Team India will go underway this tournament on October 8 against Australia, in a match that is scheduled to take place in Chennai. The big match between India and Pakistan is scheduled to take place on October 15 in the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup is a pinnacle event of ICC that is contested at the interval of every four years at the international level. The ICC World Cup 2023 is going to be the 13th version of this magnificent event. A quadrennial One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament that is contested by men’s national teams and organized by International Cricket Council (ICC) is scheduled to be hosted by India from October 5, 2023, to November 19, 2023, as per a list issued on Tuesday, June 29th, 2023.
Across the world, ten teams participate in this event. Eight of these teams that have already qualified are India, Australia, England, Afghanistan, South Africa, New Zealand, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. The remaining two teams will be decided during the Qualifiers for the World Cup.
India is the ‘Sole Host’ for the first time
For the first time ever in 2023, India will be hosting the World Cup as its ‘Sole Hosts’. The three earlier times i.e. in 1987, 1996, and 2011, when India hosted the world cup were held in the country as co-hosts. The event will be held across ten venues and Come to an end with finals in Ahmedabad on November 19th.
India VS Pakistan, head to head
The two rivals India and Pakistan have a long-standing cricketing history. They have faced each other seven times in the World Cup till now. Their interactions took place in 1992, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2015, and 2019. The one time when both the teams could not get to face each other was in 2007 when both of them were eliminated in the opening rounds only because of unsatisfying performances.
If not only the World Cups, India has gained victory in all of their previous seven encounters, counting T20 World Cups as well.
However, the streak came to an end in 2021, only for India to regain their supremacy with a remarkable victory in the 2022 edition. The game held at the MCG witnessed extraordinary pursuit, spearheaded by the one and only Virat Kohli, who delivered an unforgettable innings for his country.
The last 50 over World Cup interaction between India and Pakistan happened in 2019 at Old Trafford in which India emerged victorious with a smashing total of 336/5, mainly due to the fantastic innings by Rohit Sharma of 140 runs off 113 deliveries.
The game of the semi-final clash between India and Pakistan in the World Cup 2011 that witnessed the great player, Sachin Tendulkar with a total of 85 runs leading to India’s 29-run victory was even more impressive.
