ODI World Cup: Large-ticket India vs Pakistan contest might be rescheduled

In a transfer that might affect the general ODI World Cup schedule, the BCCI is contemplating transferring essentially the most high-profile match of the match – India vs Pakistan in Ahmedabad – from October 15 to October 14.

The purpose for the change, ESPNcricinfo has discovered, is that October 15 can be the primary day of the Hindu pageant of Navaratri, and the native police has instructed the BCCI that it could discover it troublesome to deal with safety on the day.

It is known that the BCCI has alerted the ICC concerning the problem, however no concrete resolution has been taken but. The BCCI, it’s understood, is predicted to have a gathering with all of the state associations which are internet hosting World Cup matches on July 27 earlier than a ultimate name is taken.

The authentic World Cup schedule has October 14 down as a double-header day: England play Afghanistan in a day match in Delhi and New Zealand play Bangladesh in day-night sport in Chennai. It can’t be a straight swap, primarily as a result of New Zealand will face Afghanistan on October 18 in Chennai. Incidentally, there aren’t any triple-headers scheduled, although there are two matches on six days.

India, who open their World Cup marketing campaign on October 8 with a sport in opposition to Australia in Chennai, would have additionally performed Afghanistan on October 11 in Delhi earlier than the sport in opposition to Pakistan, whereas their subsequent fixture is in opposition to Bangladesh on October 19 in Pune.

As for Pakistan, they play Netherlands in Hyderabad on October 6, the second day of the match, and Sri Lanka on October 12, additionally in Hyderabad, earlier than enjoying India, adopted by their fourth sport, in opposition to Australia in Bengaluru on October 20.