ICC World Cup 2019 opening ceremony: The action to begin; Where to watch?

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 is set to be kick-started today with a grand opening ceremony, which will be hosted by former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff and comedian Paddy McGuinness and will be attended by about 4,000 people.

The opening ceremony will be held at The Mall, which is located near the Buckingham Palace in Central London.

You might not have been able to make it to London to be among those 4,000 lucky people attending the ceremony but you can still catch the action from the comfort of your home.

Around the world, the World Cup will be broadcast on Star Sports (India and the rest of the Indian Sub-continent), Sky Sports (United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland), SuperSport (South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa), OSN (Middle East & North Africa), Fox Sports Australia and Channel 9 (Australia), Willow TV (USA), Sky TV and Prime (New Zealand), Ten Sports and PTV (Pakistan), ESPN (Caribbean), Gazi TV, Maasranga and BTV (all Bangladesh), SLRC (Sri Lanka) and Fox Network Group (China and South East Asia), Digicel (Asia Pacific), Radio Television Afghanistan(Afghanistan) and Yupp TV (Continental Europe and Central Asia).

🤳 @isaguha, @CharlieMorley_ & @philtufnell helped unveil our giant World Cup trophy at @HeathrowAirport this morning! pic.twitter.com/6dhKjp4Ogd

— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) May 28, 2019

(And the trophy arrives)

Most of these channels will be telecasting the grand opening ceremony which will start at 09:30 pm IST (Indian Standard Time), 04:00 GMT and 05:00 pm BST (British Standard Time).

For Indian users, streaming platform Hotstar is bringing you the action right at your phone!

Just 1⃣ day to go for #CWC19 😍How do you think these standings will look after the group stage? 👀 pic.twitter.com/Htks21eTyD

— ICC (@ICC) May 29, 2019