ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: India vs Pakistan match rescheduled

India will face Pakistan in ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 match at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 kicked-off on Thursday, 5th October with a rematch of the last edition's final between England and New Zealand at the Narendra Modi International Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad. New Zealand decimated the defending champions England by 9 wickets.

The tournament is being played in India for the fourth time and it is the first time India is hosting the entire tournament solely. India had hosted the ICC Cricket World Cup previously in 1987 (with Pakistan), 1996 (with Pakistan and Sri Lanka and 2011 (with Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh).

This year's tournament is being played among 10 teams in a round-robin format, which was also used in the last edition in 2019 in England. However, the next edition in 2027 will see a total of 14 teams in a different format.

All teams to play each team once in round-robin format:

In the round-robin format, all teams will play one match against all other participating teams, making it nine games each for every team. After the conclusion of the group stage, the top four teams in the points table will go through to the semi-finals.

The hosts, India, will kick-off their campaign against five-time champions, Australia on Sunday, 8th October at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. While they will play Afghanistan in their next match and then face the arch-rivals Pakistan.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: India vs Pakistan match rescheduled:

The schedule for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 was unveiled by the ICC exactly 100 days before the tournament kicked-off, on 27th June, 2023 in Mumbai. The original schedule saw the India Vs Pakistan fixture being scheduled on Sunday, 15th October in Ahmedabad.

But, due to security arrangements and the date clashing with, Navratri - A Hindu festival, the India Vs Pakistan match got rescheduled.

The high-voltage clash between India and Pakistan will now be played on Saturday, 14th October instead of Sunday, 15th October.

On Wednesday, 9th August, the ICC announced the revised schedule for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, which saw changes in the match dates of India Vs Pakistan, England Vs Bangladesh, Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka, Australia Vs South Africa, New Zealand Vs Bangladesh, England Vs Afghanistan, Australia Vs Bangladesh, England Vs Pakistan and India Vs Netherlands.

India unbeaten against Pakistan in ICC Cricket World Cup so far:

India have so far remained unbeaten against Pakistan in ODI Cricket World Cup events. The arch-rivals have faced each others seven times since 1992 and India have been victorious in all of the matches. In 1992, India defeated Pakistan by four runs in Sydney. In 1996, where the infamous duel between Venkatesh Prasad and Aamer Sohail happened, India won the game by 39 runs in the quarter-final clash.

Coming to 1999, Venkatesh Prasad starred again for India, as he took a five-for and helped India defeat their arch-rivals by 47 runs in the group stage match in Manchester. In 2003, Sachin Tendulkar with his masterclass innings of 98 runs off 75 deliveries, helped India chase down 274 and win the game by 6 wickets.

Next, India faced Pakistan in the semi-final of 2011 World Cup in Mohali. Once again, Sachin Tendulkar, but with luck by his side this time, was India's top-scorer of the match, which India won by 29 runs. In 2015, Virat Kohli's century paved the way for India defeating Pakistan by 76 runs at the MCG in Melbourne.

The last time India faced Pakistan in an ODI World Cup match was in the last edition in 2019, where Rohit Sharma's century and Kuldeep Yadav's spell helped India crush Pakistan by a huge margin of 89 runs (D/L) method.

It will be interesting to see if India can continue their winning streak over Pakistan in the ICC Cricket World Cup and beat them again when they meet on Saturday, 14th October.