The 2023 ODI World Cup is set to take place from the 5th of October to the 19th of November later this year. The schedule was not designed with security concerns in mind for certain parts of the country during the months of October and November, which coincide with major festivals such as Navratri, Durga Puja, and Deepavali.
The police forces in major cities like Ahmedabad and Kolkata highlighted that handling the crowd would not be easy during the festival. As a result, the Indian cricket board had to reschedule some of the matches to different dates. Many of these matches are high-profile ones, for which there will be a lot of crowds. The final schedule for the 2023 ODI World Cup is out.
Rescheduled matches in the 2023 ODI World Cup
There are many changes in the scheduling. The rescheduled table has 9 matches that are changed from the initial dates. The matches which have been rescheduled are England vs Bangladesh, which will be played on the 10th of October, which will be a day game. Pakistan vs Sri Lanka game is rescheduled to the 10th of October, which will be a night game.
The match between Australia and South Africa is rescheduled to be played on 12th October. Bangladesh vs New Zealand will be played on the 13th of October. The big rivalry game between India and Pakistan is set to take place on the 14th of October in Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. England vs Afghanistan match is rescheduled to take place on 15th of October.
Australia vs Bangladesh match will happen on the 11th of November, which will be a day game. On the same day, England and Pakistan will face each other in Eden Gardens, Kolkata, in the night game. The match between India and the Netherlands is rescheduled to take place on the 12th of November. All day games will start at 10:30 AM IST. All night games will begin at 2:00 PM IST. The final will take place on the 19th of November.
Here’s how the fans reacted to the news –
Mujhe laga 2024 T20 WC ka pahele aa Jaye ga 2023 se par ye to miracle ho Gaya aakhir the great BCCI jag gaya thank you BCCI
— Som Harangule (@SomHarangule) August 9, 2023
Never seen a wc like this??
Not announcing, changing dates
Next postpone ?— Ronaldo (@crMadrid12) August 9, 2023
I can see we are losing 1st match ???
— Sameer. (@chuprahakaro) August 9, 2023
One day before world cup@JayShah : Let's reschedule World cup ?
— Anubhav K??? (@Anubhav_Memerz) August 9, 2023
@JayShah tumhe diwali ka bhi nahi pata tha daru peekr worldcup ka shedule bana rhe ho
— ?? ???? ?????? (@Jai3792) August 9, 2023
Can't trust BCCI, lol. Until they open the bookings of tickets.
— Aditya Saha (@Adityakrsaha) August 9, 2023
What a joke country. Endia don't deserve to host this big event @icc
— SaarToxicX?? (@SaarToxicX) August 9, 2023
3rd world war will be held on 14th oct 2023. Mark this date !!
Pakistan will surrender again ??
— Jitesh (@Chaotic_mind99) August 9, 2023
14th October ??
— Tweeting Quarantino (@rohitadhikari92) August 9, 2023
Pakistan vs Netherlands will be the next big rivalry after Pakistan vs Zimbabwe
— User45 (@140off113) August 9, 2023
Isn't this a bit weird that the host nation is not playing the first match? I believe we played Bangladesh in 2011
— Eddy (@SatiricalEddy) August 9, 2023
