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| Dates | 5 October – 19 November 2023 |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One Day International (ODI) |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout |
| Host(s) | India |
| Participants | 10 |
| Matches played | 48 |
| Official website | Official website |
The 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup will be the 13th edition of the Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament contested by men's national teams and organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The tournament will be hosted by India, beginning on 5 October and concluding on 19 November 2023.
Ten national teams will participate; Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka. Teams had to progress to the tournament via the 2023 Cricket World Cup qualification process, with the West Indies missing out for the first time in their history. England are the defending champions, having won the 2019 edition by defeating New Zealand in the final.
It will be the first men's Cricket World Cup to be hosted solely by India, who with other countries on the Indian subcontinent had co-hosted the event in 1987, 1996, and 2011. The tournament will take place in ten different stadiums. The first and second semi-finals will be held at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and Eden Gardens in Kolkata respectively, while the final will take place at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
Background
Originally, the competition was to be played from 9 February to 26 March 2023.[1][2] In July 2020 it was announced that that the tournament would be moved to October and November as a result of the qualification schedule being disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4] The ICC released the tournament schedule on 27 June 2023.[5][6]
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had threatened to boycott the competition after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) refused to send a team to the 2023 Asia Cup scheduled in Pakistan.[7][8] This issue was resolved in June 2023 after the Asian Cricket Council announced that the competition would be hosted using a hybrid model proposed by the PCB, with nine of the 13 matches in the competition played in Sri Lanka.[9][10]
Qualification
Like the previous World Cup, the tournament will feature 10 teams. The main route for qualification was, however, through the new ICC Cricket World Cup Super League, a series of matches played between 2020 and 2023 rather than the ODI rankings.[11] The top eight of the 13 sides in the Super League qualified for the World Cup automatically, although as hosts India, who finished fourth, were guaranteed a place. In June and July 2023, the bottom five teams from the Super League and the top five ranked associate sides competed in the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier for the remaining two places.[12][13]
As a result of the qualifying process, the competition will be the first not to include former winners West Indies, who failed to progress from the qualifying process after their defeat to Scotland. Full members Ireland and Zimbabwe also missed out on qualification, meaning three of the four full members who took part in the knock-out qualification stage did not qualify, with only Sri Lanka progressing.[14] The final qualification spot fell to an eliminator between associate members, Scotland and Netherlands.[15] The Netherlands won the eliminator and took the final spot in the finals stage of the competition.[16]
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
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| Host nation | — | — | 1 |  India
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| ICC Super League | 30 July 2020 – 14 May 2023 | Various | 7 | |
| Qualifier | 18 June – 9 July 2023 | Zimbabwe | 2 | |
| Total | 10 | |||
Trophy Tour
The International Cricket Council announced the trophy tour of the 2023 Cricket World Cup on 26 June 2023, 100 days from the commencement of the event. The Tour was launched with the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Trophy being launched 120,000 feet (37 km) into the stratosphere by balloon,[17] before making a landing at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Photos of the trophy were taken by multiple cameras at the apex of its flight. The trophy then toured numerous countries before returning to the host country on 4 September 2023.[18]
Venues
The tournament will take place in ten different stadiums across India. The first and second semi-finals will be held at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and Eden Gardens in Kolkata respectively, while the final will take place at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.[5]
The BCCI has provided funding for renovations and refurbishments at stadiums. Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium received a new grass surface, drainage system, seating, and hospitality boxes. Wankhede Stadium had upgrades to the outfield, floodlights, corporate boxes, and toilets. M. A. Chidambaram Stadium installed new floodlights and relaid two wickets.[19]
ICC instructed all the world cup stadiums to keep boundry sizes more than 70 meters. It is said that toss and "Dew factor" can play a role in the results of the matches, ICC wants to minimize it. They also instructed pitch curators to leave grass on the pitches.[20]
| Ahmedabad | Bangalore | Chennai | Delhi |
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| Narendra Modi Stadium | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | Arun Jaitley Stadium |
| Capacity: 132,000[21] | Capacity: 40,000[22] | Capacity: 50,000[23] | Capacity: 41,842[24] |
| Matches: 5 (including final) | Matches: 5 | Matches: 5 | Matches: 5 |
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| Dharamshala | Hyderabad | ||
| HPCA Stadium | Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 23,000[25] | Capacity: 55,000[26] | ||
| Matches: 5 | Matches: 3 | ||
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| Kolkata | Lucknow | Mumbai | Pune |
| Eden Gardens | BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium | Wankhede Stadium | Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium |
| Capacity: 66,000[27] | Capacity: 50,000[28] | Capacity: 32,000[29] | Capacity: 37,406 |
| Matches: 5 (including semi-final) | Matches: 5 | Matches: 5 (including semi-final) | Matches: 5 |
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Mascot
ICC officially announced the mascots for the World Cup on August 19; following the announcement, there was also an event held in Gurugram, Delhi, with two U-19 World Cup-winning captains, Shafali Verma and Yash Dhull. The mascots will be a male and female duo from the fictional cricketing utopia called Crictoverse. It also represents unique features and also symbolizes both gender equality and gender diversity.[30]
Anthem
The official anthem of the 2023 Cricket World Cup titled "Dil Jashn Bole" was released on 20 September. The song was composed by Pritam while lyrics were written by Shloke Lal and Saaveri Verma. The song was sung by Pritam, Nakash Aziz, Sreerama Chandra, Amit Mishra, Jonita Gandhi, Akasa Singh and Charan. The song featured actors Ranveer Singh taking the centre stage, Dhanashree Verma, YouTubers Nikunj Lotia (aka Be YouNick), and Gaurav Taneja (aka Flying Beast), Tanmay Singh (aka Gamer Scout), Viraj Ghelani, Ruhee Dosani, including the presenter Jatin Sapru.[31] However, the anthem song did not go well among fans.[32]
Squads
All teams were asked to finalise their 15-player squads prior to 28 September, with any replacements after this date requiring approval from the ICC.[33] All squads were announced by 26 September 2023. The oldest player of the tournament was Dutch player Wesley Barresi, who was 39 years old, while the youngest was Afghan spinner Noor Ahmad, who was 18.
