The bulk of Bangladesh’s 2023 World Cup games are likely to be held at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata and the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati to lessen the travel hazard for supporters from the neighboring nation, according to a report published in The Indian Express on Friday.

According to information, the Board of Control for Cricket in India opted to hold the high-stakes event at the Ahmedabad stadium in anticipation of the significant number of spectators who are anticipated to fly to India from outside for the contest.

The largest stadium in the nation is the Narendra Modi Stadium, which has 1 lakh seats.

It has been learned that after the current season of the Indian Premier League is over, the BCCI will make the World Cup schedule official during a gala launch.

If everything goes according to plan, the 50-over World Cup will begin on October 5, and the locations have been narrowed down to Nagpur, Bengaluru, Trivandrum, Mumbai, Delhi, Lucknow, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Rajkot, Indore, and Dharamshala, even for practice matches.

If India could manage a spot in the final, Ahmedabad might be the only place where they play two games.

As per the information, Pakistan may wind up playing most of its games in Bengaluru and Chennai for security reasons. Eden Gardens in Kolkata is another potential location.

The BCCI intends to end the matches in the southern regions of the country before the first week of November because October and November are the monsoon seasons.

Bangladesh have only played one one-day international match at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata so far, while they are yet to play any match at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati.

The BCCI has allocated more than Rs 500 crore to improve stadiums around the country before the curtain rises on the World Cup.

After recent criticism over the condition of the stadiums, BCCI secretary Jay Shah indicated that the board would be renovating its infrastructure, with clean toilets, simple access, and clean seats as the top priorities.

‘All existing infrastructure in the country [India] will be upgraded before the World Cup. Assessment of the stadium has been done to engage with a wider cohort of fans in the IPL and during the World Cup. So upgrading infrastructure will be done during this period,’ said Shah.