After the opening match and the final, the opening ceremony of the World Cup will also be held in Ahmedabad itself.

New Delhi. The ODI World Cup 2023 is going to be held in India from October 5. For the first time, the entire tournament will be played in India. 48 matches will be played in the 10-team tournament. After the inauguration, the final match is also scheduled to be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on November 19. Now the news is coming that the opening ceremony to be held on October 4 will also be held in Ahmedabad itself. Meanwhile, captains of all 10 teams will be present. The first match of the 13th season of the World Cup is to be played between the defending champions England and New Zealand. In the opening ceremony we can see 5 special things.

According to a Cricbuzz report, the opening ceremony will be attended by ICC members, executive board members and BCCI officials. According to the information, a grand program will be organized in the opening ceremony. It will conclude with a cultural program. Meanwhile, captains of all 10 teams will also be present. The ICC will hold a formal briefing session for the 10 captains during the event, known as Captain’s Day.

6 teams have to play
Six teams are scheduled to play a practice match on October 3 before the opening ceremony. Meanwhile, India-Netherlands, Australia-Pakistan and Sri Lanka-Afghanistan will clash. All the team captains can reach Ahmedabad on October 4 morning. Meanwhile, special preparations are going on to field the captain. Talking about the World Cup held in India earlier in 2011, when the opening ceremony was held in Bangladesh, the captain came to the ground in a specially prepared rickshaw.

Pakistan beat 8 teams to become No.1, lost all matches against England, first match with India in 4 years on 2nd

Team India will be looking to repeat history in the World Cup at home. The team last won the ODI World Cup at home in 2011. After this Team India could not win T20 World Cup title except ODI. As captain, Rohit Sharma missed out on winning the World Test Championship title after the T20 World Cup. A total of 5 World Cup matches are to be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

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