India will play reigning champion England within the first warm-up recreation on September 30 on the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati, earlier than travelling to Thiruvananthapuram to play the Netherlands on October 3.
The official warm-up matches for all ten international locations might be held in three places: Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram, and Hyderabad, previous to the World Cup begin between New Zealand and England on October 5 in Ahmedabad.
“The 10 teams will each play two official 50-over contests during the week leading up to the start of the World Cup on October 5, with matches to be held in three different cities across India,” the ICC stated in a launch.
“The matches will be held in Guwahati, Hyderabad and Thiruvananthapuram between Friday 29 September and Tuesday 3 October and will provide teams with the perfect opportunity to acclimatise to the conditions they are expected to face during the World Cup.”
All matches within the warm-up spherical might be a day-night contest.
“All games will commence at 2:00pm IST and teams will be allowed to field all members of their 15-player squads during the matches,” the ICC said.
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Schedule:
September 29: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka (Guwahati), South Africa vs Afghanistan, (Thiruvananthapuram) and New Zealand vs Pakistan (Hyderabad).
September 30: India vs England (Guwahati), Australia vs Netherlands (Thiruvananthapuram).
October 2: England vs Bangladesh (Guwahati), New Zealand vs South Africa (Thiruvananthapuram).
October 3: India vs Netherlands (Thiruvananthapuram), Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka (Guwahati), Pakistan vs Australia (Hyderabad).
(With inputs from PTI)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com