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11 Jan 25

The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 is set to get underway tomorrow with a repeat of the 2019 finalists New Zealand and England in Ahmedabad at the Narendra Modi Stadium.

Today [Wednesday] was the day of the 'Captains' Meet' in Ahmedabad for the 13th edition of the extravaganza. 

For the first time, cricketing powerhouse and two-time World Champions India will be hosting the event solely as the epic tournament features 10 nations playing 48 matches over 46 days at 10 different venues.

Here are the Ten Team’s factfiles-

Sri Lanka factfile

WORLD RANKING -7

- MATCH SCHEDULE -

Oct 07: v South Africa at New Delhi

Oct 10: v Pakistan at Hyderabad

Oct 16: v Australia at Lucknow

Oct 21: v Netherlands at Lucknow

Oct 26: v England at Bengaluru

Oct 30: v Afghanistan at Pune

Nov 02: v India at Mumbai

Nov 06: v Bangladesh at New Delhi

Nov 09: v New Zealand at Bengaluru

- WHAT THE CAPTAIN SAYS -

"We have a good batting line-up. I think the pitches will be a challenge. Bowling will be a challenge. The margin of error is very low. We need to execute really well." - Dasun Shanaka

- SQUAD -

Dasun Shanaka (captain), Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera, Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dushan Hemantha, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Kasun Rajitha, Matheesha Pathirana, Lahiru Kumara, Dilshan Madushanka

- LEADING RUN-SCORER IN SQUAD -

Kusal Mendis: 3,215 runs, highest score 119, average 32.15, Hundreds 2, Fifties 25

- LEADING WICKET-TAKER IN SQUAD -

Dhananjaya de Silva: 44 wickets, best bowling 3-32, average 39.38

PREVIOUS WORLD CUP APPEARANCES

1975: Group stage

1979: Group stage

1983: Group stage

1987: Group stage

1991: Group stage

1996: Champions

1999: Group Stage

2003: Semi-finals

2007: Runners-up

2011: Runners-up

2015: Quarter-finals

2019: Group stage

 

South Africa factfile

- WORLD RANKING - 4

- MATCH SCHEDULE

Oct 07: v Sri Lanka at New Delhi

Oct 12: v Australia at Kucknow

Oct 17: v Netherlanda at Dharamsala

Oct 21: v England at Mumbai

Oct 24: v Bangladesh at Mumbai

Oct 27: v Pakistan at Chennai

Nov 01: v New Zealand at Pune

Nov 05: v India at Kolkata

Nov 10: v Afghanistan at Ahmedabad

- WHAT THE CAPTAIN SAYS -

"The confidence that we have gained from this series is something which we can't lose. I was talking to the bowlers and they said it was the best kind of preparation that we can have, bowling in pressure situations."- Temba Bavuma

- SQUAD -

Temba Bavuma (captain), Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Lizaad Williams.

- LEADING RUN-SCORER IN SQUAD -

Quinton de Kock: 6,176 runs; highest score 178; average 44.75; Hundreds 17; Fifties 30

- LEADING WICKET-TAKER IN SQUAD -

Kagiso Rabada: 144 wickets; best bowling 6-16; average 27.75

- PREVIOUS WORLD CUP APPEARANCES -

1975: Did not participate

1979: Did not participate

1983: Did not participate

1987: Did not participate

1992: Semi-finals

1996: Quarter-finals

1999: Semi-finals

2003: Group stage

2007: Semi-finals

2011: Quarter-finals

2015: Semi-finals

2019: Group stage

 

Pakistan Factfile

- WORLD RANKING -2

- MATCH SCHEDULE  -

Oct 06: v Netherlands at Hyderabad

Oct 10: v Sri Lanka at Hyderabad

Oct 14: v India at Ahmedabad

Oct 20: v Australia at Bengaluru

Oct 23: v Afghanistan at Chennai

Oct 27: v South Africa at Chennai

Oct 31: v Bangladesh at Kolkata

Nov 04: v New Zealand at Bengaluru

Nov 11: v England at Kolkata

- SQUAD -

Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Mohammad Rizwan, Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Salman Ali Agha, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim.

- WHAT THE CAPTAIN SAYS -

"We are going to play World Cup and not just going to play against India only. There are eight other teams, and it's not only India, and only if we beat them then we will make it into the final. We are not focused on only one team, we are focused on all other teams in the tournament."- Babar Azam

- LEADING RUN-SCORER IN SQUAD -

Babar Azam: 5,409 runs; highest score 158; average 58.16; Hundreds 19; Fifties 28

- LEADING WICKET-TAKER IN SQUAD -

Hasan Ali: 91 wickets; best bowling 5-34; average 30.36

- PREVIOUS WORLD CUP APPEARANCES -

1975: Group stage

1979: Semi-finals

1983: Semi-finals

1987: Semi-finals

1992: Champions

1996: Quarter-finals

1999: Runners-up

2003: Group stage

2007: Group stage

2011: Semi-finals

2015: Quarter-finals

2019: Group stage

 

New Zealand Factfile

- WORLD RANKING -6

- MATCH SCHEDULE (GMT) -

Oct 05: v England at Ahmedabad

Oct 09: v Netherlands at Hyderabad

Oct 13: v Bangladesh at Chennai

Oct 18: v Afghanistan at Chennai

Oct 22: v India at Dharamsala

Oct 28: v Australia at Dharamsala

Nov 01: v South Africa at Pune

Nov 04: v Pakistan at Bengaluru

Nov 09: v Sri Lanka at Bengaluru

- SQUAD -

Kane Williamson (captain), Trent Boult, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitch Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Will Young.

