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Cricket is one of the most popular sports in the world. Although this website does not cover it extensively compared to American sports, you still have to give it the respect it deserves. 

As an Indian-American, my real first taste was the 2011 Cricket World Cup, where I watched India defeat Sri Lanka for their second title. In 2015, Australia won, and England won the most recent one in 2019. 

With the rise of the Indian Premier League, professional Twenty20 cricket league, this past decade, ipl betting has taken off. Expect diehard cricket fans to be betting heavily in 2023, likely for host country India. 

Now eyes are set for 2023, where India will be hosting again. Being the host country, the country of India automatically qualifies for the 2023 Cricket World Cup. But what about all of the other information? 

Let's take a look.

What is the Cricket World Cup?

Also known as the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup, it is a one-day international (ODI) championship. There are 10 countries competing in 2023, with 14 countries participating in 2027 and afterward.

2023 will be the 13th edition of the World Cup, with the first one taking place in 1975 in England. The Cricket World Cup takes place every four years, similar to the soccer world cup, the Olympics, and other popular world sporting events. 

When Is the 2023 Cricket World Cup?

The 2023 Cricket World Cup is scheduled to take place between October and November 2023. 

Who is the Host?

As mentioned before, India will be hosting the 2023 World Cup. It will be the first time the country has hosted the whole tournament, as they partially hosted them three other times in 1987, 1996, and 2011. 

Qualifications

10 countries qualify for the tournament. With India automatically making it, it leaves nine spots left. 

The route towards qualifying is through the 2020–23 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League tournament. The top seven teams from that Super League will qualify for the World Cup. 

This now leaves two spots left, which will be determined by the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier held in Zimbabwe. Five teams will compete in this from June 18 to July 9, 2023, in which only two teams make it. 

Format

Per ICC Cricket Schedule, the format is the same as it has been from 1992-2019:  every team plays with the remaining other teams in a round-robin (randomly selected team) fashion. Then, four teams will play a semi-final and eventually the top two compete in the final.

Top 10 Countries Right Now

Here are the top 10 countries as of August 20, 2021, per ICC Cricket Schedules:

Rank

 Team

 Matches Weight

 Points

 Rating

1

England 

38

4659

123

2

India 

47

5669

121

3

South Africa 

39

4488

115

4

New Zealand 

33

3729

113

5

Australia 

40

4342

109

6

Pakistan 

37

3552

96

7

Bangladesh 

31

2667

86

8

West Indies 

34

2719

80

9

Sri Lanka 

43

3266

76

10

Afghanistan 

28

1780

64

Venues

These are the expected 13 venues for the 2013 Cricket World Cup in India: 

S. No Stadium name City
1Wankhade Mumbai
2Eden Gardens Kolkata
3Feroz Shah Kotla Delhi
4M Chinnaswami Bangalore
5MA Chidambaram Chennai
6Sardar Patel Stadium Ahmedabad
7PCA stadium Mohali
8Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium Hyderabad
9VCA Stadium Nagpur
10MCA Stadium Pune
11Green Park Stadium Kanpur
12SCA Stadium Rajkot
13 Gandhi Stadium Guwahati (Assam)

Past Winners

Here is every Cricket World Cup winner since its 1975 inception:

YearHost Final Match playing Team Result
1975England West Indies vs AustraliaWest Indies won by 17 runs
1979England West Indies vs EnglandWest Indies won by 92 runs
1983England India vs West IndiesIndia won by 43 runs
1987India Australia vs EnglandAustralia won by 7 runs
1992Australia and New Zealand Pakistan vs EnglandPakistan won by 22 runs
1996Pakistan India and Sri LankaSri Lanka vs AustraliaSri Lanka won by 7 wickets
1999England Australia vs PakistanAustralia won by 8 wickets
2003South Africa Australia vs IndiaAustralia won by 125 runs
2007West Indies Australiavs Sri LankaAustralia won by 53 runs
2011India Bangladesh and Sri Lanka India vs Sri LankaIndia won by 6 wickets
2015Australia and New Zealand Australia vs New ZealandAustralia won by 7 wickets
2019 EnglandEngland Vs New ZealandEngland won in Super Over

Are you ready for 2023? 

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