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| Dates | 19 February – 2 April 2011 |
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| Administrator | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin andKnockout |
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| Champions |  India (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Sri Lanka |
| Participants | 14 (from 104 entrants) |
| Matches | 49 |
| Attendance | 1,229,826 (25,098 per match) |
| Player of the series | Yuvraj Singh |
| Most runs | Tillakaratne Dilshan (500) |
| Most wickets |
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The2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenthCricket World Cup. It was played inIndia,Sri Lanka andBangladesh, the latter hosting World Cup matches for the first time. India defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in thefinal atWankhede Stadium inMumbai, thus becoming the first country to win the Cricket World Cup final on home soil.[1][2] India'sYuvraj Singh was declared the player of the tournament.[3] This was the first time in World Cup history that two Asian teams had contested the final. It was also the first time since the1996 World Cup that the final did not featureAustralia.
Fourteen national cricket teams took part in this tournament, including 10full members and fourassociate members of theInternational Cricket Council (ICC).[4] Theopening ceremony was held on 17 February 2011 atNational Stadium, Dhaka,[5] and the tournament was played from 19 February to 2 April. The first match was played between India andBangladesh at theSher-e-Bangla National Stadium inMirpur, Dhaka.[6]
Pakistan was also scheduled to be a co-host, but after the2009's terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team inLahore, the ICC cancelled that,[7] and the headquarters of the organising committee, originally in Lahore, was transferred toMumbai.[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]
TheInternational Cricket Council (ICC) announced on 30 April 2006 which countries would host the 2011 World Cup. Australia and New Zealand had also bid for the tournament; if successful, they would have shared the hosting equally, leaving the location of the final still to be decided. TheTrans–Tasman bid,Beyond Boundaries, was the only one delivered to the ICC headquarters inDubai before the 1 March deadline, but the Asian bidders were granted an extension by the ICC.[11] The New Zealand government had given assurance thatZimbabwe would be allowed to compete in the tournament, following political discussions in the country over whether their cricket team should be allowed totour Zimbabwe in 2005.[12]
The extra time needed for the Asian bid had weakened its prospects, but when the time came to vote, Asia won the hosting rights by ten votes to three.[11] ThePakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has revealed that the vote of theWest Indies Cricket Board was decisive, as the Asian bid had the support of South Africa and Zimbabwe as well as the four bidding countries.[13] The Pakistani newspaperDawn reported that the Asian countries had promised to hold fund-raising events for West Indian cricket during the2007 World Cup, which may have influenced the vote.[14] However, I. S. Bindra, chairman of the Monitoring Committee of the Asian bid, said that their promise of extra profits of around US$400 million had been decisive,[15] that there "was no quid pro quo for their support",[16] and that playing the West Indies had "nothing to do with the World Cup bid".[16]
Late in 2007, the four host nations agreed on a revised format for the 2011 World Cup, identical to that of the1996 World Cup, except that there would be 14 teams instead of 12. The first round of the tournament would consist of two groups of seven teams. Each team in a group would play all the others once, and the top four from each group would qualify for the quarter-finals.[17] This ensured that every team would play at least six matches.
As per ICC regulations, all 10 full members automatically qualify for the World Cup, including Zimbabwe who have given up their Test playing status until the standard of their team improves.[18]
The ICC also organised aqualifying tournament in South Africa to determine the fourassociate teams who would participate in the 2011 event.Ireland, who had been the best performing associate nation since the last World Cup, won the tournament, beatingCanada in thefinal. TheNetherlands andKenya also qualified by virtue of finishing third and fourth respectively.[19] All 4 associates kept their ODI status as well asScotland who this time failed to qualify for the World Cup.
