New Delhi : Team India will meet Pakistan on in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. The match will take place at Narendra Modi cricket stadium in Ahmedabad on October 15. The World Cup begins on October 5 and the final will be played at Ahmedabad on November 19. Ten teams will take part in this World Cup which goes on for one and a half months. Rated as ‘Mother of all Battles’ in international cricket, an India vs Pakistan match gets the attention from all over the world. The setting could not have been bigger as India play their long-time rivals in India with a billion people watching on TV and online and thousands inside the stadium. In the last few meetings, India and Pakistan have had similar success rates. In ODI World Cup however, India have never lost to Pakistan in the previous editions.
Rohit Sharma will lead India at the World Cup while Pakistan will be led by Babar Azam. India have won the World Cup twice, in 1983 and 2011 while Pakistan have clinched it only once. The triumph came under the leadership of Imran Khan in the year 1992 in Australia. The last time the World Cup was played in India, it was the hosts who won it under the captaincy of MS Dhoni.
Check out the full schedule of Team India below:
IND vs AUS, Oct 8, Chennai
IND vs AFG, Oct 11, Delhi
IND vs PAK, Oct 15, Ahmedabad
IND vs BAN, Oct 19, Pune
IND vs NZ, Oct 22, Dharamsala
IND vs ENG, Oct 29, Lucknow
IND vs Qualifier, Nov 2, Mumbai
IND vs SA, Nov 5, Kolkata
IND vs Qualifier, Nov 11, Bengaluru
Apart from the India vs Pakistan, which is the biggest match of the tournament, all eyes will be on India vs Australia and India vs England match too. Pakistan cricket team will be travelling to India for a game of cricket for the first time after 2016, when they came for the T20 World Cup. Not to forget, India have never lost to Pakistan in the ODI World Cup. Babar Azam and Co will be aiming to make history by winning their first match vs India in the 50-over World Cup.
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