India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on Friday (August 11) made it clear that the Pakistan cricket team will be treated like any other participating nation's squad in the upcoming ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023.

The quadrennial event is slated to be held in India from October 5 to November 19. After a lot of deliberation, Pakistan's government last week confirmed that it will send the national men's senior team to India to take part in the 50-over World Cup.

"We have seen these reports regarding the Pakistan cricket team's participation in the upcoming ICC World Cup to be hosted by India. Pakistan cricket team will be treated just like the cricket team of any other country participating in the ICC World Cup," MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said.

Earlier this week, the International Cricket Council (ICC) released a statement to announce the revised schedule for the upcoming ODI World Cup.

The high-profile India versus Pakistan clash has been advanced by a day to October 14 due to the opening day of Navratri celebrations on October 15 in Ahmedabad

As a result, England's fixture against Afghanistan in Delhi will now be played 24 hours later on October 15.

Pakistan's contest against Sri Lanka in Hyderabad has moved from October 12 to October 10 and Australia's big match against South Africa in Lucknow moved back 24 hours and will now be played on October 12 instead of October 13.

Similarly, New Zealand's game against Bangladesh originally scheduled as a day match for October 14 in Chennai has been moved back and will now be held on Friday, October 13, and be played as a day-night contest.

Towards the end of the league stage, there are three changes with the double-header encounters of November 12 being moved a day earlier to November 11 – Australia versus Pakistan in Pune and England versus Pakistan in Kolkata.

On the other hand, India's last league game against Netherlands in Bengaluru has now been shifted from 11 to 12th November.

(With ANI Inputs)