All You Need To Know About ICC WORLD CUP 2019
It is the best time of the year for cricket enthusiasts as ICC World Cup is back, yet again with its 12th edition being hosted by England and Wales from 30 May to 14 July 2019. England is hosting World Cup for the fourth time, last time being 20 years ago, when Australia beat Pakistan in 1999 final.
Didn’t get time to catch up on details of World Cup this year? Do not worry, here is the basic startup pack to get you updated on the dets!
ICC World Cup 2019 Overview
- Cricket format:- One Day International
- Participants:- 10
- Tournament format:- Round-robin and Knockout
- Dates:- Thu, 30 May 2019 – Sun, 14 Jul 2019
- Matches to be played:- 48
- Administrator:- International Cricket Council (ICC)
Teams Participating:-
- Afghanistan
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- England
- India
- New Zealand
- Pakistan
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- West Indies
Every team plays each other once before the top four advances to the semi-finals.
PRIZE MONEY
The International Cricket Council declared a total prize money pool of US $10 million for the tournament, the same as the 2015 edition. The prize money was distributed according to the performance of the team as follows:
| Stage | Prize money (US$) | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 |
| Runner-up | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 |
| Losing semi-finalists | $800,000 | $1,600,000 |
| Winner of each league stage match | $40,000 | $1,800,000 |
| Teams that do not pass the league stage | $100,000 | $600,000 |
| Total | $10,000,000 |
INDIA SQUAD FOR THE WORLD CUP 2019
Virat Kohli , Rohit Sharma (VC), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Vijay Shankar, MS Dhoni (wicket keeper), Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Y. Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami.
ICC WORLD CUP 2019 SCHEDULE
| JUNE 2019 | MATCHES |
|---|---|
| 6 Jun 03:00 PM IST | Australia vs West Indies – Match 10 |
| 7 Jun 03:00 PM IST | Pakistan vs Sri Lanka – Match 11 |
| 8 Jun 03:00 PM IST | England vs Bangladesh – Match 12 |
| 8 Jun 06:00 PM IST | Afghanistan vs New Zealand – Match 13 |
| 9 Jun 03:00 PM IST | India vs Australia – Match 14 |
| 10 Jun 03:00 PM IST | South Africa vs West Indies – Match 15 |
| 11 Jun 03:00 PM IST | Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka – Match 16 |
| 12 Jun 03:00 PM IST | Australia vs Pakistan – Match 17 |
| 13 Jun 03:00 PM IST | India vs New Zealand – Match 18 |
| 14 Jun 03:00 PM IST | England vs West Indies – Match 19 |
| 15 Jun 03:00 PM IST | Sri Lanka vs Australia – Match 20 |
| 15 Jun 06:00 PM IST | South Africa vs Afghanistan – Match 21 |
| 16 Jun 03:00 PM IST | India vs Pakistan – Match 22 |
| 17 Jun 03:00 PM IST | West Indies vs Bangladesh – Match 23 |
| 18 Jun 03:00 PM IST | England vs Afghanistan – Match 24 |
| 19 Jun 03:00 PM IST | New Zealand vs South Africa – Match 25 |
| 20 Jun 03:00 PM IST | Australia vs Bangladesh – Match 26 |
| 21 Jun 03:00 PM IST | England vs Sri Lanka – Match 27 |
| 22 Jun 03:00 PM IST | India vs Afghanistan – Match 28 |
| 22 Jun 06:00 PM IST | West Indies vs New Zealand – Match 29 |
| 23 Jun 03:00 PM IST | Pakistan vs South Africa – Match 30 |
| 24 Jun 03:00 PM IST | Bangladesh vs Afghanistan – Match 31 |
| 25 Jun 03:00 PM IST | England vs Australia – Match 32 |
| 26 Jun 03:00 PM IST | New Zealand vs Pakistan – Match 33 |
| 27 Jun 03:00 PM IST | West Indies vs India – Match 34 |
| 28 Jun 03:00 PM IST | Sri Lanka vs South Africa – Match 35 |
| 29 Jun 03:00 PM IST | Pakistan vs Afghanistan – Match 36 |
| 29 Jun 06:00 PM IST | New Zealand vs Australia – Match 37 |
| 30 Jun 03:00 PM IST | England vs India – Match 38 |
| JULY 2019 | MATCHES |
| 1 Jul 03:00 PM IST | Sri Lanka vs West Indies – Match 39 |
| 2 Jul 03:00 PM IST | Bangladesh vs India – Match 40 |
| 3 Jul 03:00 PM IST | England vs New Zealand – Match 41 |
| 4 Jul 03:00 PM IST | Afghanistan vs West Indies – Match 42 |
| 5 Jul 03:00 PM IST | Pakistan vs Bangladesh – Match 43 |
| 6 Jul 03:00 PM IST | Sri Lanka vs India – Match 44 |
| 6 Jul 06:00 PM IST | Australia vs South Africa – Match 45 |
| 9 Jul 03:00 PM IST | 1st Place vs 4th Place – 1st Semi Final |
| 11 Jul 03:00 PM IST | 2nd Place vs 3rd Place – 2nd Semi Final |
| 14 Jul 03:00 PM IST | T.B.C. vs T.B.C. – Final |
Theme song ‘STAND BY’ for World Cup 2019 #CWC19 –
All of the things that we should be surprised about the World Cup this year are:-
Zimbabwe Will Miss The Tournament First Time In 36 Years.
Zimbabwe was never a winner of the tournament but it was a tough competitor in the old days. However, now the team does not play that much of great cricket so they failed to qualify this time. This is the first time since 1983 in 36 years that Zimbabwe will miss the Cricket World Cup tournament.
West Indies Had To Win The Qualifiers.
The World Cup tournament hosts England and World’s top seven other cricket team automatically qualified for the World Cup. However, the rest of the teams had to go through qualifiers to get a place in the world cup. This year, West Indies was not in top 7 so they have to go through the qualifiers for Cricket World Cup tournament.
Michael Clarke to debut in ICC Commentary.
This year World Cup, you will enjoy the commentary by a great Australian team batsman who has helped the team win multiple World Cups, THE GREAT ‘Michael Clarke’. He will make his debut in this World Cup as a commentator along with several other ex-players such as Brett lee, Shoaib akhtar, Virendra Sehwag.
Sad goodbyes this year!
This year sadly there are predictions made that great players like Mahendra Singh Dhoni from Indian team who is the ex-captain of Indian team and a great batsman as well as wicketkeeper, Dale Steyn of South Africa famous for his fastest bowling in the World, Chris Gayle from West Indies famous for his blasting batting, Ross Taylor of New Zealand who is a good batsman and Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka famous for his bowling skills and wicket taking ability.
100 days trophy tour!
This year trophy shall travel to the highest number of nations and will travel for 100 days which is highest days of tour ever documented till date. The countries from which it will travel from are Oman, The USA, West Indies, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, India, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda, Nigeria, France, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany before it will arrive to its destination which is England & Wales on 19th February 2019.
#BleedBlue
This year began with so much craze with releasing of the last season of Game of Thrones and Avengers Endgame, But nothing compares to the excitement and buzz of World Cup. And like every Indian out there, I am pretty sure you are holding your breathe for India vs Pakistan to happen on 16th June. Let us just enjoy the madness of this cricket season and hold our hopes that our Indian team wins the World Cup.
