Highlights of the ICC World Cup 2023 schedule announcement:India will face Pakistan on October 15 in Ahmedabad.

The official fixtures for the ICC World Cup 2023 were released by the ICC on Tuesday.

The tournament will begin with a match between the previous edition finalists, England and New Zealand, at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on October 5.

India's first match will be against Australia on October 8, scheduled to be held in Chennai.The highly anticipated match between India and Pakistan will take place in Ahmedabad on October 15.

In the upcoming Cricket World Cup, Babar Azam's Pakistan will make their long-awaited return to India after seven years. The Men in Green are eager to make their mark on the global cricket tournament. The last time Pakistan played a cricket tournament in India was in 2016 during the hosting of the T20 World Cup. As anticipation builds for the exciting action set to unfold in India, here is the complete schedule for Pakistan, the arch-rivals, in the quadrennial event.