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ICC Men s Cricket World Cup 2023 Tigers to warm-up against Sri Lanka, England
ICC Men s Cricket World
Cup 2023
Tigers
to warm-up against Sri Lanka, England
ICC
Men's Cricket World Cup 2023The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced
the official warm-up fixtures for this year's ICC Men's Cricket World Cup in
India. Bangladesh will play against Sri Lanka and England before starting the
mega cricketing event on October 5.
The 10 teams will play two official 50-over
contests each during the week with matches to be held in three different cities
across India.
The matches will be held in Guwahati, Hyderabad
and Thiruvananthapuram between 29 September and 3 October and will provide
teams with the perfect opportunity to acclimatise to the conditions they are
expected to face during the World Cup.
On the opening day of warm-up fixtures Bangladesh
will take on Sri Lanka in Guwahati, South Africa will tackle Afghanistan in
Thiruvananthapuram and New Zealand will face Pakistan in Hyderabad. The Tigers
will engage with English Lions on October 2.
All games will commence at 2:30pm (BST) and teams will be
allowed to field all members of their 15-player squads during the matches.
The 13th edition of the Cricket World Cup is
scheduled to be hosted in India from October 5 to November 19 this year. Ten
teams will participate in the tournament, including the defending champions,
England.
The final of the event is scheduled to be played
at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, while Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai and
Eden Gardens, Kolkata will host the two semifinals.