Ahmedabad to host India-Pakistan fixture, World Cup final

The Narendra Modi Arena in Ahmedabad will play host to the opener, the marquee India-Pakistan, Australia-Britain games as well as the last of the approaching men's ODI World Cup, it was authoritatively affirmed on Tuesday (June 27) at an ICC occasion in Mumbai to stamp the '100 days to the World Cup' commencement. The quadrennial competition will go on in the configuration utilized in 2019: 10 groups will play each other in a solitary gathering stage with the best four groups advancing to the elimination rounds. Reigning champs Britain will meet New Zealand in the rematch of the last from a long time back to launch the esteemed competition on October 5. A sum of 10 scenes: Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Delhi, Pune, Dharamsala, Lucknow will have games north of six and a half weeks. Altogether, the competition will contain 48 games played more than 46 days. Just six of these installations will be day games (10:30 IST start) with the remainder of the day-night games planned to start at 14:00 IST. In the mean time, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram notwithstanding Hyderabad will have the warm-up matches from September 29 to October 3. the Wankhede Arena in Mumbai will have the primary semi-last (No.1 v No.4) on November 15 with the activity moving to the Eden Nurseries in Kolkata the accompanying for the second semi-last between the second and the third-set groups. It just so happens, both Mumbai and Kolkata have played hosts to both a World Cup elimination round and last in prior releases of this competition. Furthermore, as in the past release, both the elimination rounds and the last will have a hold day. Double cross bosses India will start their Reality Cup with a conflict against the five-time champs Australia in Chennai on October 8. They'll then, at that point, play Afghanistan in Delhi on October 11 preceding the blockbuster conflict against rivals Pakistan on October 15. Rohit Sharma's group will mismatch the country during the association stage, playing just a lone game at every scene. Alongside has, seven different nations - New Zealand, Britain, Bangladesh, Australia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and South Africa tied down an immediate passage to the World Cup by excellence of completing in the main eight of the Cricket World Cup Super Association. The last two openings will be taken up by the finalists of the continuous World Cup Qualifiers in Zimbabwe. October 5: England vs New Zealand, Ahmedabad (Tournament Opener) October 8: India vs Australia, Chennai October 15: India vs Pakistan, Ahmedabad October 28: Australia vs New Zealand, Dharamsala October 29: India vs England, Lucknow November 1: New Zealand vs South Africa, Pune November 4: England vs Australia, Ahmedabad November 15: First Semifinal, Mumbai November 16: Second Semifinal, Kolkata November 19: Final, Ahmedabad