{"id":7899,"date":"2026-07-15T17:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/revamped-cricket-world-cup-format-could-see-an-additional-india-pakistan-match\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T17:36:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:36:02","slug":"revamped-cricket-world-cup-format-could-see-an-additional-india-pakistan-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/revamped-cricket-world-cup-format-could-see-an-additional-india-pakistan-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Revamped Cricket World Cup format could see an additional India-Pakistan match"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 14-team 2027 ODI tournament in Africa will have a Super Seven stage but no quarterfinals.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced a revamped format for the men\u2019s 2027 one-day international World Cup that could lead to an additional fixture between India and Pakistan.<\/p>\n

The restructure, revealed on Wednesday, comes after concerns were expressed about the prospect of too many dead rubbers, which in turn would lead to sparse crowds at venues, and the number of foregone conclusions at the recent T20 World Cup.<\/p>\n

While next year\u2019s edition in Southern Africa remains a 14-team competition, the three lowest-ranked qualifiers will now take part in a preliminary round, and just one of them will progress to a 12-team main group stage.<\/p>\n

That will now feature just two pools of six teams with a new \u201cSuper Seven\u201d stage replacing the previous \u201cSuper Six\u201d round robin.<\/p>\n

Significantly, there will be no quarterfinals with the 50-over tournament denied the further jeopardy and interest that comes with an extra round of clear-cut knockout matches.<\/p>\n

The ICC, however, insisted in a statement that the new ODI World Cup structure \u201ccreates greater context, competitiveness and consequence during the event\u201d.<\/p>\n

An additional team in the round-robin phase also increases the prospects of an extra match between India and Pakistan, who share a bitter rivalry that has been soured further in recent years.<\/p>\n

The passion for cricket on the subcontinent, which in turn generates lucrative broadcast rights and huge commercial revenues for the ICC, makes a match between India and Pakistan the most valuable in the sport.<\/p>\n

But India and Pakistan no longer meet outside ICC events as political tensions between the border nations mean they are in effect barred by their own governments from facing each other.<\/p>\n

The last bilateral series India played in Pakistan was in 2006 (Test and ODI series).<\/p>\n

Another change approved last week at the ICC\u2019s annual board meeting in Edinburgh will see the next men\u2019s T20 World Cup in 2028 remain a 20-team competition but with 10 sides qualifying from the group stage rather than eight.<\/p>\n

The two best-performing teams in the \u201cSuper 10\u201d will automatically secure a semifinal spot with a new eliminator stage to decide their opponents.<\/p>\n

ICC loans Cricket West Indies $12.82m<\/h2>\n

In a separate announcement, the ICC said it had approved a $12.82m loan to Cricket West Indies (CWI) \u201cto support the member board\u201d.<\/p>\n

Unlike other leading international cricket teams, the West Indies are a regional side, and the relative economic weakness of its constituent Caribbean islands and territories along with the travel distances involved puts the CWI at a considerable financial disadvantage compared with the \u201cBig Three\u201d of India, England and Australia.<\/p>\n

During the recent women\u2019s T20 World Cup in England, West Indies captain Hayley Matthews lamented an \u201cunfair\u201d funding ecosystem after her cash-strapped side\u2019s eight-wicket semifinal thrashing by Australia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason we were so successful back in 2012 to 2016 is because women\u2019s cricket was based off pure talent at that time,\u201d Matthews said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe minute that investment comes into the picture, we\u2019ve seen the gap widen a lot. \u2026 I feel like it\u2019s a bit unfair sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 14-team 2027 ODI tournament in Africa will have a Super Seven stage but no quarterfinals. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced a revamped format for the men\u2019s 2027 one-day international World Cup that could lead to an additional fixture between India and Pakistan. The restructure, revealed on Wednesday, comes after concerns were expressed … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}