There are only a few days left for the thriller-packed ICC World Cup 2023. Moreover, every team is preparing hard to perform well in the tournament. However, the matches are going to start on October 5. England and New Zealand are going to play the first match. Furthermore, for preparation, there are world cup warm-up matches. India is going to play a warm-up match against England.
On Saturday, India will play their first warm-up match against England. Therefore, it is a great opportunity for India to test all the players and their strengths against England. Moreover, these warm-up matches don’t have any official status, and teams can use as many players as they want to test.
However, the strength of the England team is its in-depth batting line-up. Moreover, players like Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, and Liam Livingstone play so well against the spinner. Therefore, Indian spinners Ravichandran Ashvin, Kuldeep Yadav, and Ravindra Jadeja can test themselves against these batsmen. Furthermore, there is a chance that in a warm-up match, these batsmen will play weak games against the Indian spinners and won’t show their strength.
World Cup Warm-Up
World Cup warm-up matches help the teams play against each other to understand their strengths and weaknesses. Even though no team uses their full strength in warm-up matches, players still get the idea of how to play against the batsman or bowler.
Moreover, in the Indian batting lineup, there is debate over Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan. However, there should not be any debate about the middle overs in ODI. Shreyas Iyers speaks on his behalf. But due to the injury to Iyer, Ishan Kishan is coming into the picture.
Furthermore, Ishan Kishan is also important and has proven himself. Also, there is no left-hander in the batting lineup of the Indian team until Ravindra Jadeja. To get on the bowlers, it is imperative to keep him. Moreover, Ishan Kishan proved himself in every position.
Below, you will find a detailed match schedule for both teams. However, in India vs. England, there are only two matches.
ODI World Cup 2023: England Match Schedule
England vs. New Zealand
Match Date: Oct.
Match Time (IST): 2:00 PM
Venue: Ahmedabad
England vs. Bangladesh
Match Date: Oct. 10
Match Time (IST): 10:30 AM
Venue: Dharamsala
England vs. Afghanistan
Match Date: Oct. 15
Match Time (IST): 2:00 PM
Venue: Delhi
England vs. South Africa
Match Date: 21-Oct
Match Time (IST): 2:00 PM
Venue: Mumbai
England vs. Sri Lanka
Match Date: October 26
Match Time (IST): 2:00 PM
Venue: Bengaluru
England vs. Australia
Match Date: November 4
Match Time (IST): 2:00 PM
Venue: Ahmedabad
England vs. Pakistan
Match Date: November 11
Match Time (IST): 2:00 PM
Venue: Kolkata
England vs. the Netherlands
Match Date: November 8
Match Time (IST): 2:00 PM
Venue: Pune
ICC World Cup 2023: India Match Schedule
India vs. Australia
Date: 8-Oct
Time (IST): 2:00 PM
Venue: Chennai
India vs. Afghanistan
Date: 11-Oct
Time (IST): 2:00 PM
Venue: Delhi
India vs. New Zealand
Date: 22-Oct
Time (IST): 2:00 PM
Venue: Dharamsala
India vs. Sri Lanka
Date: November 2
Time (IST): 2:00 PM
Venue: Mumbai
India vs. South Africa
Date: November
Time (IST): 2:00 PM
Venue: Kolkata
India vs. England
Date: 29-Oct
Time (IST): 2:00 PM
Venue: Lucknow
India Squad
Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishan Kishan, and Suryakumar Yadav.
England Squad
Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Mark Wood, and Chris Woakes
