ICC ODI WORLD CUP 2023 - PAKISTAN’S SQUAD, MATCHES, DATES, TIMING & VENUES

ICC ODI WORLD CUP 2023:

Pakistan Cricket Team will play the next ODI World Cup in India and the schedule for the matches of Pakistan in the 2023 ICC World Cup is announced.

The schedule for the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup is out now and with that now we also have the exact dates and fixtures of the Pakistan Cricket Team in the upcoming World Cup later this year in India.

ICC World Cup 2023 is scheduled to be played in India and when India refused to accept PCB’s hybrid model, there were many questions about whether Pakistan will tour India for the World Cup or will we see a boycott from Pakistan Cricket Board but thankfully everything went well and now Pakistan Cricket Board has agreed to travel India and play in the 2023 Cricket World Cup in India.

INITIALLY, BCCI WANTED TO SELECT AHMEDABAD AS THE VENUE FOR INDIA VS PAKISTAN BECAUSE IT’STHE WORLD’S LARGEST STADIUM BUT AFTER PAKISTAN CRICKET BOARD DIDN’T ACCEPT AHMEDABAD AS THE VENUE, BCCI HAD TO DO SOME CHANGES AGAIN AND NOW PAKISTAN WILL PLAY THEIR WORLD CUP GAME AGAINST INDIA IN CHENNAI.

PAKISTAN’S MATCHES & FIXTURES FOR THE 2023 ODI WORLD CUP:

Pakistan Cricket Team will start their World Cup campaign in India against South Africa and end their group stage journey with a match against England. Pakistan team will play their first match in the 2023 Cricket World Cup on 6 OCTOBER and their last group stage match will be played on 12 NOVEMBER.

ALL THE GROUP STAGE MATCHES OF THE PAKISTAN CRICKET TEAM ARE GOING TO BE DAY-NIGHT MATCHES EXCEPT THE ONE AGAINST NEWZEALAND, PAKISTAN WILL PLAY THEIR WORLD CUP GAMES AT FIVE VENUES.

PAKISTAN CRICKET TEAM WILL PLAY ALL OF THEIR GROUP STAGE GAMES AT CHENNAI, KOLKATA, HYDERABAD, AHMEDABAD, AND BENGALURU DURING THE 2023 CRICKET WORLD CUP, HERE IS THE COMPLETE SCHEDULE, WHICH IS AS FOLLOWS;

MATCH 1: PAKISTAN VS QUALIFIER

DATE – 6 OCTOBER 2023

TIME – 3 PM

VENUE – CHENNAI

MATCH 2: PAKISTAN VS QUALIFIER

DATE – 12 OCTOBER 2023

TIME – 3 PM

VENUE – CHENNAI

MATCH 3: PAKISTAN VS INDIA

DATE – 15 OCTOBER 2023

TIME – 3 PM

VENUE – CHENNAI

MATCH 4: PAKISTAN VS AUSTRALIA

DATE – 20 OCTOBER 2023

TIME – 3 PM

VENUE – CHENNAI

MATCH 5: PAKISTAN VS AFGHANISTAN

DATE – 23 OCTOBER 2023

TIME – 3 PM

VENUE – CHENNAI

MATCH 6: PAKISTAN VS SOUTH AFRICA

DATE – 27 OCTOBER 2023

TIME – 3 PM

VENUE – CHENNAI

MATCH 7: PAKISTAN VS BANGLADESH

DATE – 31 OCTOBER 2023

TIME – 3 PM

VENUE – CHENNAI

MATCH 8: PAKISTAN VS NEW ZEALAND

DATE – 5 NOVEMBER 2023

TIME – 9 AM

VENUE – BENGALURU STADIUM

MATCH 9: PAKISTAN VS ENGLAND

DATE – 12 NOVEMBER 2023

TIME – 3 PM

VENUE – KOLKATA STADIUM

PAKISTAN VS INDIA IN ICC ODI WORLD CUP 2023:

As per the schedule, Pakistan will play their first two matches in the ICC 2023 Cricket World Cup against the qualifier teams and which will be followed by the biggest encounter of the tournament India vs Pakistan on 15^TH OCTOBER, 2023 in the world’s biggest stadium, Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium, Ahmedabad.

PAKISTAN’S EXPECTED SQUAD FOR THE 2023 WORLD CUP:

Pakistan Cricket Board is expected to announce the same squad that has been playing for Pakistan for a long time now and out-of-the-box changes aren’t expected in the World Cup 2023 squad of Pakistan, the squad for the upcoming World Cup of Pakistan in India will be as follows;