- WHAT THE CAPTAIN SAYS -

"It's one of those games which, no doubt, you'll look back on and really have appreciated being involved in it. Then you throw in a bit of context – the World Cup final – and it maybe makes it all that more special." - Kane Williamson

- LEADING RUN-SCORER IN SQUAD -

Kane Williamson: 6,554 runs; highest score 148; average 47.83; Hundreds 13; Fifties 42

- LEADING WICKET-TAKER IN SQUAD -

Tim Southee: 214 wickets; best bowling 7-33; average 33.60

- PREVIOUS WORLD CUP APPEARANCES -

1975: Semi-finals 

1979: Semi-finals

1983: Group stage

1987: Group stage

1992: Semi-finals

1996: Quarter-finals

1999: Semi-finals

2003: Super Sixes

2007: Semi-finals

2011: Semi-finals

2015: Runners-up

2019: Runners-up

 

 Netherlands Factfile:

- WORLD RANKING -14

- MATCH SCHEDULE -

Oct 06: v Pakistan at Hyderabad

Oct 09: v New Zealand at Hyderabad

Oct 17: v South Africa at Dharamsala

Oct 21: v Sri Lanka at Lucknow

Oct 25: v Australia at New Delhi

Oct 28: v Bangladesh at Kolkata

Nov 03: v Afghanistan at Lucknow

Nov 08: v England at Pune

Nov 12: v India at Bengaluru

- WHAT THE CAPTAIN SAYS -

"It is massive for the guys, for our supporters back home, and for Dutch cricket in general. The opportunity to play in a 10-team World Cup, it is massive for us. We will lap it up and hopefully put in some good performances there."- Scott Edwards

- SQUAD -

Scott Edwards (captain), Max O'Dowd, Bas de Leede, Vikramjit Singh, Teja Nidamanuru, Paul van Meekeren, Colin Ackermann, Roelof van der Merwe, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Ryan Klein, Wesley Barresi, Saqib Zulfiqar, Shariz Ahmad, Sybrand Engelbrecht.

- LEADING RUN-SCORER IN SQUAD -

Scott Edwards: 1,212 runs; highest score 86; average 40.40; Hundreds 0; Fifties 13

- LEADING WICKET-TAKER IN SQUAD -

Logan van Beek: 34 wickets; best bowling 4-24; average 33.41

- PREVIOUS WORLD CUP APPEARANCES -

1975: Did not participate

1979: Did not qualify

1983: Did not qualify

1987: Did not qualify

1992: Did not qualify

1996: Group stage

1999: Did not qualify

2003: Group stage

2007: Group stage

2011: Group stage

2015: Did not qualify

2019: Did not qualify

 

India Factfile

- WORLD RANKING -1

- MATCH SCHEDULE -

Oct 08: v Australia at Chennai

Oct 11: v Afghanistan at New Delhi

Oct 14: v Pakistan at Ahmedabad

Oct 19: v Bangladesh at Pune

Oct 22: v New Zealand at Dharamsala

Oct 29: v England at Lucknow

Nov 02: v Sri Lanka at Mumbai

Nov 05: v South Africa at Kolkata

Nov 12: v Netherlands at Bengaluru

- WHAT THE CAPTAIN SAYS -

"A person can't change overnight with his success or failures. I don't think one result or one championship can change me as a person. I have not changed as a person in the last 16 years and I don’t think anything needs to change on that front."- Rohit Sharma

- SQUAD -

Rohit Sharma (captain), Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav

- LEADING RUN-SCORER IN SQUAD -

Virat Kohli: 13,083 runs; highest score 183; average 57.38; Hundreds 47, Fifties 66

- LEADING WICKET-TAKER IN SQUAD -

Ravindra Jadeja: 204 wickets; best bowling 5-36; average 36.95

- PREVIOUS WORLD CUP APPEARANCES -

1975: Group stage

1979: Group stage

1983: Champions

1987: Semi-finals

1991: Round-robin stage

1996: Semi-finals

1999: Super Six

2003: Runners-up

2007: Group stage

2011: Champions

2015: Semi-finals

2019: Semi-finals

 

England Factfile

- WORLD RANKING -5

- MATCH SCHEDULE -

Oct 05: v New Zealand at Ahmedabad

Oct 10: v Bangladesh at Dharamsala

Oct 15: v Afghanistan at New Delhi

Oct 21: v South Africa at Mumbai

Oct 26: v Sri Lanka at Bengaluru

Oct 29: v India at Lucknow

Nov 04: v Australia at Ahmedabad

Nov 08: v Netherlands at Pune

Nov 11: v Pakistan at Kolkata

- WHAT THE CAPTAIN SAYS -

"We're blessed with so many good cricketers in the white-ball game at the moment but in a World Cup, you can only take 15."- Jos Buttler

- SQUAD -

Jos Buttler (captain), Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes.

- LEADING RUN-SCORER IN SQUAD -

Joe Root: 6,246 runs; highest score 133 not out; average 48.79; Hundreds 16; Fifties 36

- LEADING WICKET-TAKER IN SQUAD -

Adil Rashid: 184 wickets; best bowling 5-27; average 32.41

- PREVIOUS WORLD CUP APPEARANCES -