ICC World Cup 2023: ICC Releases Poster For Marquee Event

Published - 01 Aug 2023, 07:23 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:16 AM

ODI World Cup 2023 trophy, ICC World Cup 2023
ODI World Cup 2023 trophy (Credits: Twitter)

The highly-anticipated ICC World Cup 2023 is just over three months away and unsurprisingly, the excitement for the tournament is increasing with each passing day. This year’s World Cup will be special one for India as the country will be hosting it alone for the first time.

Previously, India had co-hosted the World Cup thrice in 1987, 1996 and 2011. The much-awaited tournament will be played from October 5 to November 19. In the first game of the ICC World Cup 2023, reigning champions England will take on New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The final is also scheduled to take place in Ahmedabad while Kolkata and Mumbai will host the two semifinals.

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A total of 10 teams will be participating in ICC World Cup 2023. Each team will play against the other nine teams once before the top four teams make it to the semifinal. The tournament will be played across 10 venues – Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Delhi, Pune, Dharamsala, Lucknow.

ICC World Cup 2023 poster released:

The warm-up games will be played in Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram and Hyderabad from September 29 to October 3. ICC World Cup 2023 will see a total of 48 games being played over 46 days. As the fans eagerly wait for the tournament to begin, the ICC has further added to the excitement by releasing the poster for the competition.

The captains of the ten participating teams can be seen posing with the World Cup trophy in the poster. The captains of Australia and England are standing closest to the trophy. Australia are the most successful side in the history of the competition while England are the defending champions. India captain Rohit Sharma could be seen standing next to Jos Buttler.

Here is the ICC World Cup 2023 poster:

ICC World Cup 2023 poster
ICC World Cup 2023 poster (Credits: Twitter)

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