The highly anticipated India vs Pakistan clash in the upcoming World Cup 2023 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad is set to be preponed by a day. Last week, BCCI secretary Jay Shah informed the media about several changes to be made to the fixtures of the tournament after several full members of the ICC objected to the present schedule. However, he didn’t name the members who asked for the change and neither he mentioned the games whose schedule would be altered.
As reported by India Today, the game between India and Pakistan will be shifted on September 14, a day prior to the original schedule. Further, the dates and times of the matches would be altered in order to decrease the gap to 4-5 days, as Jay Shah stated. However, the BCCI is likely to announce the revised schedule soon.
“Two-three ICC Full Member nations have raised objections regarding the schedule. The teams which have a six-day gap will be reduced and the teams which have a two-day gap will be increased. The logistics team of both BCCI and ICC is working on it. No venue will be changed, only date and time will be changed,” Shah said in New Delhi on July 27.
As reported earlier by News18 Cricketnext, India are likely to continue playing all their games on single-match days and to maintain the arrangement, the morning game of October 14 between New Zealand and Bangladesh in Chennai could well be pushed by a day to October 15.
“The D/N game in Delhi on October 14 between England and Afghanistan is all likely to move to Sunday, possibly to a day game, because India-Pakistan has to be moved to Saturday D/N. The morning game on Saturday will also need to move to Sunday because the broadcaster too would want to maximise from the India-Pakistan fixture and have it as the only fixture on the day, just like all India matches,” a source close to developments told CricketNext.
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