The rivals will face off on the 132,000-seat Narendra Modi Stadium, which can even host the opening and remaining video games.
The much-awaited recreation between India and Pakistan on the ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup 2023 has been confirmed for October 15 at Ahmedabad, the positioning of the match’s opening and remaining video games.
The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) launched the schedule on Tuesday for the 50-over format match that begins on October 5.
The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India will host 5 video games, together with the opener between reigning champions England and New Zealand, and the championship decider on November 19.
“Tons of of tens of millions of followers all over the world will probably be a part of what we hope would be the best ever males’s cricket World Cup,” ICC Chief Government Officer Geoff Allardice mentioned in a press release.
“We all know in India the groups will get pleasure from a singular electrical ambiance concluding with the winners lifting the trophy within the largest cricket stadium on the earth in Ahmedabad.”
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) mentioned their workforce would require clearance from Islamabad to play. “We’re liaising with our authorities for steering,” PCB Communications Director Sami Ul Hasan mentioned.
“This place is constant to what we had instructed the ICC a few weeks in the past once they shared with us the draft schedule and sought our suggestions,” he mentioned.
Ten groups will function within the 46-day match which is being held throughout 10 cities. In addition to Ahmedabad, the cities of Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Dharamsala, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai and Pune will host the video games.
All venues will host 5 matches every aside from Hyderabad, which is able to host three together with two of Pakistan’s league video games.
The highest 4 groups will qualify for the semifinals, which will probably be performed at Mumbai and Kolkata.
The ICC mentioned Pakistan won’t play any video games in Mumbai. If Pakistan reaches the semifinals, it’ll play in Kolkata. If India qualifies for the final 4 it’ll play its semifinal in Mumbai, except the match is towards Pakistan.
India-Pakistan rivalry
The schedule was introduced after weeks of delay because of Pakistan’s earlier refusal to journey to India, however a compromise was reached when Pakistan agreed to host a hybrid-model Asia Cup in September.
Lately, India and Pakistan have solely performed towards one another in worldwide tournaments – normally at impartial venues – because of long-standing political tensions, most lately through the T20 World Cup in Australia final 12 months.
India and Pakistan haven’t met on both facet’s soil in a bilateral collection since 2012. They’ve additionally not performed a Check towards one another since 2007, as a substitute assembly solely within the shorter variations of the sport.
The 2 sides will play one another for the eighth time in a 50-over ICC World Cup match, with the final assembly between the 2 sides in 2019 – which India received by 89 runs.
Eight groups have straight certified for the World Cup: India, Pakistan, England, New Zealand, Australia, Afghanistan, South Africa and Bangladesh.
Two extra groups will probably be becoming a member of them from the qualifiers which might be underneath approach in Zimbabwe. The match has retained the round-robin format with all groups taking part in towards one another. All however six of the 48 video games will probably be day-nighters.
