ICC revealed the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 trophy at Lucknow's Ekana Cricket Stadium on Friday, July 21. ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 trophy tour was launched on June 26 and is planned to visit 18 countries before the start of the tournament on October 5 in Ahmedabad.
The famous trophy for the upcoming edition was first revealed in Ahmedabad where the organizers launched the silverware 12000 feet above the ground. To increase fans' experience and to give them glimpses of the trophy, the ICC has organized its biggest trophy tour in history.
A trophy has already been to New Zealand, Australia, and Papua New Guinea, and will be in Lucknow for three days. After Lucknow, it will tour United States, West Indies, Pakistan, and a few other countries before returning to India for two days, August 14 and 15. Then it will travel to European countries Italy, and England, and will return to India finally on September 4.
A trophy will be displayed at Ekana Cricket Stadium on Friday and will be available at select malls on Saturday and Sunday. Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association CEO Ankit Chatterjee revealed that the state's star spinner Sourabh Kumar will accompany the trophy in the presence of ICC officials and UPCA office bearers.
Lucknow is selected to host five ICC World Cup 2023 games for the first time as Kanpur previously held ICC tournament matches in 1987 and 1996. Australia will play South Africa in the first World Cup match in Lucknow on October 13 which will be followed by the Australia-Sri Lanka game on October 16.
Sri Lanka and Netherlands, teams who qualified through qualifiers, will lock horns with each other at Ekana Cricket Stadium on October 21. Pakistan and South Africa will face each other in the fourth match in Lucknow while India will take on champions England on October 29 in the last game at the iconic venue.
