The 13th Cricket World Cup is being held in India from October 5 to November 19, 2023. The first match is between England and New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
There are 10 teams playing, but West Indies won’t be playing this year as they didn’t qualify. We are going to have 48 matches in 10 different locations in India.
How the Matches Will Happen
Each team will play against every other team once. The top four teams will play the semi-finals. Here are the details for the semi-finals and the final match:
- First semi-final: November 15 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
- Second semi-final: November 16 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
- Final match: November 19 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
The Teams and Their Players
India
- Leader: Rohit Sharma
- Other Players: Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Axar Patel, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav.
Australia
- Leader: Pat Cummins
- Other Players: Steve Smith, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc.
England
- Leader: Jos Buttler
- Other Players: Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes.
New Zealand
- Leader: Kane Williamson
- Other Players: Trent Boult, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitch Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Will Young.
South Africa
- Leader: Temba Bavuma
- Other Players: Gerald Coetzee, Quinton De Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Henrich Klaasen, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Lizaad Williams.
Afghanistan
- Leader: Hashmatullah Shahidi
- Other Players: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq.
Netherlands
- Leader: Scott Edwards
- Other Players: Max O’Dowd, Bas de Leede, Vikram Singh, Teja Nidamanuru, Paul van Meekeren, Colin Ackermann, Roelof van der Merwe, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Ryan Klein, Wesley Barresi, Saqib Zulfiqar, Shariz Ahmad, Sybrand Engelbrecht.
Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka are yet to tell us about their teams. All countries have until September 28 to finalize their teams. If there are any changes after that, ICC has to approve it.
