Zimbabwe the first squad to arrive for ICC Champions Trophy

Zimbabwe is the first side to arrive in India for the ICC Champions Trophy.

The Africans are due to arrive in New Delhi on Emirates flight EK510 on Saturday morning, 30 September, at 0915.

During the afternoon, at 1600, they are scheduled to hold an arrival media conference in the Windsor Room of Le Meridien hotel in the city, with captain Prosper Utseya and coach Kevin Curran in attendance

Then, on Monday 2 October, the players will attend an open media session, also in the Windsor Room at Le Meridien Hotel, with the opportunity for the media to meet and interview the rest of the squad.

Zimbabwe and the West Indies, the defending champions, together with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, are in the preliminary round of the tournament. Only two of them can progress to the second round where they will join the six other sides taking part.

Following Zimbabwe's arrival, those three other sides are also set to touch down in India over the weekend.

Sri Lanka arrives in New Delhi on Saturday at 2010 on flight 9W 830, will hold an arrival media conference on Sunday 1 October at 1030 and an open media session with the rest of the squad from 1500 on Monday 2 October.

The West Indies also arrives in New Delhi on Saturday, at 2110 on flight MH 190, and will hold an arrival media conference at 1000 on Sunday 1 October; the following day - Monday 3 October - it will hold an open media session for an hour from 1000.

Bangladesh is the last of the quartet of sides to arrive in India. Habibul Bashar's side is set to touch down in New Delhi at 1825 on Sunday 1 October on flight AI 521 and will hold an arrival media conference the following day, Monday 2 October at 0900, followed by an open media session from 1400 the same day.

All the above arrival media conferences and open media sessions are taking place in the Windsor Room of Le Meridien Hotel in New Delhi.

The tournament begins on Saturday 7 October with Bangladesh playing Sri Lanka in Mohali. The final takes place at the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai on Sunday 5 November.

Zimbabwe and the West Indies play their first match against each other in Ahmedabad on Sunday 8 October. Note, all 21 matches in the tournament are day-night games.

Further details of sides' arrivals for the ICC Champions Trophy, together with practice schedules and media arrangements, will be made in due course.