2011 Cricket World Cup

2011 Cricket World Cup
The Cup that Counts
Dates19 February – 2 April 2011
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s) India
 Sri Lanka
 Bangladesh
Champions India (2nd title)
Runners-up Sri Lanka
Participants14 (from 104 entrants)
Matches49
Attendance1,229,826 (25,098 per match)
Player of the seriesIndia Yuvraj Singh
Most runsSri Lanka Tillakaratne Dilshan (500)
Most wickets
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The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, while the latter hosted World Cup matches for the first time. India won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka by six wickets in the final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, thus becoming the first country to win the Cricket World Cup final on home soil.[1][2] India's Yuvraj Singh was declared as the player of the tournament.[3] This was the first time in World Cup history that two Asian teams had appeared in the final. It was also the first time since the 1992 World Cup that the final did not feature Australia.

Fourteen national cricket teams took part in this tournament, including 10 full members and four associate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC).[4] The opening ceremony was held on 17 February 2011 at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka,[5] and the tournament was played between 19 February and 2 April. The first match was played between India and Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka.[6]

Pakistan was also scheduled to be a co-host, but after the 2009's terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore, the ICC cancelled that,[7] and the headquarters of the organising committee, originally in Lahore, was transferred to Mumbai.[8] Pakistan was to have held 14 matches, including one semi-final.[9] Eight of the games (including the semi-final) were awarded to India, four to Sri Lanka, and two to Bangladesh.[10]

  1. ^ Sri Lanka won the 1996 World Cup as co-hosts, but the final was played in Pakistan.
  2. ^ "India beat Sri Lanka to win ICC World Cup 2011". Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Yuvraj Singh named man of the tournament". Times of India. Archived from the original on 28 December 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  4. ^ "2011 World Cup Schedule". from CricketWorld4u. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
  5. ^ "Opening ceremony of 2011 World Cup on Feb 17 in Bangladesh: ICC". Daily News and Analysis. PTI. 2 September 2009. Archived from the original on 6 September 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  6. ^ "Final World Cup positions secured". BBC. 17 April 2009. Archived from the original on 18 April 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
  7. ^ "No World Cup matches in Pakistan". BBC. 18 April 2009. Archived from the original on 18 April 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
  8. ^ "World Cup shifts base from Lahore to Mumbai". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
  9. ^ "Pakistan counts cost of Cup shift". BBC. 18 April 2009. Archived from the original on 18 April 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
  10. ^ "Pakistan nears solution to World Cup dispute". AFP. 31 July 2009. Archived from the original on 9 May 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2009.