With the Cricket World Cup 2011 fever around, every cricket lover is keen to know about the schedule and want to get hold of any update of information about the grand global event. The cricket world cup 2011 is expected to mount high to new levels and expectations. So fans, watch out!
This is the 10th Cricket World Cup, Australia being the four times winner of this grand championship. The world cup organized by ICC will be hosted by three South Asian countries- India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. With India having got the opportunity to organize one of the other grand sports events in 2010-The Commonwealth games, it would again be a feast for India to host yet another global sports event.
Cricket is seen as important sports all over the world and fans would be keen to know about its schedule. Here we have a treat for all those cricket fans that had been looking for this information.
Host cities of this most looked-for event-2011 cricket World cup are Kolkata, Colombo, New Delhi, Kandy, Ahmedabad, Chittagong, Chennai, Dhaka, Mumbai, Hambantota, Mohali, Nagpur and Bangalore. The Grand Finale of World Cup Cricket 2011 will take place in Wankhade Stadium, Mumbai. Mumbaikars watch out for this event!
The cricket World cup 2011 is definitely a much awaited event in the sports field for the whole world. As a matter of fact, as far as hosting was concerned, Pakistan was also chosen to co-host the grand event but in context of the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan Cricket team in Lahore, the hosting rights of Pakistan were taken away. Infact, Pakistan was supposed to hold 14 matches, including a semi-final too.
Interestingly, the Cricket World Cup 2011 has a 10-year elephant named ‘Stumpy’ as the official mascot. This baby elephant is a young enthusiast determined to win. The official mascot name was unveiled on 2nd April 2010. The prize money for this grand event would be US $4 million. The winner would be able to get home with this grand bonanza.
With a good form of Indian team, watching cricket world 2011 would be definitely interesting. The world cup 2011 would add another dimension to Indian cricket.
The schedule of the Cricket World Cup 2011 goes like this:
Date Teams Venue
19 Feb 2011 India vs. Bangladesh Dhaka
20 Feb 2011 New Zealand vs. Kenya Chennai
20 Feb 2011 Sri Lanka vs. Canada Hambantota
21 Feb 2011 Australia vs. Zimbabwe Ahmadabad
22 Feb 2011 England vs. Netherlands Nagpur
23 Feb 2011 Pakistan vs. Kenya Hambantota
24 Feb 2011 South Africa vs. West Indies New Delhi
25 Feb 2011 Australia vs. New Zealand Nagpur
25 Feb 2011 Bangladesh vs. Ireland Dhaka
26 Feb 2011 Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan Colombo
27 Feb 2011 India vs. England Kolkata
28 Feb 2011 West Indies vs. Netherlands New Delhi
28 Feb 2011 Zimbabwe vs. Canada Nagpur
1 Mar 2011 Sri Lanka vs. Kenya Colombo
2 Mar 2011 England vs. Ireland Bangalore
3 Mar 2011 South Africa vs. Netherlands Mohali
3 Mar 2011 Pakistan vs. Canada Colombo
4 Mar 2011 New Zealand vs. Zimbabwe Ahmadabad
4 Mar 2011 Bangladesh vs. West Indies Dhaka
5 Mar 2011 Sri Lanka vs. Australia Colombo
6 Mar 2011 India vs. Ireland Bangalore
6 Mar 2011 England vs. South Africa Chennai
7 Mar 2011 Kenya vs. Canada New Delhi
8 Mar 2011 Pakistan vs. New Zealand Pallekelle
9 Mar 2011 India vs. Netherlands New Delhi
10 Mar 2011 Sri Lanka vs. Zimbabwe Pallekelle
11 Mar 2011 West Indies vs. Ireland Mohali
11 Mar 2011 Bangladesh vs. England Chittagong
12 Mar 2011 India vs. South Africa Nagpur
13 Mar 2011 New Zealand vs. Canada Mumbai
13 Mar 2011 Australia vs. Kenya Bangalore
14 Mar 2011 Pakistan vs. Zimbabwe Pallekelle
14 Mar 2011 Bangladesh vs. Netherlands Chittagong
15 Mar 2011 South Africa vs. Ireland Kolkata
16 Mar 2011 Australia vs. Canada Bangalore
17 Mar 2011 England vs. West Indies Chennai
18 Mar 2011 Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand Mumbai
18 Mar 2011 Ireland vs. Netherlands Kolkata
19 Mar 2011 Australia vs. Pakistan Colombo
19 Mar 2011 Bangladesh vs. South Africa Dhaka
20 Mar 2011 Zimbabwe vs. Kenya Kolkata
20 Mar 2011 India vs. West Indies Chennai
23 Mar 2011 First Quarterfinal Dhaka
24 Mar 2011 Second Quarterfinal Colombo
25 Mar 2011 Third Quarterfinal Dhaka
26 Mar 2011 Fourth Quarterfinal Ahmedabad
29 Mar 2011 First Semifinal Colombo
30 Mar 2011 Second Semifinal Mohali
02 Apr 2011 FINAL Mumbai
Look out for your favorite team and cheer up the one!