ICC confirms: India-Pakistan World Cup game shifted to October 14

The International Cricket Council has finally announced all the changes made to the 2023 World Cup schedule, with nine games having their dates or start times changed. 

As reported earlier, the highly-anticipated game between India and Pakistan will now happen on October 14 instead of October 15. 

The match was earlier scheduled to happen on the first day of Navratri, but the local police had informed the BCCI that security could be a concern. The match will still happen in Ahmedabad. 

As a result, England's fixture against Afghanistan in Delhi has been moved from October 14 to October 15. There have been some other changes as well.

Pakistan v Sri Lanka in Hyderabad has moved from October 12 to 10th, while Australia's big match against South Africa in Lucknow will now be played on October 12 instead of October 13.

New Zealand's game against Bangladesh originally scheduled as a day match for October 14 in Chennai has been moved back and will now be held on October 13 and be played as a day-night contest.

England's match-up against Bangladesh in Dharamsala will now be a day match and a 10:30 AM (local time) start. It was originally scheduled as a day-night fixture.

Towards the end of the league stage, there are three changes with the double-header encounters of November 12 being moved a day earlier to November 11 – Australia vs Bangladesh in Pune (10:30 AM) and England vs Pakistan in Kolkata (02:00 PM).

Meanwhile, India's last league game against the Netherlands has now been shifted from November 11 to 12, a day-night clash to be played in Bangalore.

The first game of the showpiece event will be played on October 5, with England taking on New Zealand in Ahmedabad.

(With inputs from the ICC media release)