Indian Team Playing On Diwali Against Netherlands: The new schedule of the upcoming ODI World Cup to be held in India was announced by the ICC on the evening of 9 August. The schedule of 9 matches of the official schedule released in the last week of June has been changed. It also includes the great match between India and Pakistan, which will now be played on October 14 instead of October 15. Apart from this, a change has been made in the schedule of another match of the Indian team which was against the Netherlands.
When the ODI World Cup will be organized in India, at that time there will be many big festivals in the whole country. It will start with Navratri, followed by Kali Puja and Dussehra, besides Diwali. The Indian team’s match against the Netherlands has now been rescheduled for Diwali, which will be played on November 12.
The Indian team was to play the first match against the Netherlands on November 11 at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, which will now be played on November 12. At the same time, the match between Pakistan and England will now be played on 11 November at the Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata. Due to Kali Puja in Kolkata on the day of Diwali, this match has been rescheduled.
Team India faced Australia for the last time on Diwali
Often the matches of the Indian team are not held on the day of any major festival and Diwali is given special attention in this. Earlier, Team India last played a match on the day of Diwali 36 years ago against Australia in the 1987 World Cup at Delhi ground. Team India won this match played on October 22 by 56 runs.
Changes in the schedule of 9 matches, included 3 matches of Pakistan
ODI World Cup The new schedule has been released, in which the schedule of 9 matches has been changed, in which 3 matches of Pakistan team are included. Now the Pakistan team will play against India on October 14. At the same time, against Sri Lanka on October 10, while his match with England will be on November 11.
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