India vs Pakistan clash in ODI World Cup shifted to another date, ICC announces 9 changes

ICC ODI World Cup 2023: It is just less than just 2 months for the biggest carnival of the cricketing world to start. This time around, the ODI World Cup moves to India and is expected to be nothing short of a breathtaking event. This is the first time in the history of cricket that India will host the marquee tournament on its own. Back in 1987, when the ODI format was trimmed from 60 overs to 50 overs, both India and Pakistan hosted the tournament. In 1996, India and Pakistan hosted the tournament along with Sri Lanka. When the tournament returned in 2011, India hosted the event with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

3 things you need to know

• England are the defending champions of the ODI World Cup
• The 2023 ODI World Cup will be the 13th edition of the tournament
• India last won the World Cup in 2011 under the leadership of MS Dhoni

ICC in a statement said:

The eagerly-awaited contest between India and Pakistan at this year's ICC Men's Cricket World Cup has been rescheduled to a different day, while details of eight other matches have also been changed. The clash between India and Pakistan was originally slated to take place in Ahmedabad on Sunday, 15 October, but this has been moved a day earlier and will now be held at the same venue on Saturday, 14 October.

As a result, England's fixture against Afghanistan in Delhi will be moved from Saturday, 14 October and will now be played 24 hours later on Sunday, 15 October. Pakistan's contest against Sri Lanka in Hyderabad has moved from Thursday, 12 October to now being played on Tuesday, 10 October and Australia's big match against South Africa in Lucknow moved back 24 hours and will now be played on Thursday, 12 October instead of Friday, 13 October.

Similarly, New Zealand's game against Bangladesh originally scheduled as a day match for 14 October in Chennai has been moved back and will now be held on Friday, 13 October and be played as a day-night contest. From the initial phase of the tournament, a minor change to the fixture refers to the timing of England's match-up against Bangladesh in Dharamsala, with the clash becoming a day match and a 10:30AM (local time) start after it was originally scheduled as a day-night fixture.

Revised schedule of ICC ODI 2023 World Cup:

BCCI issues clarification on revised 2023 World Cup schedule

ACC Chief and BCCI secretary Jay Shah on July 27, 2023, said that the Board of Control for Cricket in India had been mulling over the idea of tweaking the World Cup schedule. Shah further said that three cricketing boards had already written to the ICC requesting a change in the World Cup schedule. The India vs Pakistan match that was originally slated to be played on October 15, 2023, at the Narendra Modi Stadium is now to be played on October 14, 2023, a day before the start of Navratri.