The World Cup 2023 is a historic event for India. And India is hosting the 50-over World Cup solely for the first time.
They did it for the first time in 1987, then again nine years later in 1996, and finally in 2011, but each time they were joint hosts, with Sri Lanka, Pakistan, or Bangladesh hosting some of the matches.
All 48 matches, including the knockouts and final, will be held in ten cities this time: Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Dharamsala, Delhi, Lucknow, Pune, Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, and Kolkata.
Teams Participating in the ICC ODI World Cup 2023
This year’s World Cup will include ten teams. India qualified immediately as the hosts, as did Afghanistan, Australia, England, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Pakistan, and South Africa via the 2020-2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League.
Two more teams qualified for the main event through the World Cup Qualifiers, which were held in Zimbabwe in June and July. The Qualifiers featured Ireland, Nepal, the Netherlands, Oman, Scotland, the UAE, the United States, and hosts Zimbabwe, in addition to former champions Sri Lanka and the West Indies.
While Sri Lanka and the Netherlands qualified for the World Cup through qualifiers, the West Indies failed due to a poor performance in the ICC World Cup qualifier.
ODI World Cup 2023 Venues
City | Stadium Name | Capacity |
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Ahmedabad | Narendra Modi Stadium | 1,20,000 |
Kolkata | Eden Gardens | 66,000 |
Hyderabad | Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium | 55,000 |
Lucknow | BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium | 55,000 |
Chennai | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | 50,000 |
Delhi | Arun Jaitley Stadium | 41,820 |
Bengaluru | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | 40,000 |
Pune | Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium | 37,406 |
Mumbai | Wankhede Stadium | 33,000 |
Dharamshala | HPCA Stadium | 23,000 |
In addition to the ten venues for the main event, the warm-up games will be held at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati and the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad will also host two warm-up matches.
Except for the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad, which will hold three matches, each stadium will host five. The tournament’s opening and closing matches will be held at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium. Eden Gardens in Kolkata and Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai will each host one semi-final match.
The ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 will have 48 matches in total. The event will be played in a Round-Robin format, with 45 group-stage games, two semi-final matches, and one final.
Also Read | The Format of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023
The following is a complete list of the matches that each stadium will host:
Narendra Modi Stadium (Ahmedabad)
Match | Date |
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England vs. New Zealand | October 5 |
India vs. Pakistan | October 14 |
England vs. Australia | November 4 |
South Africa vs. Afghanistan | November 10 |
Final (T.B.C. vs. T.B.C.) | November 19 |
Eden Gardens (Kolkata)
Match | Date |
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Netherlands vs. Bangladesh | October 28 |
Pakistan vs. Bangladesh | October 31 |
India vs. South Africa | November 5 |
England vs. Pakistan | November 11 |
Semi-Final 2 (T.B.C. vs. T.B.C.) | November 16 |
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium (Hyderabad)
Match | Date |
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Pakistan vs. Netherlands | October 6 |
New Zealand vs. Netherlands | October 9 |
Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka | October 10 |
Ekana Cricket Stadium (Lucknow)
Match | Date |
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Australia vs. South Africa | October 12 |
Australia vs. Sri Lanka | October 16 |
Netherlands vs. Sri Lanka | October 21 |
India vs. England | October 29 |
Netherlands vs. Afghanistan | November 3 |
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (Chennai)
Match | Date |
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India vs. Australia | October 8 |
New Zealand vs. Bangladesh | October 13 |
New Zealand vs. Afghanistan | October 18 |
Pakistan vs. Afghanistan | October 23 |
Pakistan vs. South Africa | October 27 |
Arun Jaitley Stadium (Delhi)
Match | Date |
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South Africa vs. Sri Lanka | October 7 |
India vs. Afghanistan | October 11 |
England vs. Afghanistan | October 15 |
Australia vs. Netherlands | October 25 |
Bangladesh vs. Sri Lanka | November 6 |
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru)
Match | Date |
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Australia vs. Pakistan | October 20 |
England vs. Sri Lanka | October 26 |
New Zealand vs. Pakistan | November 4 |
New Zealand vs. Sri Lanka | November 9 |
India vs. Netherlands | November 12 |
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium (Pune)
Match | Date |
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India vs. Bangladesh | October 19 |
Afghanistan vs. Sri Lanka | October 30 |
New Zealand vs. South Africa | November 1 |
England vs. Netherlands | November 8 |
Australia vs. Bangladesh | November 11 |
Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai)
Match | Date |
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England vs. South Africa | October 21 |
South Africa vs. Bangladesh | October 24 |
India vs. Sri Lanka | November 2 |
Australia vs. Afghanistan | November 7 |
Semi-Final 1 (T.B.C. vs. T.B.C.) | November 15 |
HPCA Stadium (Dharamshala)
Match | Date |
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Bangladesh vs. Afghanistan | October 7 |
England vs. Bangladesh | October 10 |
South Africa vs. Netherlands | October 17 |
India vs. New Zealand | October 22 |
Australia vs. New Zealand | October 28 |
The BCCI has provided funding to all host associations in order to enhance the tournament venues. Newer stadiums, such as the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad and the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, are in better shape and will only require aesthetic upgrades. In addition, many stadiums’ outfields have recently been resurfaced in order to improve playing conditions.