The event, due to take place in the Indian city between June 13 and 17, is set to consist of a round robin pool stage, followed by a knockout stage with ties being contested by teams of two men and two women.

Matches will be played will be to seven points, even if they are tied at 6-6, with the a best-of-five games format.

The last World Cup in 2011 was aslo played in Chennai, where an Egypt team consisting of Ramy Ashour, Raneem El Welily and Karim Darwish beat England's James Willstrop, Jenny Duncalf and Tom Richards in the final.

World Squash Federation (WSF) chief executive William Louie Marie expressed his joy as the World Cup finally re-appears on the calendar.

"I'm delighted to celebrate this landmark," said Louie Marie.

"The relaunch of the Squash World Cup is something that we have been working towards for some time and I extend my thanks to everyone at the Squash Rackets Federation of India and the authorities in Chennai for their remarkable efforts.

"The equal representation of men and women at the upcoming tournament is an exciting format that will move squash towards even greater gender neutrality, which is among the World Squash Federation's top priorities."

Three-time Commonwealth Games medallist Saurav Ghosal, who lived in Chennai for his junior career, is excitement that the tournament will be hosted in his hometown once again.

"I think it's a great thing to have the World Cup home in India," Ghosal, the world ranked number 17 who is expected to lead India's World Cup team, said.

"I'm sure everyone associated with the game is going to be super excited watching some of the best players in the world fighting it out for the title and the new format for this event is going to add even more excitement.

"For me personally, it's great to be playing back home. 

"We don't get to play as much as we'd like to back in India, so to be able to play in front of the home crowd and do well for India is something we look forward to and hopefully we'll have a very good tournament in Chennai."