India will open their ODI World Cup marketing campaign in opposition to Australia in Chennai on October 8 whereas Ahmedabad will host their much-anticipated match in opposition to arch-rivals Pakistan every week later, in accordance to BCCI’s draft schedule for the event.
“The BCCI shared the draft schedule with the ICC, which then sent it to the participating countries for feedback before a final schedule is put out early next week,” ESPNCricinfo reported on Monday.
As per the preliminary draft, the event will start on October 5 with reigning champions England taking on final version’s runner-up facet New Zealand in Ahmedabad, which may also host the ultimate on November 19.
The venues for the semifinals, that are seemingly to be performed on November 15 and 16, are but to be determined.
India’s tentative schedule:
India vs Australia, Oct 8, Chennai
India vs Afghanistan, Oct 11, Delhi
India vs Pakistan, Oct 15, Ahmedabad
India vs Bangladesh, Oct 19, Pune
India vs New Zealand, Oct 22, Dharamsala
India vs England, Oct 29, Lucknow
India vs Qualifier, Nov 2, Mumbai
India vs South Africa, Nov 5, Kolkata
India vs Qualifier, Nov 11, Bengaluru.
Hosts India, who final gained the ODI World Cup in 2011 at house, will play their league section matches throughout 9 cities, together with, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi and Bengaluru. They will take on Pakistan on October 15. Pakistan, in the meantime, will play their league matches throughout 5 cities.
“Pakistan are slotted to meet the two teams progressing from the Qualifier on October 6 and 12 in Hyderabad, and then Australia in Bengaluru (October 20), Afghanistan (October 23) and South Africa (October 27) in Chennai, Bangladesh in Kolkata (October 31), New Zealand in Bengaluru (November 5, day match) and England in Kolkata (November 12),” the report learn.
Australia’s match in opposition to Trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand in Dharamsala on October 29 and in opposition to England in Ahmedabad on November 4 are among the different massive fixtures.
A complete of 10 groups will take part in the event. Out of those, eight groups have already been determined and whereas two different groups will qualify for the principle event by way of the qualifiers.
With slightly over 4 months left for the marquee occasion to start, there was an unprecedented delay in releasing the schedule.
The schedule of the final two editions of the event — 2015 and 2019 —was finalised over a 12 months in advance.
India’s tentative schedule:
India vs Australia, Oct 8, Chennai
India vs Afghanistan, Oct 11, Delhi
India vs Pakistan, Oct 15, Ahmedabad
India vs Bangladesh, Oct 19, Pune
India vs New Zealand, Oct 22, Dharamsala
ndia vs England, Oct 29, Lucknow
India vs Qualifier, Nov 2, Mumbai
India vs South Africa, Nov 5, Kolkata
India vs Qualifier, Nov 11, Bengaluru.
