BD to begin ICC WC campaign against Afghanistan on Oct 7

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The 13th edition of the International Cricket Council ( ICC) Cricket World Cup (WC)’s schedule has been released which will be hosted by India between October 5 to November 19.
Defending champions England and New Zealand are set to face each other in the tournament opener on October 5 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Bangladesh will take on Afghanistan in their tournament opener on October 7 at Dharamshala Cricket Stadium. Following that, the Tigers will face England on October 10 at Dharamshala again, and Bangladesh will meet New Zealand at Chennai on October 14.

While Pune will get the hosting rights for the India-Bangladesh game. The MCA Stadium in Pune will host the game featuring Bangladesh and Australia as well, the last game of the league stage.
Bangladesh will face South Africa at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai in their fifth game on October 24.
Before their last league game against Australia, the Tigers will face the second qualifying team in Delhi on November 6.
The much-anticipated India-Pakistan clash is scheduled for October 15 in Ahmedabad. Their last encounter in the 2019 World Cup was a high-scoring affair with India achieving a huge victory in Manchester.

The Final will take place at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on November 19 with November 20 slated as the reserve day.
As host, Team India have automatically qualified for World Cup 2023, along with India, seven other teams South Africa, England, Bangladesh, Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, and Afghanistan have qualified for the World Cup 2023.
The final two spots will be determined at the end of the Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe which will be concluded on July 9.
The ten-team-based tournament will be played in a round-robin format. Each participating team will play the other nine teams once in the group stage where a total of 45 group matches will be played.