The World Cup 2023 started on 5 October with a dominant performance by New Zealand over defending champions England. New Zealand beat defending champions by 9 wickets. New Zealand chased down the target 283 runs in 36.2 overs. The official theme song of world Cup Dil Jashn Bole was released on 20 September.All 48 matches of world Cup 2023 will be hosted by 10 venues in India. 10 teams is participating in world cup 2023. The tournament will be played in round-robin format. All the 10 teams will play only one match against each other. The top team in round-robin will play against the fourth team in the list ,while second and third team will face each other. India will start their campaign on 8 October Australia.
ICC World Cup 2023 10 Team List:
- Afghanistan
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- England
- India (Host)
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
- South Africa
World cup 2023 schedule, Date Time and venue:
ICC World Cup will be played from 5th October to 19th November. There will be 48 matches played across 10 venues in India. The first was played between 2019 finalist England and New Zealand, in Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi stadium. The first semi final will be on 15th November at Wankhede stadium, Mumbai. While the second semi final will be on 19th November at Eden Gardens ,Kolkata. Final will be on 19 November at Narendra Modi Stadium ,Ahmedabad. The day matches will start at 10:30 AM IST and day-night matches will begin at 2:00 PM IST. Let's look at whole schedule .
The qualification for semi-finals in round-robin format totally depend on number of points a team earns. For winning one match , a team gets 2 points. The top four team will qualify for semi-finals. If Teams are tied on points then that win most number of match will qualify. Net run rate will also play significant rules .
ICC world Cup 2023 prize money:
The international cricket council has announced that the winner of cricket world Cup 2023 will receive a prize money of US$4 million while runner-up team will get $2 million. The team losing in semi-finals will receive $800, 000 each. The total prize money that will allocate is $10 million. The teams not qualify for semi-finals will get US$10,0000.
Reserve day in ICC World Cup:
In the tournament where rain plays a spoiling role, the reserve day is significant. For league day there will be no reserve day. But every knock out match will have a reserve day. So that all team gets a fair chance to win the world Cup.
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