The 2-time winners Bharat will face protecting champions England and Netherlands.© BCCI
Bharat will play games two legit warm-up suits in opposition to England and the Netherlands, forward in their ODI International Cup opener in opposition to Australia, the ICC stated on Wednesday. The 2-time winners Bharat will face protecting champions England within the first warm-up recreation on September 30 on the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati, later which they are going to journey to Thiruvananthapuram to stand the Netherlands on October 3.
A complete of 3 venues — Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram and Hyderabad — will host the legit warm-up suits for all of the 10 groups prior to the International Cup opener in Ahmedabad on October 5 between Brandnew Zealand and England.
“The 10 teams will each play two official 50-over contests during the week leading up to the start of the World Cup on October 5, with matches to be held in three different cities across India,” the ICC stated in a leave.
“The matches will be held in Guwahati, Hyderabad and Thiruvananthapuram between Friday 29 September and Tuesday 3 October and will provide teams with the perfect opportunity to acclimatise to the conditions they are expected to face during the World Cup.” All suits within the warm-up spherical will get started within the afternoon.
“All games will commence at 2:00pm IST and teams will be allowed to field all members of their 15-player squads during the matches,” the ICC said.
Schedule: September 29: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka (Guwahati), South Africa vs Afghanistan, (Thiruvananthapuram) and New Zealand vs Pakistan (Hyderabad).
September 30: India vs England (Guwahati), Australia vs Netherlands (Thiruvananthapuram).
October 2: England vs Bangladesh (Guwahati), New Zealand vs South Africa (Thiruvananthapuram).
October 3: India vs Netherlands (Thiruvananthapuram), Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka (Guwahati), Pakistan vs Australia (Hyderabad).
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