ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2019- EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW!

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 is nearing and the excitement for it is evident all over the world. The speculations of who is going to win the cup this time are rife and each one is prepped up to root for their favorite team.

The players of 10 teams participating in the 12^th Edition of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 are gearing up for the competition, which begins on 30^th May 2019 and so is everyone else. After hosting it for four times in the international cricket history, England is ready to host the ICC Cricket world cup in 2019. England has earlier hosted the cricket world cup in 1975,1979,1983 and 1999.

KNOW YOUR ICC WORLD CUP 2019 TEAMS

All the teams are presenting their best players to play in this championship as many countries have not had the opportunity to hold the cup in their hands. The countries participating in the world championship include England, Australia Bangladesh, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, West Indies.

Let's know about the different teams participating in the ICC World Cup 2019 in detail.

INDIA-

Squad: Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, K L Rahul, Vijay Shankar, MS Dhoni (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, JaspritBumrah, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami.

AUSTRALIA-

Squad: Aaron Finch(c), David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith, Shaun Marsh, Alex Carey, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson, Pat Cummins, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Adam Zampa, Nathan Lyon.

ENGLAND-

Squad: Eoin Morgan (c), Liam Plunkett, Jason Roy, Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Liam Dawson, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Tom Curran, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood, Jonny Bairstow, James Vince

PAKISTAN-

Squad: Sarfraz Ahmed (c), Asif Ali, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, HarisSohail, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Hasnain, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Wahab Riaz

SOUTH AFRICA-

Squad: Faf du Plessis (c), Aiden Markram, Quinton de Kock (wk), Hashim Amla, Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, JP Duminy, Dwaine Pretorius, Dale Steyn, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Imran Tahir, Tabraiz Shamsi.

NEW ZEALAND-

Squad: Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham (wk), Tom Blundell (wk), Mitchell Santner, Colin de Grandhomme, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Colin Munro, Ish Sodhi, Henry Nicholls, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Jimmy Neesham.

WEST INDIES-

Squad: Jason Holder (c), Chris Gayle, Andre Russell, Ashley Nurse, Carlos Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Evin Lewis, Fabian Allen, Kemar Roach, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Oshane Thomas, Shai Hope, Shannon Gabriel, Sheldon Cottrell, ShimronHetmyer.

BANGLADESH-

Squad: MashrafeMortaza (c), Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan (vc), Mohammad Mithun, Sabbir Rahman, Mosaddek Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Abu Jayed

AFGHANISTAN-

Squad:Gulbadin Naib (c), Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Noor Ali Zadran, HazratullahZazai, Rahmat Shah, Asghar Afghan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Zadran, Samiullah Shinwari, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Aftab Alam, Hamid Hassan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.

SRILANKA-

Squad: Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Avishka Fernando, Lahiru Thirimanne, KusalPerera, KusalMendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Jeffery Vandersay, ThisaraPerera, IsuruUdana, Lasith Malinga, SurangaLakmal, Nuwan Pradeep, Jeevan Mendis, MilindaSiriwardana.

CRICKET WORLD CUP GROUP STAGE

The 46-day championship for the battle of the Cricket World cup will witness each team playing the other in a single-league format and the top four teams after 45 matches will progress to the semi-finals.

The championship begins with the group stage in a round robin fashion, where all the teams play against each other in a single group. Each team is going to play a total of nine matches, making it a total of 45 matches. The top four teams from this stage will make it to the knockout stage and finally the top 2 teams will proceed for finals.

This one-day championship, set to take place between 30 may 2019 to 14 July 2019 will observe a total of 48 matches. The first match is set to take place at the Oval, London between England and South Africa.

ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP MOST AWAITED MATCHES

England is all set to declare the tournament open on 30 May, at The Oval, where they will compete against South Africa. The current champions will start defending their title on 1 June and will compete against Afghanistan, which is the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier champions, at Bristol in a day/night match.

Team India, who won the ICC Champions Trophy in 2013 in England and Wales, the 1983 and 2011 world champions are set to play their first match on 5 June giving competition to South Africa at the Hampshire Bowl in Southampton. 2011 world champion will compete with the current world champion Australia on 9 June at The Oval, London.

16 June will witness the most awaited match between the most famous rivals, India and Pakistan at Old Trafford in Manchester.

The top four teams in the group stage will make it to the knockout stage and the semi finals will be held on 9 July and 11 July at Old Trafford in Manchester and Edgbaston in Birmingham. The final Match between the top two teams will be played on 14 July at Lord’s.

World’s best 11 venues will be used for the 46-days long championship and we bring to you the detailed date wise matches at these locations so that fans can go and support their home teams.

Under the captaincy of Viral Kohli, team India will begin the fight for the world championship on 5 June and will play the first match against South Africa.

WORLD CUP 2019 INDIA SCHEDULE

Don’t want to miss a match of the Indian team?? Here’s a date wise list of team India’s ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 matches for you, so save the dates for your favorite team’s match and plan your schedule accordingly.

• Match 1: India vs South Africa
  When: 5 June 2019 (Wednesday), 3 pm IST
  
  
• Match 2: India vs Australia
  When: 9 June 2019 (Sunday), 3 pm IST
  
  
• Match 3: India vs New Zealand
  When: 13 June 2019 (Thursday), 3 pm IST
  
  
• Match 4: India vs Pakistan
  When: 16 June 2019 (Sunday), 3 pm IST
  
  
• Match 5: India vs Afghanistan
  When: 22 June 2019 (Saturday), 3 pm IST
  
  
• Match 6: India vs West Indies
  When: 27 June 2019 (Thursday), 3 pm IST
  
  
• Match 7: India vs England
  When: 30 June 2019 (Sunday), 3 pm IST
  
  
• Match 8: India vs Bangladesh
  When: 2 July 2019 (Tuesday), 3 pm IST
  
  
• Match 9: India vs Sri Lanka
  When: 6 July 2019 (Saturday), 3 pm IST

WANT TO SEE THE MATCH AT YOUR FAVORITE VENUE?

