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India World Cup 2023 Schedule: India will start their ICC World Cup 2023 campaign against five-time title winners Australia at Chennai on October 8, three days after the opening match of the marquee event between defending champions England and runners-up New Zealand at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

India's much-anticipated and high-voltage match against Pakistan will be played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on October 15.

The tournament will be played across 10 venues in India that will span 46 days later this year. The final of the mega event will be played in Ahmedabad on November 19.

A total of 10 teams will participate at the showcase event, the first eight having already qualified through the Cricket World Cup Super League. The final two spots will be determined at the end of the Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe, which concludes on July 9.

Each team plays the other nine in a round-robin format with the top four qualifying for the knockout stage and semi-finals.

Check India's full schedule for ODI World Cup 2023:

After taking on Australia, Rohit Sharma-led side will play against Afghanistan at Arun Jaitley Stadium on October 11 before gearing up for the intense face-off against arch-rivals Pakistan on October 15. Men in Blue will then face Bangladesh, New Zealand and England on October 19, 22 and 29 respectively.

India will also take on the Qualifier 2 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on November 2 while the fixture against South Africa is scheduled at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on November 5.

In the last game of the league stage, India will take on Qualifier 1 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

The first semi-final will be held on Wednesday, November 15 in Mumbai and the second semi-final will be held the following day in Kolkata. Both semi-finals will have a reserve day.

The Final will take place at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on November 19 with November 20 slated as the reserve day.

All three knock-out fixtures will be day-night affairs, with the matches beginning at 14:00 IST.

ODI World Cup 2023 Venues

There will be a total of 10 venues – Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Dharamsala, Delhi, Chennai, Lucknow, Pune, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Kolkata.

Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram in addition to Hyderabad will host the warm-up matches from September 29 to October 3.

India became the first team in 2011 to lift the ODI World Cup at their home venue under the captaincy of MS Dhoni, who finished in style to bag the second title at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. India will hope for the same result from Rohit Sharma and company in the quadrennial tournament later this year to end the country's ICC title drought since the 2013 Champions Trophy.