ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Schedule, Host, Defending Champions

India will host the next edition of the ICC World Cup 2023. While India has hosted the tournament, this is the first time they will do so alone. In the past, it has co-hosted the competition with Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh. India is now ready to host the entire tournament single-handedly. Let’s check out ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 full Schedule, Host, Defending Champions.

"ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Schedule, Hosting, Defending Champions"

In the past, India co-hosted the competition three times. It first co-hosted the tournament in 1987, before doing so again in 1996 and 2011. There have been 12 editions of the World Cup to date. The first edition took place in 1975 in England.

England are the defending champions, having won the trophy for the first time in 2019. Australia, on the other hand, is the most successful team in the history of the competition, having won it five times. The only other teams to have won the competition more than once are India and the West Indies, who have won it twice each.

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ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 Full Schedule:

Ahmedabad
October 5: England vs New Zealand 2 pm
October 14: India vs Pakistan 2 pm
November 4: England vs Australia 2 pm
November 10: South Africa vs Afghanistan 2 pm
November 19: Final 2 pm
Bengaluru
October 20: Australia vs Pakistan 2 pm
October 26: England vs Sri Lanka 2 pm
November 4: New Zealand vs Pakistan 10:30 am
November 9: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka 2 pm
November 12: India vs Netherlands 2 pm
Chennai
October 8: India vs Australia 2 pm
October 13: New Zealand vs Bangladesh 2 pm
October 18: New Zealand vs Afghanistan 2 pm
October 23: Pakistan vs Afghanistan 2 pm
October 27: Pakistan vs South Africa 2 pm
Delhi
October 7: South Africa vs Sri Lanka 2 pm
October 11: India vs Afghanistan 2 pm
October 15: England vs Afghanistan 2 pm
October 25: Australia vs Netherlands 2 pm
November 6: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka 2 pm
Dharamsala
October 7: Bangladesh vs Afghanistan 10:30 am
October 10: England vs Bangladesh 10:30 am
October 17: South Africa vs Netherlands 2 pm
October 22: India vs New Zealand 2 pm
October 28: Australia vs New Zealand 10:30 am
Hyderabad
October 6: Pakistan vs Netherlands 2 pm
October 9: New Zealand vs Netherlands 2 pm
October 10: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka 2 pm
Kolkata
October 28: Netherlands vs Bangladesh 2 pm
October 31: Pakistan vs Bangladesh 2 pm
November 5: India vs South Africa 2 pm
November 11: England vs Pakistan 2 pm
November 16: Semi-final 2 2 pm
Lucknow
October 12: Australia vs South Africa 2 pm
October 16: Australia vs Sri Lanka 2 pm
October 21: Netherlands vs Sri Lanka 10:30 am
October 29: India vs England 2 pm
November 3: Netherlands vs Afghanistan 2 pm
Mumbai
October 21: England vs South Africa 2 pm
October 24: South Africa vs Bangladesh 2 pm
November 2: India vs Sri Lanka 2 pm
November 7: Australia vs Afghanistan 2 pm
November 15: Semi-final 1 2 pm
Pune
October 19: India vs Bangladesh 2 pm
October 30: Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka 2 pm
November 1: New Zealand vs South Africa 2 pm
November 8: England vs Netherlands 2 pm
November 11: Australia vs Bangladesh 10:30 am