ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: The first match on Thursday will take between England and New Zealand at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Thursday’s Google Doodle celebrated the opening day of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 to be held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad at 2 pm.
The Doodle shows two animated ducks running between the wickets in a stadium in the presence of spectators in the background. Upon clicking the Google Doogle, the user will be redirected to the full schedule of the quadrennial flagship tournament — the 13th edition since its start in 1975. Ten national squads are set to compete for the first-place trophy.
45 matches will be played in the group stage, with each team set to face all the others once. Teams from Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka will be participating this year.
Only four teams will progress to the knockout stage, which consists of two semi-final matches and one final in Ahmedabad.
The tournament will be played all across India, at stadiums in Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Dharamsala and Pune.
The first match on Thursday (October 5) will take between 2019’s returning champions, England and runners-up, New Zealand, at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
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