What is Pakistan's World Cup match schedule in World Cup 2023?

What is Pakistan's World Cup match schedule in World Cup 2023?  

Pakistan Schedule for ICC World Cup 2023: Full Match List and Match Venues for PAK.  

We can check the list of venues where Pakistan will compete in the 2023 World Cup. The organizers are aware of Pakistan's past performances at these venues, the prevailing conditions, and the seating arrangement for the spectators. The Pakistan cricket team will travel to India this week to participate in the World Cup. Interestingly, none of the 15 players in the team have previously visited India, meaning none of them have experienced the playing conditions at any of the Indian grounds before.   

The Pakistan cricket team had previously traveled to India to play an ODI series in 2012-13, in which Pakistan defeated India 3-0. Since then, due to political tension between the governments of the two countries, Pakistan and India refused to broadcast series in each other's country.   

In the last ten years, Pakistan went to India and participated in the 2016 T20 World Cup, but none of the players in this team are part of the current team.   

Cricket is a game where adaptation to the conditions can be crucial to the success of the match and helps the team management make several decisions.   

While players from other countries have the opportunity to play cricket in the IPL on all grounds in India, Pakistani players cannot do so as they have been banned from playing in the tournament since the first edition of the IPL.   

However, in this era of data analysis, it is not at all difficult to determine which Indian pitch will be good for batting and which will be good for bowling.   

Let's take a look at the list of fields where Pakistan will play their matches in the 2023 World Cup and how many spectators will be seen.   

Pakistan ODI World Cup 2023 Full schedule  

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.   

Pakistan will play its first World Cup match against the Netherlands on October 6 at the same stadium. The Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium has a capacity of 55,000 and its pitch is generally batsman-friendly, hence more runs are scored on this pitch.   

Indian opener Shubman Gill played a brilliant innings of 208 runs in the ODI match played against New Zealand at the same ground earlier this year and India scored 349 runs first in batting but first in batting average on this pitch. The score is 275.   

So far 14 ODI matches have been played at this stadium, but Pakistan has not played any match here. Pakistan will play their first two matches of the World Cup against the Netherlands and Sri Lanka on October 6 and 10 at the same ground.   

Apart from this, Pakistan's two warm-up matches ahead of the World Cup will be played on the same ground against New Zealand and Australia on September 29 and October 3. The Hyderabad administration had expressed its inability to provide security for Pakistan's first warm-up match, so fans were banned from entering the warm-up match against New Zealand.    

Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.   

This ground was originally built in the year 1982 and was named Sardaar Patel Cricket Ground, but the Gujarat Cricket Association demolished it in 2015 to build a better field and built the largest stadium in the world. which was inaugurated in 2020.   

By the way, the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium has a capacity of 132,000 people, but due to the obstruction of the screens in the venue, this number is reduced.   

Pakistan will play their third match against India here. Initially, this match was scheduled to take place on October 15 in Ahmedabad, but due to the first day of the Hindu festival Navratri, this match will now be played a day earlier on October 14.  

We have reported earlier that due to this match, there has been a sharp increase in hotel and flight rates in Ahmedabad.   

The Pakistan team has not played any match at the Narendra Modi Stadium so far, but the historic fourth ODI match of this series was played between Pakistan and India in the year 2005 at the Sardar Patel Cricket Ground. In this match, India scored 315 runs in 48 overs thanks to Sachin Tendulkar's brilliant innings of 123 runs while batting first.   

In response, Pakistan successfully chased the target of 300+ runs for the first time and Inzamam-ul-Haq hit Sachin Tendulkar for a boundary on the last ball of the match to win the match, which is still remembered by many Pakistani fans.  

So far only three one-day international matches have been played at the new stadium and eleven central pitches have been built on this ground. During the IPL matches here, the pitch was favorable for the batsmen, who could play shots with considerable freedom.  

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.  

The ground was established in the year 1969 and was initially called the Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium, but was later renamed after former BCC I president M. Chinnaswamy.   

The history of this ground is very interesting and some historic matches between Pakistan and India have been played here. In the 1987 Test series, Sunil Gavaskar played his last Test on the same pitch against Pakistan and played a brilliant innings of 96 runs on a difficult pitch. Pakistan won this match by 16 runs.   

Apart from this, this is the same ground where the 1996 World Cup co-final against India was also played, on the same ground where India easily defeated Pakistan.   

Similarly, Inzamam ul Haq played the 100th Test of his career on the same ground and scored 184 runs in the first innings. Younis Khan played a brilliant innings of 284 runs in this match and Pakistan managed to win this match by 168 runs, thus clinching the series.   

Pakistan also defeated India by 123 runs in the 1999 Pepsi Cup match here. This field has a capacity of 40 thousand spectators and the field here is considered very suitable for batting. The average first entry score here is around 260-270.  

Pakistan has played only two ODI here and will face Australia on October 20 and New Zealand on November 4 in the World Cup here.   

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.  

It is also known as Cheppuk in Chennai and is the second-oldest ground in India, founded in 1916.   

Pakistan defeated India by 12 runs in the famous Chennai Test series in 1999 on the same ground after a thrilling encounter, after which the Pakistani players walked around the field and received applause from the spectators.   

This is the same ground where Pakistan's famous opener Saeed Anwar played a record 194 innings in the Independence Cup match in 1997, which was also a world record for a while.   

Apart from this, Pakistan played only one ODI match in the year 2012, in which Pakistan managed to restrict India to 226 runs due to Junaid Khan's excellent bowling swing, which also included Dhoni's unbeaten innings of 113. However, Pakistan achieved this goal with the loss of four wickets due to Nasir Jamshed's century.   

The pitch at this stadium is considered particularly favorable for spinners and this was the reason why Pakistan expressed reservations about playing Afghanistan on this pitch after the World Cup schedule was announced, but they were rejected.  

This pitch is considered the favorite of former Indian captain Mahindra Singh Dhoni and his IPL team Chennai Super Kings has won several matches on this pitch due to his captaincy and excellent bowling by the spinners.  

Pakistan will play Afghanistan on October 23 and South Africa on October 27 at this stadium. According to the BCC I website, the number of spectator seats here is 33,500.   

Eden Gardens, Calcutta.  

The Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata is the oldest cricket stadium in India, built in 1864. Pakistan will play two World Cup matches at this historic stadium. On October 31, Pakistan will take on Bangladesh at this stadium, while on November 11, Pakistan and New Zealand will face each other here.  

Pakistan cricket has many memories associated with the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Pakistan's record in ODI here has been very good, and they have never suffered a defeat against India. Pakistan have played a total of six ODI here and lost only one of them against Sri Lanka.  

Talking about the conditions, the Eden Gardens wicket is considered good for batting and the spinners also get quick support from the field here. Who doesn't remember the 1999 Calcutta Test, when Shoaib Akhtar bowled Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar for two consecutive balls in India's first innings and the nearly one lakh spectators suddenly fell silent?  

However, in the second innings, when Tendulkar was out due to an unintentional collision with Shoaib Akhtar, spectators in the stands started throwing bottles on the ground.   

After this, despite Tendulkar's intervention and the expulsion of some fans, the matter was not resolved, so all spectators were expelled, and the match was played without spectators.   

According to the BCC I website, this ground now has a capacity of 80,000 people.