches will be played.