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India will open their 2019 World Cup campaign against South Africa on June 5 and square off against arch-rivals Pakistan on June 16. The 2019 World Cup will be held in the UK from May 30 to July 14 and India will start on June 5 as the BCCI will have to maintain a mandatory 15-day gap between the T20 2018 final and international assignment as per the Lodha Committee recommendations. The clash against Pakistan will take place in Manchester on June 16.