The World Cricket Festival is all set to be held in India from today after 4 years. In the opening match, the defending champions of the previous mega event, England, and the runners-up teams of New Zealand will face each other.
The 10 best cricket teams in the world will compete in 10 cities across India to win the Chichmamati Trophy.
All the teams will play each other in the event, the top 4 teams after the completion of the preliminary round will qualify for the semi-finals.
The opening match of the World Cup will be played today between defending champions England and runners-up New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Both the teams in the first match are coincidentally equal in terms of statistics in ODI cricket.
England and New Zealand have played 95 matches against each other, both teams have won 44 and 44 matches respectively, 3 matches have been tied and 4 have not resulted in any result.
Both the teams are equal in terms of victory in the World Cup competitions, there have been 10 matches between them so far and both have won 5 and 5 matches respectively.
However, in Ahmedabad, where this match is taking place, New Zealand has a heavy edge against England, who defeated the English team by 11 runs in the group match of the 1996 World Cup.
In this mega cricket event, Pakistan team will play its first match against Netherlands on Friday.
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