Tickets for the matches to be held at 11 different venues in England and Wales can be bought from the official website of ICC MEN’S CRICKET WORLD CUP 2019 TICKETING SITE. Tickets are selling at a fast pace and if you want to grab your seat at your favorite venue, then spare no time and book your seat.

ICC WORLD CUP 2019 MATCH TIMETABLE, TIMINGS AND VENUE

Eleven venues selected in England and Wales will be hosting the 48 matches to be held from 30 June to 14 July, here is a detailed list for dates and venue of the matches to be held.

Date	Match	Venue	D/N
Thursday, May 30	England vs South Africa	The Oval, London	Day
Friday, May 31	Pakistan vs West Indies	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Day
Saturday, June 1	New Zealand vs Sri Lanka	Cardiff Wales Stadium, Cardiff	Day
Saturday, June 1	Afghanistan vs Australia	Bristol County Ground, Bristol	Day/Night
Sunday, June 2	South Africa vs Bangladesh	The Oval, London	Day
Monday, June 3	England vs Pakistan	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Day
Tuesday, June 4	Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka	Cardiff Wales Stadium, Cardiff	Day
Wednesday, June 5	South Africa vs India	Hampshire Bowl, Southampton	Day
Wednesday, June 5	Bangladesh vs New Zealand	The Oval, London	Day/Night
Thursday, June 6	Australia vs West Indies	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Day
Friday, June 7	Pakistan vs Sri Lanka	Bristol County Ground, Bristol	Day
Saturday, June 8	England vs Bangladesh	Cardiff Wales Stadium, Cardiff	Day
Saturday, June 8	Afghanistan vs New Zealand	County Ground, Taunton	Day/Night
Sunday, June 9	India vs Australia	The Oval, London	Day
Monday, June 10	South Africa vs West Indies	Hampshire Bowl, Southampton	Day
Tuesday, June 11	Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka	Bristol County Ground, Bristol	Day
Wednesday, June 12	Australia vs Pakistan	County Ground, Taunton	Day
Thursday, June 13	India vs New Zealand	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Day
Friday, June 14	England vs West Indies	Hampshire Bowl, Southampton	Day
Saturday, June 15	Sri Lanka vs Australia	The Oval, London	Day
Saturday, June 15	South Africa vs Afghanistan	Cardiff Wales Stadium, Cardiff	Day/Night
Sunday, June 16	India vs Pakistan	Old Trafford, Manchester	Day
Monday, June 17	West Indies vs Bangladesh	County Ground, Taunton	Day
Tuesday, June 18	England vs Afghanistan	Old Trafford, Manchester	Day
Wednesday, June 19	New Zealand vs South Africa	Edgbaston, Birmingham	Day
Thursday, June 20	Australia vs Bangladesh	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Day
Friday, June 21	England vs Sri Lanka	Headingley, Leeds	Day
Saturday, June 22	India vs Afghanistan	Hampshire Bowl, Southampton	Day
Saturday, June 22	West Indies vs New Zealand	Old Trafford, Manchester	Day/Night
Sunday, June 23	Pakistan vs South Africa	Lord’s, London	Day
Monday, June 24	Bangladesh vs Afghanistan	Hampshire Bowl, Southampton	Day
Tuesday, June 25	England vs Australia	Lord’s, London	Day
Wednesday, June 26	New Zealand vs Pakistan	Edgbaston, Birmingham	Day
Thursday, June 27	West Indies vs India	Old Trafford, Manchester	Day
Friday, June 28	Sri Lanka vs South Africa	The Riverside, Durham	Day
Saturday, June 29	Pakistan vs Afghanistan	Headingley, Leeds	Day
Saturday, June 29	New Zealand vs Australia	Lord’s, London	Day/Night
Sunday, June 30	England vs India	Edgbaston, Birmingham	Day
Monday, July 1	Sri Lanka vs West Indies	The Riverside, Durham	Day
Monday, July 2	Bangladesh vs India	Edgbaston, Birmingham	Day
Wednesday, July 3	England vs New Zealand	The Riverside, Durham	Day
Thursday, July 4	Afghanistan vs West Indies	Headingley, Leeds	Day
Friday, July 5	Pakistan vs Bangladesh	Lord’s, London	Day
Saturday, July 6	Sri Lanka vs India	Headingley, Leeds	Day
Saturday, July 6	Australia vs South Africa	Old Trafford, Manchester	Day/Night
Tuesday, July 9	Semi-Final (1 vs 4)	Old Trafford, Manchester	Day
Wednesday, July 10	Reserve Day
Tuesday, July 9	Semi-Final (2 vs 3)	Edgbaston, Birmingham	Day
Wednesday, July 12	Reserve Day
Tuesday, July 14	Final	Lord’s, London	Day
Wednesday, July 15	Reserve Day

And the icing on the cake for all Indian cricket fans out there is that India is preparing to host the most eminent ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. This will be the fourth time that the country will host the world championship. Indian Cricket Council (ICC) announced in London during its meeting held in 2013 that India will host the 2023 World Cup, which is held every four years.

The impending version of cricket’s most awaited championship shows potential for a lot of drama and grandeur, and cricket fans all over the world have already blocked their calendar. As random as these dynamic, high-pressure matches are, its going to be fun to bring out some predictions by following our instincts. For this, the expert Astrologers at mPanchang are preparing to bring to you, daily predictions for the upcoming championship. Stay tuned to mPanchang for daily match predictions and detailed team discussion for the next 48 days.