The much-anticipated India vs Pakistan clash in the upcoming ICC World Cup (CWC 2023) has been preponed by a day as the latest and revised itinerary of the event was released by ICC on August 9, 2023. Apart from this, 8 other matches have been rescheduled as well.
Arch-rival India and Pakistan were originally set to clash on October 15 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. But the match will now be played a day earlier and will now be held at the same venue on Saturday, 14 October.
As a result of this, England's fixture against Afghanistan in Delhi will be moved from Saturday, 14 October, and will now be played 24 hours later on Sunday, 15 October. Pakistan will also play their match against Sri Lanka in Hyderabad from Thursday, 12 October to now being played on Tuesday, 10 October.
Australia’s big clash against South Africa will now be played on Thursday, 12 October instead of Friday, 13 October. New Zealand's game against Bangladesh originally scheduled as a day match for 14 October in Chennai, will now be held on Friday, 13 October and be played as a day-night contest.
England’s match against Bangladesh which will be played in Dharamshala and was a day-night encounter, has been changed to a day match and will begin from 10.30 AM onwards.
As the league stage comes to its close, three more changes have been made to the schedule.
The double-header encounters of Sunday, 12 November have been moved a day earlier to Saturday, 11 November – Australia vs Pakistan in Pune (10:30 AM) and England vs Pakistan in Kolkata (02:00 PM).
India's last league game against the Netherlands has now been shifted from 11 to 12 November, a day-night clash to be played in Bengaluru.
Here is the latest, revised World Cup 2023 schedule:
(ICC inputs)