Match officials
On 8 September 2023, the ICC named 20 match officials for the tournament.[34] On 25 September 2023, ICC published the list of umpires for match-wise appointments.[35]
Umpires
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Australia Bangladesh
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England India
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New Zealand Pakistan
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South Africa Sri Lanka West Indies
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Referees
The ICC also named four match referees for the tournament.[34]
Prize money
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that the winner of the World Cup will receive a prize money of US$4 million and the runner-up will get $2 million. Losing semifinalists will each receive $800,000 each.[36] This is exactly the same as the prize money at the 2019 event. The total prize money allocated for the tournament is $10 million. Each team will receive money based on their performance in the tournament as follows:[37]
| Stage | Teams | Prize money (US$) | Total (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1 | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 |
| Runner-up | 1 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 |
| Losing semi-finalists | 2 | $800,000 | $1,600,000 |
| Winner of each league stage match | 45 | $40,000 | $1,800,000 |
| Teams that do not pass the league stage | 6 | $100,000 | $600,000 |
| Total | $10,000,000 |
Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony is scheduled to be held on 4 October 2023 at the Narendra Modi Stadium, a day before the opening match between England and New Zealand.[38]
Warm-up matches
Warm-up matches will be held from 29 September to 3 October 2023 at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad, Assam Cricket Association Stadium in Guwahati, and Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram.[5]
India's warm-up fixtures were announced on 27 June. The complete warm-up fixtures were announced on 23 August.[39] The matches will be broadcast live on television.[40][41]The warm-up match between Pakistan and New Zealand is to be played behind closed doors due to security issues in Hyderabad.[42]
Group stage
The ICC announced the World Cup schedule on 27 June 2023 at an event in Mumbai with a countdown of 100 days to the opening match of the World Cup on 5 October. The group stage will begin with the match between the finalists of the 2019 Cricket World Cup, New Zealand and England, at Narendra Modi Stadium.[5] On 9 August 2023, nine fixtures, including the match between India and Pakistan, were rescheduled by the ICC.[43]
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | File:Flag of Afghanistan.svg Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 |  Australia
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 |  Bangladesh
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 |  England
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 5 | India (H)
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 6 |  Netherlands
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 7 |  New Zealand
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 8 |  Pakistan
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 9 |  South Africa
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 10 |  Sri Lanka
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Net run rate; 4) Results of games between tied teams; 5) Pre-tournament seeding
(H) Host.
Fixtures
The ICC released the fixture details on 27 June 2023.[44]
Knockout stage
The ICC has stated that if Pakistan qualify for the semi-finals, they will play at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. If India qualifies for the semi-finals, they will play at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai unless India's opponent is Pakistan (the match will be held at Eden Gardens in Kolkata in this case). All knockout games will have a reserve day.[45]
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | 1st Placed Team | ||||||||
| 4 | 4th Placed Team | ||||||||
| SFW1 | Winner of Semi-final 1 | ||||||||
| SFW2 | Winner of Semi-final 2 | ||||||||
| 2 | 2nd Placed Team | ||||||||
| 3 | 3rd Placed Team | ||||||||
Semi-finals
Final
Broadcasting
Star Sports Network India is the official broadcaster of the 2023 Cricket World Cup, it is scheduled to air the tournament on Star Sports and OTT platform Disney+ Hotstar in India. The list below is showing the broadcasters by County or Territory.[46][47]
See also
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