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The ICC has announced the schedule of warm-up matches of the Cricket World Cup on Wednesday (August 23). As per the schedule shared by ICC on social media, India will play two warm-up matches before the upcoming World Cup. India’s first warm-up match is against England, which will be played in Guwahati on September 30. India will play their second warm-up match against the Netherlands on October 3, in Thiruvananthapuram.
“Don’t tell anyone about this but we are telling you before the schedule of Cricket World Cup 2023 warm-up matches is revealed to the world,” ICC tweeted. All games will start at 2:00 PM IST and teams will be allowed to field all members of their 15-man squad during the match.
The three venues Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram and Hyderabad will host official practice matches of all 10 teams ahead of the start of the ODI World Cup between New Zealand and England on October 5. “All 10 teams will play two official 50-over matches in three different cities in India in the first week before the World Cup begins on October 5,” the ICC said in a release.
According to the release, “These matches will be played in Guwahati, Hyderabad and Thiruvananthapuram from Friday, September 29 to Tuesday, October 3 and will provide the teams with full opportunity to acclimatize to the conditions during the World Cup.” will start and each team will be allowed to field all their 15 players in the match.
The schedule of practice matches is as follows.
September 29: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka (Guwahati), South Africa vs Afghanistan, (Thiruvananthapuram) and New Zealand vs Pakistan (Hyderabad).
September 30: India vs England (Guwahati), Australia vs Netherlands (Thiruvananthapuram).
October 2: England vs Bangladesh (Guwahati), New Zealand vs South Africa (Thiruvananthapuram).
October 3: India vs Netherlands (Thiruvananthapuram), Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka (Guwahati), Pakistan vs Australia (Hyderabad).