Cricket World Cup 2027 Match Timings: What Time It Starts Where You Are
The Short Answer
CWC 2027 matches start at one of two times at the ground: 10:00 or 12:30. That is 1:30 pm or 4:00 pm IST, 1:00 pm or 3:30 pm in Pakistan, and 9:00 am or 11:30 am in the UK until the clocks go back on 31 October. Most matches, including all of India's but one, the semi-finals and the final, start at 10:00; the 12:30 slot is mostly the second match on double-header days (ICC fixtures).
Every venue, in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia, runs on UTC+2 with no daylight saving, so the conversion is one number per country: add 3 hours 30 minutes for India and Sri Lanka, 3 hours for Pakistan, 4 hours for Bangladesh, 9 hours for Sydney; take off 1 hour for London until 30 October and 6 hours for New York until 6 November. The full table is below, with the two dates on which it changes.
The whole schedule by team, in your own time zone, is on the Cricket World Cup 2027 schedule page, and India's matches have their own page in IST.
The Time Difference, Country by Country
Add this to the start time at the ground. Computed from the official time zone database for October and November 2027.
| Where you watch | Add to ground time | Holds |
|---|---|---|
| India (IST) | +3 h 30 min | the whole tournament |
| Sri Lanka | +3 h 30 min | the whole tournament |
| Pakistan (PKT) | +3 h | the whole tournament |
| Bangladesh | +4 h | the whole tournament |
| Afghanistan | +2 h 30 min | the whole tournament |
| UAE (Dubai) | +2 h | the whole tournament |
| Singapore | +6 h | the whole tournament |
| UK (London) | -1 h, then 0 h | UK clocks go back on 31 Oct 2027 |
| US East (New York) | -6 h, then -7 h | US clocks go back on 7 Nov 2027 |
| US West (Los Angeles) | -9 h, then -10 h | US clocks go back on 7 Nov 2027 |
| Australia East (Sydney) | +9 h | from 3 Oct 2027, when daylight saving starts |
| Australia West (Perth) | +6 h | the whole tournament |
| New Zealand (Auckland) | +11 h | the whole tournament |
So a 10:00 start is 1:30 pm in India, 1:00 pm in Pakistan, 2:00 pm in Bangladesh and 7:00 pm in Sydney; a 12:30 start is 4:00 pm, 3:30 pm, 4:30 pm and 9:30 pm.
India's one exception: every India match starts at 1:30 pm IST except the Super 7 game against South Africa in Johannesburg on Sunday 31 October, a 12:30 start, 4:00 pm IST. Both possible India v Pakistan matches (10 October and 7 November) are 1:30 pm IST.
The Two Clock Changes in the Middle of the Tournament
The host countries do not change their clocks, but three big audiences do, and two of them do it mid-tournament:
- UK: 31 October 2027. British Summer Time ends, and the gap to the grounds goes from 1 hour to 2 hours: a 10:00 start moves from 9:00 am to 8:00 am. India's Super 7 match against South Africa in Johannesburg is that very Sunday, at 10:30 am UK time.
- US: 7 November 2027. Daylight saving ends, and New York goes from 6 hours behind the grounds to 7: a 10:00 start moves from 4:00 am to 3:00 am. That Sunday is also the possible second India v Pakistan match, in Cape Town, at 3:00 am in New York.
- Australia (east): 3 October 2027. Daylight saving starts before the group stage begins, so Sydney is 9 hours ahead for every group match onward; only the first Super Series game on 2 October is at 8.
The practical lesson: do not do the conversion once in October and write the answers down. Put the matches into something that stores the real instant, a calendar or a reminder set in your own time zone, and let it handle the change.
If You Watch From the Americas, Matches Start Overnight
South Africa is 6 to 10 hours ahead of the US and Canada during the tournament. A 10:00 start is 4:00 am in New York (3:00 am from 7 November) and 1:00 am in Los Angeles; a 12:30 start is 6:30 am and 3:30 am. For fans in North America the useful reminder is the evening before, unless you plan to set an alarm. The schedule tool defaults to 8 pm the evening before when it sees a time zone that far west.
How to Get a Reminder Before Every Match
Converting once is easy. Remembering on the day, five weeks in a row, is the hard part. Two ways to hand it off:
- Calendar: the schedule page builds a free .ics file of your team's matches as timed events in your own time zone, with an alert before each one.
- WhatsApp: the same page writes your team's matches as reminder messages for NagMeLater, one line per match, at most six per message, 30 minutes before each start by default. Send it and each match arrives as a WhatsApp message at toss time, in your time zone, clock changes included.
Prefer 15 minutes or an hour? The schedule page offers both, or the morning of match day, or the evening before.
One honest note: NagMeLater is free for 7 days from your first reminder, and these matches are a year away, so the reminders need a plan to fire in October 2027 (from $4.99 a month). The calendar file is free.
No app, no account. Save the number, send a message, done.
The Dates Worth Knowing
- 21 November 2026, 23:59 South African time: the free ICC ticket ballot closes (tickets.cricketworldcup.com).
- 2, 4 and 6 October 2027: the Super Series in Windhoek, deciding the last group stage team.
- 7 October 2027: India v Australia in Cape Town opens the group stage.
- 10 October 2027: India v Pakistan in Johannesburg.
- 25 October to 14 November 2027: the Super 7.
- 17 and 18 November 2027: semi-finals in Cape Town and Tshwane (Centurion).
- 21 November 2027: the final in Johannesburg.
Frequently Asked Questions
What time do Cricket World Cup 2027 matches start?
At 10:00 or 12:30 local time at the ground (UTC+2). In India that is 1:30 pm or 4:00 pm IST; in Pakistan 1:00 pm or 3:30 pm; in the UK 9:00 am or 11:30 am until 30 October, then 8:00 am or 10:30 am. The semi-finals and the final start at 10:00 local.
What time is India vs Pakistan in the 2027 World Cup?
1:30 pm IST on Sunday 10 October 2027 at the Wanderers, Johannesburg (10:00 local). The possible second meeting in the Super 7, on Sunday 7 November in Cape Town, is also 1:30 pm IST.
What is the time difference between South Africa and India during CWC 2027?
India is 3 hours 30 minutes ahead of every CWC 2027 venue for the whole tournament. Neither country uses daylight saving, so the gap never changes.
Do UK and US time differences change during the 2027 World Cup?
Yes. UK clocks go back on 31 October 2027, so the gap to the grounds becomes 2 hours instead of 1. US clocks go back on 7 November 2027, so New York goes from 6 hours behind to 7.
How can I get a reminder before each World Cup 2027 match?
Use the schedule tool at nagmelater.com/tools/cricket-world-cup-2027-schedule.html: pick your team and it writes one WhatsApp reminder per match for NagMeLater, set in your own time zone, or gives you a free calendar file.