2019 World Cup: India to face Pakistan on June 16 (Second Lead)
Kolkata April 24 (IANS) India will take on Pakistan in the ICC World Cup 2019 on June 16 at Old Trafford a BCCI official said on Tuesday.
Cut to 10 teams from 14 the World Cup this year will be in round-robin format where every team which play each other.
At the International Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executives Meeting here it was proposed that the big-ticket clash will be in Manchester while India will open their campaign against South Africa on June 5.
The recommendation needs to be ratified by the ICC board.
In a bid to maintain the Lodha Committee recommendation which says a mandatory 15-day gap is required between the Indian Premier League (IPL) final and any international match the South Africa game was postponed by three days from June 2 to June 5.
The 2019 World Cup will be held in England and Wales from May 30 to July 14.
Meanwhile it was also decided that India will play a maximum of 309 days of international cricket in this cycle across formats which is a reduction of 92 days from the previous cycle.
The number of home tests will be increased from 15 to 19.
It was also decided that India won t take part in any Day/Night Test match which was expected against the West Indies later this year. The reason being the ICC World Test Championship matches won t be Day-Night tests.
--IANS
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