India to Open ICC World Cup 2019 Campaign Against South Africa

India will play their first match of the 2019 World Cup against South Africa on June 5 in Southampton, it was chosen amid the ICC Chief Executives meeting in Kolkata where the competition installations were tabled. South Africa will likewise include in the competition opener at The Oval on May 30 against has England. The last of the quadrennial occasion has been booked to be played at Lord's on July 14. The schedule drawn out by the CEC should be confirmed by the ICC board, which meets on Thursday (April 26, 2018).

India was at first penciled in to play their competition opener on June 2 however that date must be pushed back upon asking for from BCCI, who needed to consent to a Lodha Committee suggestion that orders a 15-day window between the IPL and India's worldwide task. The twelfth period of the IPL is reserved to be played between March 29 and May 19 one year from now.

In the meantime, as per an ESPNCricinfo report, the Pakistan-India aggregate stage conflict will be played at Old Trafford on June 16. The Manchester setting additionally facilitated the marquee Super Six conflict amid the 1999 World Cup. On the whole, eleven scenes, including Lord's, The Oval, Edgbaston, Old Trafford, Headingley, Trent Bridge, Southampton, Cardiff, Chester-le-Street, Taunton, and Bristol will have the recreations crosswise over 46 days of the opposition.

The 10-group competition will have 48 coordinates altogether, with each group playing all other nine groups amid a solitary gathering round-robin stage like the one utilized at the 1992 World Cup. The four best groups toward the finish of the alliance stage will go head to head in the two elimination rounds, dispensed to Old Trafford and Edgbaston individually. Each of the three knockout amusements, including the Final, will have a cold day.

This is the main version of the World Cup to be played with no Associate countries after the ICC chose to clasp down the competition to 10 groups. While the best eight groups, including has England and protecting champions Australia fit the bill to the competition based on their ICC Rankings, the two outstanding spots were gobbled up by Afghanistan and Windies, the finalists at the as of late finished up ICC World Cup Qualifier.