The official warm-up fixtures for this year’s ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in India have been announced, with Team India set to play defending champions England and Netherlands in their two crucial fixtures as part of the preparation for the prestigious event.
The 10 teams will each play two official 50-over contests during the week leading up to the start of the World Cup on October 5, with matches to be held in three different cities across India, as per ICC.
The matches will be held in Guwahati, Hyderabad and Thiruvananthapuram between September 29 and October 3 and will provide teams with the perfect opportunity to acclimatise to the conditions they are expected to face during the World Cup.
On the opening day of warm-up fixtures Bangladesh will take on Sri Lanka in Guwahati, South Africa will tackle Afghanistan in Thiruvananthapuram and New Zealand will face Pakistan in Hyderabad. (ANI)
