India will be the hosting the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023!

Yes, you read it right! The International Cricket Council (ICC) decided this at its recent meeting held in London.

With the experience of co-hosting the earlier world cup events, India is now gearing up for the 13^th edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup.

In partnership with its neighbors, India has co-hosted the world cup matches three times in the past: 1987 with Pakistan, 1996 with Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and 2011 with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 has been scheduled for February 9-March 26, 2023 and will see the participation of 10 teams.

The teams in the Top 7 from the different matches held part of the tournament will qualify for the World Cup along with the host India.

And, the remaining two will secure their spot through the world cup qualifier round.

Qualification for the ICC Cricket World Cup  2023

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Tribhuvan University ground is planning preparations, on a grand scale, to host the country’s first-ever ODI series on the lines of the World Cup 2023.

This is going to be first-ever ODI series being planned after ICC announced the first eight series of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 scheduled to begin in August 2019.

The country is now eagerly waiting to host the US and Oman teams for the tri-series scheduled to begin on February 05, 2020.

While the ICC inspection team has not confirmed about the readiness of the ground for the upcoming series, TU authorities say the ground will be good to go by the time of the series.

“We still have 8-9 months for the series. The TU cricket ground is already in a decent state to host international matches. It will be upgraded to meet other requirements. Proper dressing rooms and security were the main concerns for the ICC invigilators which will be addressed to help prepare the venue,” says Raman Shiwakoti, Nepal’s team manager. #NepalCricketEvents

The participating cricket teams of Nepal, Namibia, Oman, PNG, Scotland, the UAE and the United States will play a total of 36 ODIs over the two-and-a-half period from August 2019 to January 2022, before the final World Cup 2023 series in India.

The whole League 2 schedule has 126 ODIs including 21 tri-series, beginning with the first series of the league in Scotland on August 14, 2019.

In every series, each of the teams will play a total of six ODIs, competing for the top three spots of the League 2 table for the final entry to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2022. #ICCCricketWorldcup2023

“The new structure, which has been developed in close consultation with the Members, will present some outstanding cricket and, most importantly, will ensure that the Associate Members that qualify for the Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier are even better prepared to stake their claim for a place at India 2023,” says William Glenwright, ICC General Manager for Development.

According to ICC, this will be the first time that 20 teams will get ODI status, both in ICC events and in Member-organised bilateral cricket.

Cricket World Cup 2023: Nepal Schedule (Feb 2020 – Jan 2022)

All the best Nepal for the next big cricket event!

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“From 2019, a new simplified 50-over league-based qualification structure for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup will be introduced that will see the amount of cricket played as part of the Road to India 2023 rise to 372 matches across a 2-3-year qualification period,” ICC said in an official release.

ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup qualification process from 2019 will be as follows:

Besides, the Board also decided to relax the entry criterion for both men’s and women’s teams in the World T20 qualification round.

Now, the new rules require only eight unique domestic teams with a record of playing at least ‘five matches’ over the last two years, unlike 10 matches previously. And, the entry fee for the same has been removed.

Further to increase the frequency of matches, the Board also gave its nod for a structured multi-day competition on a cost-sharing basis, allowing Members the choice of playing longer form cricket.

The new structure significantly increases the number of matches and competitive playing opportunities for our Members as well as shortening the whole qualification process to two and a half years, when previously it was six. There is a clear pathway now for teams looking to qualify for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. T20, which is our global growth vehicle, already has a qualification structure in place and by removing the participation fee and lowering the entry levels we’re making it even easier for more Members to qualify in the future. – David Richardson, ICC Chief Executive

Besides, the Board also gave enough boost to the Women’s category by expanding the ICC Women’s Championship to ten teams in the next edition.

The Board has also brought in changes in naming conventions of the tournaments to encourage inclusive environment for both men and women categories as:

• ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup
• ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup
• ICC Men’s World T20
• ICC Women’s World T20

Besides, the Board has also taken other measures that would address off-field behavior involving corruption practices, harassment, indecent attitude across all ICC events.

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