ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup starts from October 5 in India
The 13th edition of the Men’s Cricket World Cup kick starts from October 5 in Ahmedabad with defending champions England taking on the last edition’s finalists New Zealand. The 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup will see 10 teams locking horns against each other at 10 different venues, namely, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Dharamshala, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, and Pune between October 5 and November 19. Each team will play nine league matches and the top four teams will qualify for the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-final will play the final. 48 matches will be played during the tournament.
Squads
The 10 participating nations are Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, and Sri Lanka.
Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, Naveen ul Haq.
Australia: Pat Cummins (c), Steve Smith, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc.
Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (c), Litton Kumer Das, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Najmul Hossain Shanto (vc), Tawhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nasum Ahmed, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib.
England: Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes.
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav.
Netherlands: Scott Edwards (c), Max O’Dowd, Bas de Leede, Vikram Singh, Teja Nidamanuru, Paul van Meekeren, Colin Ackermann, Roelof van der Merwe, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Ryan Klein, Wesley Barresi, Saqib Zulfiqar, Shariz Ahmad, Sybrand Engelbrecht.
New Zealand: Kane Williamson (c), Trent Boult, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitch Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Will Young.
Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Mohammad Rizwan, Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Salman Ali Agha, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim.
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (c), Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Lizaad Williams.
Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (c), Kusal Mendis (vc), Kusal Perera, Pathum Nissanka, Lahiru Kumara, Dimuth Karunaratne, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Kasun Rajitha, Matheesha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka, Dushan Hemantha
Schedule
| Date | Fixture | Venue | Time |
| October 5 | England vs New Zealand | Ahmedabad | 2:00 PM |
| October 6 | Pakistan vs Netherlands | Hyderabad | 2:00 PM |
| October 7 | Bangladesh vs Afghanistan | Dharamsala | 10:30 AM |
| October 7 | South Africa vs Sri Lanka | Delhi | 2:00 PM |
| October 8 | India vs Australia | Chennai | 2:00 PM |
| October 9 | New Zealand vs Netherlands | Hyderabad | 2:00 PM |
| October 10 | England vs Bangladesh | Dharamsala | 10:30 AM |
| October 10 | Pakistan vs Sri Lanka | Hyderabad | 2:00 PM |
| October 11 | India vs Afghanistan | Delhi | 2:00 PM |
| October 12 | Australia vs South Africa | Lucknow | 2:00 PM |
| October 13 | New Zealand vs Bangladesh | Chennai | 2:00 PM |
| October 14 | India vs Pakistan | Ahmedabad | 2:00 PM |
| October 15 | England vs Afghanistan | Delhi | 2.00 PM |
| October 16 | Australia vs Sri Lanka | Lucknow | 2:00 PM |
| October 17 | South Africa vs Netherlands | Dharamsala | 2:00 PM |
| October 18 | New Zealand vs Afghanistan | Chennai | 2:00 PM |
| October 19 | India vs Bangladesh | Pune | 2:00 PM |
| October 20 | Australia vs Pakistan | Bengaluru | 2:00 PM |
| October 21 | Netherlands vs Sri Lanka | Lucknow | 10:30 AM |
| October 21 | England vs South Africa | Mumbai | 2:00 PM |
| October 22 | India vs New Zealand | Dharamsala | 2:00 PM |
| October 23 | Pakistan vs Afghanistan | Chennai | 2:00 PM |
| October 24 | South Africa vs Bangladesh | Mumbai | 2:00 PM |
| October 25 | Australia vs Netherlands | Delhi | 2:00 PM |
| October 26 | England vs Sri Lanka | Bengaluru | 2:00 PM |
| October 27 | Pakistan vs South Africa | Chennai | 2:00 PM |
| October 28 | Australia vs New Zealand | Dharamsala | 10:30 AM |
| October 28 | Netherlands vs Bangladesh | Kolkata | 2:00 PM |
| October 29 | India vs England | Lucknow | 2:00 PM |
| October 30 | Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka | Pune | 2:00 PM |
| October 31 | Pakistan vs Bangladesh | Kolkata | 2:00 PM |
| November 1 | New Zealand vs South Africa | Pune | 2:00 PM |
| November 2 | India vs Sri Lanka | Mumbai | 2:00 PM |
| November 3 | Netherlands vs Afghanistan | Lucknow | 2:00 PM |
| November 4 | New Zealand vs Pakistan | Bengaluru | 10:30 AM |
| November 4 | England vs Australia | Ahmedabad | 2:00 PM |
| November 5 | India vs South Africa | Kolkata | 2:00 PM |
| November 6 | Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka | Delhi | 2:00 PM |
| November 7 | Australia vs Afghanistan | Mumbai | 2:00 PM |
| November 8 | England vs Netherlands | Pune | 2:00 PM |
| November 9 | New Zealand vs Sri Lanka | Bengaluru | 2:00 PM |
| November 10 | South Africa vs Afghanistan | Ahmedabad | 2:00 PM |
| November 11 | Australia vs Bangladesh | Pune | 10:30 AM |
| November 11 | England vs Pakistan | Kolkata | 2:00 PM |
| November 12 | India vs Netherlands | Bengaluru | 2:00 PM |
| November 15 | Semifinal 1 (#1 vs #4) | Mumbai | 2:00 PM |
| November 16 | Semifinal 2 (#2 vs #3) | Kolkata | 2:00 PM |
| November 19 | Final | Ahmedabad | 2:00 PM |
Success at the World Cups
| Teams | Number of titles |
| Afghanistan | 0 |
| Australia | 5 |
| Bangladesh | 0 |
| England | 1 |
| India | 2 |
| Netherlands | 0 |
| New Zealand | 0 |
| Pakistan | 1 |
| South Africa | 0 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 |
The two-time World Champions West Indies did not qualify for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023