The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday released the list of warm-up fixtures for the teams participating in World Cup 2019. . All ten teams will be playing two warm-up games each across three venues namely the Bristol County Ground, Cardiff Wales Stadium, Hampshire Bowl and The Oval.
India will take on Bangladesh and New Zealand in their warm-up fixtures in the build-up to the ICC World Cup 2019. The team will play two warm-up games before beginning their World Cup campaign against South Africa on June 5 at the Rose Bowl in Southampton. India will play their first warm-up game against New Zealand on Saturday, 25th May at The Oval before locking horns with Bangladesh in the second warm-up fixture at the Cardiff Wales Stadium on Tuesday, May 28.
Defending champions Australia will play their warm-up games against hosts England and Sri Lanka on May 25th and 27th respectively. Meanwhile, hosts England will take on Australia and Afghanistan in their two warm-up games. Bangladesh will face another Asian rival in their first warm-up fixture as they will go head to head against Pakistan. Pakistan's first game, meanwhile, will be against Afghanistan.