India will open their 2019 World Cup campaign against South Africa on June 5 and square off against arch-rivals Pakistan on June 16, a senior BCCI official told PTI today. But we need to maintain a 15-day gap and World Cup starts on May 30. It happened in the 2015 World Cup in Australia (at Adelaide) and the 2017 Champions Trophy in UK (in Birmingham). It was also confirmed that India will not play any Day/Night Test match for now as it’s not a part of the World Test Championship. “All matches in the ICC World Test Championship are day matches played with the red ball.

Source: Hindustan Times April 24, 2018 11:25 UTC