India will open its ODI World Cup 2023 campaign against Australia in Chennai on October 8.
The 10-team tournament will begin on October 5 in Ahmedabad with defending champion England taking on 2019 runner-up New Zealand.
India will face archrival Pakistan on October 14 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. It will be the third successive year where the two teams will lock horns in an ICC event in October, having previously met in the T20 World Cup 2021 (UAE) and T20 World Cup 2022 (Australia).
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The Men in Blue will face each of its nine opponents at nine different venues - Chennai, Ahmedabad, Pune, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Dharamsala, Lucknow, Kolkata and Delhi.
India will play its last group-stage match on November 12 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium against Netherlands - the second qualifier from the ODI World Cup Qualifiers tournament.
This is the fourth time that India will be hosting the event after 1987, 1996 and 2011. While it was a co-host in the previous editions, the 13th edition of the tournament will mark India’s first occasion as an independent host of the men’s ODI World Cup.
The semifinals will be held in Mumbai (November 15) and Kolkata (November 16) with the final set for November 19 in Ahmedabad.
If Pakistan qualifies for the semifinals, it will play at the Eden Gardens. Should India make the last-four, it will play in Mumbai unless it’s a clash with Pakistan, wherein the teams will play the second semifinal at the Eden Gardens.
India ODI World Cup 2023 Full schedule
| FIXTURE | DATE | VENUE |
| India vs Australia | October 8 | Chennai |
| India vs Afghanistan | October 11 | Delhi |
| India vs Pakistan | October 14 | Ahmedabad |
| India vs Bangladesh | October 19 | Pune |
| India vs New Zealand | October 22 | Dharamsala |
| India vs England | October 29 | Lucknow |
| India vs Sri Lanka | November 2 | Mumbai |
| India vs South Africa | November 5 | Kolkata |
| India vs Netherlands | November 12 | Bengaluru |
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