Big information has come to light regarding the schedule of ICC ODI World Cup 2027. The possible dates of this tournament to be jointly hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia have been discussed and now the wait of cricket fans may end soon. According to reports, the schedule of World Cup 2027 was discussed in the ICC meeting held in Ahmedabad on May 31. According to the information, the tournament can start from October 4, 2027, while the final match is likely to be played on November 21. The final form of the schedule can be approved at the ICC Annual General Meeting to be held in July.

A total of 54 matches will be played in the World Cup 2027. South Africa will host the maximum number of matches. There is a possibility of 41 matches in his share. Whereas 8 to 10 matches can be played in Zimbabwe, while Namibia is expected to host 3 matches. Apart from Harare and Bulawayo in Zimbabwe, Mosi-Oa-Tunya International Cricket Stadium will also be included in the major centers of the tournament. The construction work of this stadium is expected to be completed by the end of this year. Domestic cricket matches will also be organized here before the official inauguration.

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South Africa will host the ODI World Cup for the first time since 2003. However, during this period the country has successfully hosted big tournaments like 2007 T20 World Cup, 2009 Champions Trophy and 2023 Women’s T20 World Cup. Zimbabwe and Namibia were also the joint hosts of the Under-19 World Cup 2026 recently. This time the format of the ODI World Cup will also be seen changed. While 10 teams took part in the last two editions, in 2027 14 teams will compete for the title. All the teams will be divided into two groups of 7 each. The top three teams of each group will make it to the Super Six stage.

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On the other hand, the Indian team is also slowly moving towards preparations for the World Cup 2027. India will play a three-match ODI series against Afghanistan from June 13. This series is being considered very important in terms of preparations for the upcoming World Cup. Shubman Gill will captain the team in this tour, while Hardik Pandya and Virat Kohli are not available for selection due to injury.

After Mustafizur Rahman was dropped from IPL 2026 by KKR, Bangladesh Cricket Board refused to send its team to India for T20 World Cup 2026. However, now there is one month left for the tournament to start, in such a situation it is difficult to reschedule the tournament. However, ICC has not taken a final decision on this.

Bangladesh has cited security reasons behind this. According to him, his players are in danger in India. This is not the first time that a team has refused to go to any country for an ICC tournament citing security reasons.

West Indies and Australia refused to go to Sri Lanka (1996)

Towards T20 World Cup 2026, India and Sri Lanka had jointly hosted the 1996 World Cup. At that time civil war was going on in Sri Lanka. A few days before the start of the World Cup, a car blast took place in Colombo, which created an atmosphere of fear. The result was that the Australia and West Indies teams refused to go to Sri Lanka, whereas a joint team of India and Pakistan played a friendly match in Colombo. An attempt was made to show that everything was fine, however he still remained adamant on his words. Due to this, points were deducted from West Indies and Australia, Sri Lanka had won the title in this edition.

New Zealand refused to go to Kenya and England to Zimbabwe (2003)

In 2003, the Cricket World Cup was held for the first time in the African continent. Zimbabwe, Kenya and South Africa were the hosts. At that time, the then British Prime Minister Tony Blair refused to accept the power of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe, due to which the England team did not go to Zimbabwe and their points were deducted. New Zealand refused to go to Kenya citing security reasons. Both had demanded ICC to shift their matches, which was not accepted. This season Australia won the title by defeating India in the final.

Zimbabwe withdraws from T20 World Cup (2009)

The 2009 World Cup was held in England, till then relations with the host country Zimbabwe were not good. In 2008 itself, an agreement was reached between Zimbabwe and the ICC that Zimbabwe would get the money without playing. Scotland took part in that tournament in their place.

Australia decided to withdraw from the World Cup (2016)

Bangladesh hosted the Under-19 World Cup in 2016, in which Australia decided to withdraw citing security reasons. Ireland’s team again played in the tournament instead of Australia.

India refuses to go to Pakistan (2025)

After 29 years, in 2025, Pakistan hosted any ICC tournament, Champions Trophy 2025 was organized in Pakistan. Although India refused to go to Pakistan due to security reasons, then it was played in hybrid model. India played its matches in Dubai, the final was also played in Dubai. Where India became champion under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma.

India has created history by winning the Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 and the echo of this victory is now being heard across the world. New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon congratulated the Indian team on this wonderful achievement and said that the Indian team is world class and fully deserved this victory.

Luxon told ANI that he watched the India vs South Africa final match in highlights and was extremely impressed by the performance of the Indian players. He said, “Team India played brilliantly. They are truly world class players and fully deserved the victory. Even though we wanted New Zealand to win, we feel most happy when someone beats Australia and India did the same.”

Indian team won the title for the first time

India won the trophy by defeating South Africa in the final under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur. This was India’s third World Cup final and this time the team won the title for the first time. With this victory, India became the fourth country to win the Women’s Cricket World Cup after Australia, England and New Zealand.

About 45,000 spectators were present in the field

About 45,000 spectators were present in the field to watch the final match, who watched the match with bated breath till the last ball. As soon as Harmanpreet Kaur took the catch of Nadine de Klerk in the last over, the noise of India’s victory echoed in the entire stadium.

The tournament made this unique record

The tournament also created a new record in terms of spectators. 25,965 spectators came to watch the match between India and Bangladesh, which is the highest number during the league stage in any ICC women’s tournament. Earlier this record was in the name of India vs New Zealand match, which was watched by 25,166 spectators.

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Champions trophy 2025 Viewrship: The Indian cricket team won the 12 -year -old memories by winning the Champions Trophy 2025 (Champions Trophy 2025). Team India did not lose any match in this tournament. Many new records were made in this tournament and the old broken. Along with this, a record has been made in this tournament of the International Cricket Council (ICC), which has been revealed by ICC Chairman Jai Shah. Jai Shah said that this event was seen the most in all the events to be held around the world.

This record made in Champions Trophy 2025

ICC Chairman Jai Shah wrote through a post on his X account that I am happy to tell that this season of Champions Trophy 2025 has been the most viewed edition. This tournament has received 368 billion viewing minutes, which is 19 percent more than in 2017.

Giving another information in his post, Jai Shah said that the match played between India and New Zealand in the final of this tournament received 65.3 billion viewing minutes, which is 52.1 percent more than the finals seen in 2017. Let us know that in the year 2017 also, the Indian team reached the final, but that tournament Team India could not win. In the Champions Trophy 2017, India had to face defeat to Pakistan.

Great to confirm #Championstrophy 2025 was the most-watched ever version of the event with 368b global viewing minutes, up 19% on 2017. The India-New Zealand Final’s 65.3B Global Live Viewing Minutes ALSO ALSO ALSO ALSO ALSO ALSO ALSO ALSO https://t.co/cc6jmuvikd pic.twitter.com/5ULE8DSXR

– Jay Shah (@Jayshah) May 21, 2025

Champions Trophy 2025 final match

India and New Zealand team were face to face in the final of the Champions Trophy 2025. In this final match, New Zealand, batting first, scored 251 runs at the loss of 7 wickets and set a target of 252 runs in front of India. In response, the Indian team took the target by scoring 254 runs at the loss of 6 wickets while holding an over. After winning this tournament, the Indian team captured the Champions Trophy after 12 years. Captain Rohit Sharma scored the most runs in this match. Rohit scored 76 runs in 83 balls. In bowling, Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakraborty took the maximum 2-2 wickets.

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