World Cup 2023: Matches, Venues, Schedule Announced And Important Match Date 15 October

In This Article: The 50-over World Cup 2023 schedule was published today by the International Cricket Council with 100 days till the start of the competition. After winning the rights to all ICC events from 2015 to 2023, Star Sports now owns the broadcast and digital rights for the ICC Cricket ODI World Cup 2023. 

Disney+ Hotstar Rights:

The eight-year ICC rights for the period of 2015 to 2023 cost Star Sports $2.02 billion.

The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 will be made available as a free-to-view event to all mobile phone customers who use Disney+ Hotstar, according to a previous announcement by Disney+ Hotstar. Aiming to reach 540 million smartphone users, the free service.

The decision was made in response to rival JioCinema's recent success in attracting millions of spectators for this year's IPL matches using a similar method. Cricket was originally freely available on Disney's platform, but starting in 2020, fans had to sign up for a premium package.

In a statement, Disney+ Hotstar stated that the decision to remove the fee for mobile-only viewers of both the Asia Cup and the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup was made in order to "further democratise the game of cricket and make it available to as many mobile users in India as possible for the duration of the season."

 Important Match:

At the world's largest cricket stadium, which will also host the championship game, in Ahmedabad, the defending champions England take on New Zealand in the tournament's opening match. The most anticipated matchup between rivals India and Pakistan will take place in Ahmedabad on October 15. India opens their campaign against Australia on October 8.

Any match between India and Pakistan quickly rises to the top of the list of the most viewed sporting events on the planet. The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019 match between India and Pakistan resulted in 273 million unique viewers for linear TV coverage and an additional 50 million for digital-only viewers, making it the most watched match worldwide.

conclusion:

Seven other teams, except the hosts India, have already qualified for the World Cup through the World Cup Super League. At the conclusion of the current qualifying competition in Zimbabwe, the remaining two seats will be filled.The 10-team round-robin stage of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 will be played at 10 locations over a period of 46 days, with the top four teams qualifying to the semifinals.