India 2023: Cricket World Cup OCTOBER 5 – NOVEMBER 19 India, currently the top-ranked One Day International (ODI) team, hosts the 13th Cricket World Cup, aiming to emulate their 2011 triumph on home soil. An improving Pakistan team, five-time winners Australia and defending champions England will provide stern opposition for the title MODERN ICON: One of India’s finest cricketers, Virat Kohli surpassed 13,000 ODI runs this year – fastest of five players to achieve mark. Kohli is set for fourth tournament, having played 26 World Cup games – scoring two centuries and averaging 46.81 Most runs scored (ODI cricket) Runs as of Sep 28 Sachin Tendulkar IND Average: 44.83 18,426 Kumar Sangakkara SRI 41.98 14,234 Ricky Ponting AUS 42.03 13,704 Sanath Jayasuriya SRI 32.36 13,430 Virat Kohli IND 57.38 13,083 FIRST CLASS: Six nations have played in each World Cup. South Africa joined in 1992 after end of apartheid, while West Indies have failed to qualify for first time after defeat in qualifiers Performances of elite teams: 1975 79 83 87 92 96 99 2003 07 11 15 19 India R1 R1 W SF R1 SF S6 F R1 W SF SF Pakistan R1 SF SF SF W QF F R1 R1 SF QF 5th Australia F R1 R1 W R1 F W W W QF W SF South Africa SF QF SF R1 SF QF SF 7th England SF F SF F F QF R1 R1 QF QF R1 W New Zealand SF SF R1 R1 SF QF SF S6 SF SF F F Sri Lanka R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 W R1 SF F F QF 6th West Indies W W F R1 R1 SF R1 R1 QF QF QF 9th QF: Includes Super 8 (2007) S6: Super Six (1999-2003) 2019: Single round robin format introduced Mitchell Starc Australia fast bowler claimed most wickets in 2019 tournament (27) Venues Dharamshala HPCA Stadium 23,000 Delhi Arun Jaitley Stadium 55,000 Ahmedabad Narendra Modi Stadium Capacity: 132,000 Mumbai Wankhede Stadium 32,000 Pune MCA Int’l Stadium 37,000 Lucknow BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium 50,000 Kolkata Eden Gardens 68,000 Hyderabad Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium 55,000 Chennai M.A. Chidambaram Stadium 38,000 Bengaluru M. Chinnaswamy Stadium 40,000 Virat Kohli Former India captain scored his World Cup best 443 runs in 2019 tournament INDIA: WORLD CUP RECORD W53 D2 L29 India claimed Asia Cup title in September, routing Sri Lanka all-out for just 50 runs Babar Azam Top-ranked batsman in ODI format – crucial for Pakistan’s top order attack PLAYERS TO WATCH Kane Williamson N. Zealand Dawid Malan England Rohit Sharma India Temba Bavuma S. Africa Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh Bas de Leede Netherlands Competition schedule Top four teams from round robin progress to semi-finals. All dates October / November 5 England - New Zealand Ahmedabad 6 Pakistan - Netherlands Hyderabad 7 Bangladesh - Afghanistan Dharamshala 7 South Africa - Sri Lanka Delhi 8 India - Australia Chennai 9 New Zealand - Netherlands Hyderabad 10 England - Bangladesh Dharamshala 10 Pakistan - Sri Lanka Hyderabad 11 India - Afghanistan Delhi 12 Australia - South Africa Lucknow 13 New Zealand - Bangladesh Chennai 14 India - Pakistan Ahmedabad 15 England - Afghanistan Dehli 16 Australia - Sri Lanka Lucknow 17 South Africa - Netherlands Dharamshala 18 New Zealand - Afghanistan Chennai 19 India - Bangladesh Pune 20 Australia - Pakistan Bengaluru 21 Netherlands - Sri Lanka Lucknow 21 England - South Africa Mumbai 22 India - New Zealand Dharamshala 23 Pakistan - Afghanistan Chennai 24 South Africa - Bangladesh Mumbai 25 Australia - Netherlands Delhi 26 England - Sri Lanka Bengaluru 27 Pakistan - South Africa Chennai 28 Australia - New Zealand Dharamshala 28 Netherlands - Bangladesh Kolkata 29 India - England Lucknow 30 Afghanistan - Sri Lanka Pune 31 Pakistan - Bangladesh Kolkata 1 New Zealand - South Africa Pune 2 India - Sri Lanka Mumbai 3 Netherlands - Afghanistan Lucknow 4 New Zealand - Pakistan Bengaluru 4 England - Australia Ahmedabad 5 India - South Africa Kolkata 6 Bangladesh - Sri Lanka Delhi 7 Australia - Afghanistan Mumbai 8 England - Netherlands Pune 9 New Zealand - Sri Lanka Bengaluru 10 South Africa - Afghanistan Ahmedabad 11 Australia - Bangladesh Pune 11 England - Pakistan Kolkata 12 India - Netherlands Bengaluru KNOCK-OUT STAGE If semi-final scores are level after 50 overs, team with better group stage performance wins. If final is tied, Super Over – highest number of runs scored with only six balls – decides winner Semi-final Mumbai Nov 15 Team ranked 1st Team ranked 4th FINAL Nov 19 Ahmedabad Semi-final Nov 16 Kolkata Team ranked 2nd Team ranked 3rd FULL STRENGTH: After struggling for ODI form, Australia are set to include returning stars Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Glenn Maxwell and Mitch Marsh in World Cup squad Most wickets taken (ICC World Cup) Glenn McGrath AUS Innings: 39 71 Muthiah Muralidaran SRI 39 68 Lasith Malinga SRI 28 56 Wasim Akram PAK 36 55 Mitchell Starc AUS 18 49 Chaminda Vaas SRI 31 49 ROLL CALL OF CHAMPIONS 1975 West Indies bt Australia by 17 runs England 1979 West Indies England 92 runs England 1983 India West Indies 43 runs England, Wales 1987 Australia England 7 runs India, Pakistan 1992 Pakistan England 22 runs Australia, N. Zealand 1996 Sri Lanka Australia 7 wickets India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka 1999 Australia bt Pakistan 8 wickets England, Wales 2003 Australia India 125 runs South Africa 2007 Australia Sri Lanka 53 runs West Indies 2011 India Sri Lanka 6 wickets India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh 2015 Australia New Zealand 7 wickets Australia, N. Zealand 2019 England New Zealand Boundary count England Sources: ICC, Cricinfo Pictures: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS