World Cup 2023: Afghanistan, South Africa Arrive in India

Producer: Aakash Biswas

The ICC World Cup 2023 set to begin on October 5 in Ahmedabad

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The teams have started assembling in India for the main event

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The Afghanistan team landed in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday for the World Cup

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The Afghans received a rousing reception on their arrival in India

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Afghanistan will play a couple warm-up games before heading to the main event

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They will face South Africa on September 29 and then Sri Lanka on October 3

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The South African team also arrived in India on Monday

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They have begun training ahead of their warm-up game against Afghanistan next week

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