Cricket World Cup 2023, its teams, stadiums and schedule

October 18, 2023 Trends4tech Team

Cricket is becoming one of the most loving, most watched, and most played games. There are millions of cricket lovers and players because of its different tournaments. There are basically three main types of tournaments held in cricket. These tournaments include a One-day international Cricket tournament, T-20 International Cricket tournament, and Test cricket. There are three formats of Cricket World Cup, these are Men’s Cricket World Cup, women’s Cricket World Cup, and under-19 men’s cricket World Cup

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Cricket world cup

The ICC (International Cricket Council) Cricket World Cup is extensively considered the most admired cup in the world of cricket. The ODI (One-day International) tournament is held once every four years. The Cricket World Cup tournament was held in 1975. From that onwards there are 12 editions of Cricket World Cup tournaments.

Cricket World Cup 2023

It is the 13^th cricket World Cup tournament held in 2023. It is One Day International (ODI) tournament. The World Cup is going to be played by men’s national teams, organized by the International Cricket Council. India is hosting the tournament, which started on 5^th October 2023. It is scheduled to be accomplished on 19 November 2023.

England is the winner of the last Cricket World Cup 2019. Who defeated New Zealand in the final at Lord’s, London.

Teams in ICC Cricket World Cup 2023

There are ten teams participating in the Cricket World Cup 2023

India
New Zealand
South Africa
Pakistan
England
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Australia
Sri Lanka
Netherlands

ICC World Cup 2023 teams squad

Paksitan: Pakistan squad: Babar Azam (c) (right-handed batsman), Shadab Khan(VC) (right-handed batsman+ Leg spiner), Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq(right-handed batsman), Abdullah Shafique(right-handed batsman), Mohammad Rizwan(WC)(right-handed batsman), Saud Shakeel(Left haded batsman), Iftikhar Ahmed(right-handed batsman+ Off spinner), Salman Ali Agha(right-handed batsman+Off spinner), Mohammad Nawaz(Left-handed batsman+ off spinner), Usama Mir(Right-arm leg spinner), Haris Rauf(Right arm fast bowler), Hasan Ali(Right arm fast bowler), Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim(Right arm fast bowler).
India: Rohit Sharma (c) (right-handed batsman), Hardik Pandya (vc) (right-handed batsman medium fast bowler), Shubman Gill(right-handed batsman), Virat Kohli(right-handed batsman), Shreyas Iyer(right-handed batsman), KL Rahul(WC)(right-handed batsman), Ravindra Jadeja(right-handed batsman+ Off spiner), Shardul Thakur(right-handed batsman+ Medium fast bowler), Jasprit Bumrah(Right arm fast bowler) , Mohammed Siraj(Right arm fast bowler), Kuldeep Yadav(Left arm leg spinner), Mohammed Shami(Right arm fast bowler), Ravichandran Ashwin(right-handed batsman+ Off spiner), Ishan Kishan(Left-handed batsman), Suryakumar Yadav(right-handed batsman).
South Africa squad: Temba Bavuma (c) (right-handed batsman), Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Lizaad Williams.
Afghanistan squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, Naveen ul Haq.
Australia squad: Pat Cummins (c), Steve Smith, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc.
Bangladesh squad: Shakib Al Hasan (c), Litton Kumer Das, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Najmul Hossain Shanto (vc), Tawhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nasum Ahmed, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib.
England squad: Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes.
Netherlands squad: Scott Edwards (c), Max O’Dowd, Bas de Leede, Vikram Singh, Teja Nidamanuru, Paul van Meekeren, Colin Ackermann, Roelof van der Merwe, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Ryan Klein, Wesley Barresi, Saqib Zulfiqar, Shariz Ahmad, Sybrand Engelbrecht.
New Zealand squad: Kane Williamson (c) (right-handed batsman), Trent Boult, Mark Chapman(right-handed batsman), Devon Conway(right-handed batsman), Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham(right-handed batsman), Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitch Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Will Young(right-handed batsman).
Sri Lanka Squad: Dasun Shanaka (c), Kusal Mendis (vc), Kusal Perera, Pathum Nissanka, Lahiru Kumara, Dimuth Karunaratne, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Kasun Rajitha, Matheesha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka, Dushan Hemantha

Schedule of the tournament

Thursday 5^th October: England vs New Zealand

Friday 6^th October: Pakistan vs Netherlands

Saturday 7^th October: Bangladesh vs Afghanistan and South Africa vs Sri Lanka

Sunday 8^th October: India vs Australia

Monday 9^th October: New Zealand vs Netherlands

Tuesday 10^th October: England vs Bangladesh

Tuesday 10^th October: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka

Wednesday 11^th October: India vs Afghanistan

Thursday 12^th October: Australia vs South Africa

Friday 13^th October: New Zealand vs Bangladesh

Saturday 14^th October: India vs Pakistan

Sunday 15 October: England vs Afghanistan

Monday 16^th October: Australia vs Sri Lanka

Tuesday 17^th October: South Africa vs Netherlands

Wednesday 18^th October: New Zealand vs Afghanistan

Thursday 19^th October: India vs Bangladesh

Friday 20^th October: Australia vs Pakistan

Saturday 21^st October: Netherlands vs Sri Lanka

Saturday 21^st October: England vs South Africa

Sunday 22^nd October: India vs New Zealand

Monday 23^rd October: Pakistan vs Afghanistan

Tuesday 24^th October: South Africa vs Bangladesh

Wednesday 25^th October: Australia vs Netherlands

Thursday 26^th October: England vs Sri Lanka

Friday 27^th October: Pakistan vs South Africa

Saturday 28^th October: Australia vs New Zealand

Saturday 28^th October: Netherlands vs Bangladesh

Sunday 29^th October: India vs England

Monday 30^th October: Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka

Tuesday 31^st October: Pakistan vs Bangladesh

Wednesday 1^st November: New Zealand with South Africa

Thursday 02 November: India vs Sri Lanka

Friday 03 November: Netherlands vs Afghanistan

Saturday 04 November: New Zealand vs Pakistan

Sunday 05 November: India vs South Africa

Monday 06 November: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka

Tuesday 07 November: Australia vs Afghanistan

Wednesday 08 November: England vs Netherlands

Thursday 9th November: New Zealand with Sri Lanka

Friday 10 November: South Africa vs Afghanistan

Saturday 11^th November: South Africa vs Afghanistan

Saturday 11^th November: Australia vs Bangladesh

Sunday 12^th November: India vs Netherlands

Wednesday 15^th November: 1^st Semi Final

Thursday 16^th November: 2^nd Semi Final

Sunday 19^th November: Final
Qualifying the Cricket World Cup tournament 2023

All the teams that wanted to qualify for the tournament are needed to pass through the specific qualification process Cricket World Cup 2023. During this process India qualified as hosts. India is first time hosting the world cup solely. Most of the teams have qualified through the ICC Cricket World Cup Super League. These teams are Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Australia, England, New Zealand, and South Africa. While Netherlands and Sri Lanka have secured their position in World Cup 2023 via the qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe during June and July 2023. Unluckily West Indies did not qualify for the World Cup this time. It was for the first time in their history.

Stadiums of India occupied for the cup

Ten different stadiums located in ten cities of India are occupied for the matches of this tournament.

Other stadiums are Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad; Dharamsala, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi; MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai; Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow; Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium; Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune; M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru; Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.