India is a land passionate about spicy food, Bollywood movies and CRICKET! And after 12 long years, the carnival of cricket, The World Cup, will once again be played in India from 5th October 2023 to 19th November 2023. The 2023 ODI World Cup will be the 13th edition of the tournament, and it's the first time India will solely host the tournament.
As the cricketing world gears up for this grand event on the field as well as in fantasy cricket world, let’s delve into some details of the tournament.
The ODI World Cup has previously been played in the Indian sub-continent on three separate occasions in 1987, 1996 and 2011. India and Pakistan jointly host ed the 1987 World Cup. In 1996, Sri Lanka was also included as a host alongside India and Pakistan. The 2011 World Cup was jointly hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Ten teams (10) will be competing against each other to lift the most prestigious cricket title. Eight teams (8) directly qualified for the World Cup based on their ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League standings. These teams are New Zealand, England, Bangladesh, Australia, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan and South Africa.
Sri Lanka and the Netherlands qualified for the World Cup through the World Cup qualifiers, which recently concluded in Zimbabwe.
In the 2023 ODI World Cup, the 45 group stage matches will be played according to the round-robin, followed by the semi-finals and final. Each team will play once in the group stage against the 9 remaining teams. After the completion of the group stage, the top four teams in the points tally will qualify for the semi-finals.
Twelve (12) different stadiums will host the warm-up matches, the group stage matches and the knockout matches. 1st Semi Final will be played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai and 2nd Semi-Final will be played at the iconic Eden Gardens, Kolkata. India’s largest cricket stadium, Narendra Modi Stadium, will host the tournament's final.
Group Stage Matches Venue:
| S. No. | Stadium | City |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Narendra Modi Stadium | Ahmedabad |
| 2. | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bengaluru |
| 3. | M.A. Chidambaram Stadium | Chennai |
| 4. | Arun Jaitley Stadium | Delhi |
| 5. | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| 6. | Eden Gardens | Kolkata |
| 7. | HPCA Stadium | Dharamsala |
| 8. | Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium | Hyderabad |
| 9. | MCA Stadium | Pune |
| 10. | BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium | Lucknow |
Warm-up Matches Venue:
| S. No. | Stadium | City |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Assam Cricket Association Stadium | Guwahati |
| 2. | Greenfield International Stadium | Thiruvananthapuram |
| 3. | Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium | Hyderabad |
The Group Stage matches will be played from 5th October 2023 to 12th November 2023. Here is the schedule of the Group Stage and Knockout matches:
| Date | Team 1 | Team 2 | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, 5 Oct | England | New Zealand | Ahmedabad |
| Friday, 6 Oct | Pakistan | Netherlands | Hyderabad |
| Saturday, 7 Oct | Bangladesh | Afghanistan | Dharamsala |
| Saturday, 7 Oct | South Africa | Sri Lanka | Delhi |
| Sunday, 8 Oct | India | Australia | Chennai |
| Monday, 9 Oct | New Zealand | Netherlands | Hyderabad |
| Tuesday, 10 Oct | England | Bangladesh | Dharamsala |
| Wednesday, 11 Oct | India | Afghanistan | Delhi |
| Thursday, 12 Oct | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | Hyderabad |
| Friday, 13 Oct | Australia | South Africa | Lucknow |
| Saturday, 14 Oct | England | Afghanistan | Delhi |
| Saturday, 14 Oct | New Zealand | Bangladesh | Chennai |
| Sunday, 15 Oct | India | Pakistan | Ahmedabad |
| Monday, 16 Oct | Australia | Sri Lanka | Lucknow |
| Tuesday, 17 Oct | South Africa | Sri Lanka | Dharamsala |
| Wednesday, 18 Oct | New Zealand | Afghanistan | Chennai |
| Thursday, 19 Oct | India | Bangladesh | Pune |
| Friday, 20 Oct | Australia | Pakistan | Bangalore |
| Saturday, 21 Oct | England | South Africa | Mumbai |
| Saturday, 21 Oct | Netherlands | Sri Lanka | Lucknow |
| Sunday, 22 Oct | India | New Zealand | Dharamsala |
| Monday, 23 Oct | Pakistan | Afghanistan | Chennai |
| Tuesday, 24 Oct | South Africa | Bangladesh | Mumbai |
| Wednesday, 25 Oct | Australia | Netherlands | Delhi |
| Thursday, 26 Oct | England | Sri Lanka | Bangalore |
| Friday, 27 Oct | Pakistan | South Africa | Chennai |
| Saturday, 28 Oct | Netherlands | Bangladesh | Kolkata |
| Saturday, 28 Oct | Australia | New Zealand | Dharamsala |
| Sunday, 29 Oct | India | England | Lucknow |
| Monday, 30 Oct | Afghanistan | Sri Lanka | Pune |
| Tuesday, 31 Oct | Pakistan | Bangladesh | Kolkata |
| Wednesday, 1 Nov | New Zealand | South Africa | Pune |
| Thursday, 2 Nov | India | Sri Lanka | Mumbai |
| Friday, 3 Nov | Netherlands | Afghanistan | Lucknow |
| Saturday, 4 Nov | England | Australia | Ahmedabad |
| Saturday, 4 Nov | New Zealand | Pakistan | Bangalore |
| Sunday, 5 Nov | India | South Africa | Kolkata |
| Monday, 6 Nov | Bangladesh | Sri Lanka | Delhi |
| Tuesday, 7 Nov | Australia | Afghanistan | Mumbai |
| Wednesday, 8 Nov | England | Netherlands | Pune |
| Thursday, 9 Nov | New Zealand | Sri Lanka | Bangalore |
| Friday, 10 Nov | South Africa | Afghanistan | Ahmedabad |
| Saturday, 11 Nov | India | Netherlands | Bangalore |
| Sunday, 12 Nov | England | Pakistan | Kolkata |
| Sunday, 12 Nov | Australia | Bangladesh | Pune |
| Wednesday, 15 Nov | Semi Final 1 | Mumbai | |
| Thursday, 16 Nov | Semi Final 2 | Kolkata | |
| Sunday, 19 Nov | Final | Ahmedabad | |
The memory of MS Dhoni’s iconic six at the Wankhede Stadium to end India's 28-year World Cup drought is still fresh in the mind of every Indian cricket fan. Now the hopes of 1.4 billion Indians will rely on the shoulders of 15 individuals responsible for bringing the trophy back to India. Here is the probable 15-man squad of the Indian Cricket Team at the 2023 World Cup:
BATTERS: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer
WICKET-KEEPERS: KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan
ALL-ROUNDERS: Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel
BOWLERS: Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav
With everything in motion, the stage is set while cricket fans around the world are counting down the days until the ICC World Cup 2023. This cricket carnival festival is also popular among the fantasy cricket users. If you are also a fan of fantasy cricket and looking for great fantasy app to create teams in World Cup 2023, prefer application with big ticket size and seamless experience. MyTeam11 is one such application that offers different sets of contests with huge prize pool and daily rewards.
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