At a grand event in Mumbai last month, the International Cricket Council (ICC) released the schedule for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.
As part of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Promotional “Trophy Tour” in several countries around the world, the historic ODI World Cup 2023 Trophy will come to the Bombay Scottish School in Mahim, Mumbai on Tuesday. The competition will take place in ten Indian locations from October 5 to November 19.
The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad will host both the tournament’s opening game and its conclusion in what will be the largest Cricket World Cup ever, which will take place over ten venues from 5 October to 19 November and feature ten countries.
Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Dharamsala, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, and Pune are the other nine locations. Hyderabad will be joined by Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram in hosting the exhibition games.
The tournament will begin in Ahmedabad with a highly anticipated matchup between the 2019 World Cup finalists, England taking on New Zealand, while hosts India will play five-time champion Australia on October 8 in Chennai.
Traditional rivals Australia and England (4 November) and India and Pakistan (15 October) will both play their games in Ahmedabad.
Eight teams have qualified for the 46-day event through the Cricket World Cup Super League, and the winners of the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe will fill the final two seats.
The round-robin format from the previous tournament is carried over, with a total of 45 league matches pitting every side against every other. All other matches, including the knockout rounds, will be day-night affairs beginning at 14:00 Indian Standard Time (IST). There are six-day matches that will begin at 10:30 IST.
The top four teams will advance to the semifinals, which will take held on November 15 in Mumbai and November 16 in Kolkata. There will be reserve days for the semifinals and championship.
Also The Details For ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy Tour 2023 Around World.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) launched the ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy Tour 2023 into space at a height of about 120,000 feet above the ground ahead of the event which is scheduled to be held in India later this year.
The trophy was launched on a stratospheric scale by attaching it to a balloon to take it to the edge of Earth’s atmosphere and some astonishing shots of the trophy were also taken using 4k cameras.
The Trophy Tour which will begin on June 27, will be the biggest as cricket fans from all over the world will be given a chance to connect with the Trophy.
The 2023 edition, which is the first full-scale Trophy Tour since 2019, will give an opportunity to cricket fans from different countries and cities to create a positive and fun atmosphere during the event.
The trophy is set to travel to 18 countries around the world. Countries that are not a part of the World Cup will also get a chance to receive the trophy for some days.
The trophy will also visit countries like Kuwait, Bahrain, Malaysia, Nigeria, Uganda, France, Italy, and the United States of America.
On the launch of the Trophy Tour, ICC Chief Executive Geoff Allardice said, “The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Trophy Tour is an important milestone in the countdown to what will be the biggest ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup ever. This Tour will see the iconic silverware meet heads of state, launch community initiatives and support cricket development programs in addition to visiting some of the most iconic landmarks around the globe.
“Cricket has more than a billion fans and we want to give as many people as possible the opportunity to get up close to this famous trophy that has been held aloft by some of the greatest legends of our sport.”
The Trophy Tour will begin on June 27 in India, travel around the globe, and then return to the host nation on September 4.
The full schedule of the Trophy Tour:
27 June – 14 July: India
15 – 16 July: New Zealand
17 – 18 July: Australia
19 – 21 July: Papua New Guinea
22 – 24 July: India
25 – 27 July: USA
28 – 30 July: West Indies
31 July – 4 August: Pakistan
5 – 6 August: Sri Lanka
7 – 9 August: Bangladesh
10 – 11 August: Kuwait
12 – 13 August: Bahrain
14 – 15 August: India
16 – 18 August: Italy
19 – 20 August: France
21 – 24 August: England
25 – 26 August: Malaysia
27 – 28 August: Uganda
29 – 30 August: Nigeria
31 August – 3 September: South Africa
From 4 September: India