With only a limited number of tickets being sold offline closer to the match day, the fans are coming in from all over India to Ahmedabad in hope of watching the marquee clash of India and Pakistan in the Narendra Modi stadium.
Australia named a preliminary squad of 18 players for the 50-over showcase last month, but reduced that to 15 on Wednesday with the start of this year's event in India now less than one month away.
Sixteen nations will compete in the inaugural edition of the tournament and they have been divided into four groups of four teams each, with India being placed in Pool B along with Egypt, Switzerland, and Jamaica
As expected, the roster is a trimmed version of the Asia Cup squad with three players – Tilak Varma, Prasidh Krishna and Sanju Samson – missing out in the World Cup squad
Former Australia cricketer Tom Moody and former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar provided valuable perspectives on India's prospects in the competition.
de Kock has decided to retire from the ODI format at the end of the World Cup, as confirmed by Cricket South Africa (CSA) in their squad announcement release.
Cricket South Africa has named their 15-member playing squad for the marquee event, on Tuesday, 5 September, which will be led by their regular ODI skipper Temba Bavuma.
"We started planning early, but there were a couple of fitness issues. The big players for us, all have come through from long-term injury. KL is also looking good. This gives us the best balance and the best chance to win the World Cup," Agarkar said after the announcement of India's squad
Rohit said in the press conference that it is always difficult to choose whom to pick and drop in the team but this is a sign that you have a good pool of players.
Adam Zampa played a huge part in helping Australia to a first T20 World Cup crown in Dubai in 2021 and will have an even bigger role to play on the sub-continent in October and November when his team chase a sixth 50-over World Cup title.