India-Pakistan issue resolved? Big disclosure from the World Cup draft schedule

BCCI vs PCB: The dispute between India and Pakistan regarding Asia Cup and World Cup 2023 seems to be stopping now. Pakistan is all set to play the World Cup in India and the hybrid model has also been considered for the Asia Cup. At the same time, a draft schedule has been prepared for the World Cup and a big disclosure has also been made about the India-Pakistan match.

When will the India-Pakistan match take place?

The Indian team will begin their campaign in the ODI World Cup against Australia on October 8 in Chennai, followed by a match against Pakistan a week later in Ahmedabad. This information was given in the draft program of BCCI. According to ESPNcricinfo, the BCCI has sent a draft of the schedule to the ICC, which has sent it to the participating nations for feedback. The final schedule will be announced next week. According to PTI sources, both the semi-finals will be held in Mumbai and Chennai. As per the initial draft, the tournament will begin on October 5 with defending champions England taking on eventual runners-up New Zealand in Ahmedabad.

Final match on 19 November

The final will also be played on November 19 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Guwahati, Pune, Lucknow and Dharamshala are among the 11 cities that have been selected to host the World Cup. Hosts India will play their league matches in 9 cities including Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru. The match with Pakistan will be on October 15. Whereas Pakistan's league matches will be held in five cities. According to reports, Pakistan will play two teams from the qualifiers on October 6 and 12 in Hyderabad. This was followed by Australia in Bangalore (20 October), Afghanistan in Chennai (23 October), South Africa (27 October), Bangladesh in Kolkata (31 October), New Zealand in Bangalore (5 November) and England in Kolkata (12 November). ) will play. Australia and New Zealand will play on October 29 in Dharamsala and England on November 4 in Ahmedabad.

India's tentative schedule:

v Australia, 8 October, Chennai

v Afghanistan, 11 October, Delhi

v Pakistan, 15 October, Ahmedabad

v Bangladesh, 19 October, Pune

v New Zealand, 22 October, Dharamsala

Vs England, 29 October, Lucknow

vs qualifiers, November 2, Mumbai

v South Africa, 5 November, Kolkata

vs qualifiers, 11 November