The following 14 teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Group A | Group B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | Rank | Team |
| Full Members | |||
| 1 |  Australia | 2 | India (co-host) |
| 3 |  Pakistan | 4 |  South Africa |
| 5 |  New Zealand | 6 |  England |
| 7 | Sri Lanka (co-host) | 8 |  West Indies |
| 9 |  Zimbabwe | 10 |  Bangladesh (co-host) |
| Associate Members | |||
| 11 |  Canada | 12 |  Ireland |
| 13 |  Kenya | 14 |  Netherlands |
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In April 2009, the ICC announced that Pakistan had lost its right to co-host the 2011 World Cup because of concerns about the "uncertain security situation" in the country, especially in the aftermath of the2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team inLahore.[20][21] The PCB estimated that this would lose them $10.5 million.[22] This figure took account only of the fees of $750,000 per match guaranteed by the ICC. The overall loss to the PCB and the Pakistani economy were expected to be much greater.
On 9 April 2009, PCB chairmanIjaz Butt revealed that they had issued a legal notice to oppose ICC's decision.[23] The ICC, however, claimed that the PCB was still a co-host, and that they had only relocated the matches out of Pakistan.[24] Pakistan proposed that South Asia host the2015 World Cup and that Australia and New Zealand host the 2011 event, but this option did not find favour with their co-hosts and was not implemented.[25]
On 11 April 2005, PCB chairmanShahryar Khan announced an agreement on the allocation of games,[26] under which India would host the final, Pakistan and Sri Lanka the semi-finals,[27] and Bangladesh the opening ceremony.[28] After being stripped of its status as a co-host, Pakistan proposed to host its allocated games in theUnited Arab Emirates as a neutral venue. They had played matches inAbu Dhabi,Dubai, andSharjah in the preceding months.[citation needed] On 28 April 2009, however, the ICC announced that matches originally intended to be played in Pakistan would be reallocated. As a result, India hosted 29 matches across eight venues, including the final and one semi-final; Sri Lanka hosted 12 matches at three venues, including one semi-final; and Bangladesh hosted 8 matches at two grounds, as well as the opening ceremony on 17 February 2011.[29]
On 1 June 2010, the first tranche of tickets were put on sale after a meeting of the tournament's Central Organising Committee in Mumbai. The cheapest tickets cost 20 US cents in Sri Lanka.[30] In January 2011, the ICC declared theEden Gardens ground inKolkata, India, to be unfit and unlikely to be complete by 27 February, when it was scheduled to host a match between India and England. The match was moved to Bangalore.[31]
The World Cup has grown as a media event with each tournament.[citation needed] The ICC sold the broadcasting rights for the 2011 event toESPN Star Sports andStar Cricket for around US$2 billion.[citation needed] For the first time, the tournament was broadcast inhigh-definition format, and it was to be covered by at least 27 cameras using recent technology. It was also planned to be shown across platforms such as online and mobile 3G. It was the first time that an ICC event had theUmpire Decision Review System (UDRS).[32]
The final was watched live by 135 million people in India,[33][34] as recorded by the ratings agencies TAM andaMap, including 67.6 million Indian cable and satellite viewers.[35] The final was watched by 13.6% of Indian TV-equipped households on average, with a peak of 21.44% at the end of the game,[36] thus beating the semi-final betweenIndia andPakistan, which had an estimated 11.74% TV rating in India for the whole match.[34]
The official event ambassador wasSachin Tendulkar.[37]
The official song of the 2011 Cricket World Cup has three versions, inBengali,Hindi andSinhala, corresponding to the three host countries.[38] "De Ghuma Ke" (Swing It Hard) is the Hindi version, composed by the trio ofShankar–Ehsaan–Loy.[39] It employs an array of Indian rhythms combined with elements of rock andhip hop. The Sinhala version, "Sinha Udaane", was adapted by Sri LankanR&B and hip hop artistRanidu Lankage and composed by lyricist Shehan Galahitiyawa.[38] Both songs were performed at the opening ceremony. "Sinha Udaane" was performed by Lankage.[40]
Stumpy, a young elephant, was the official mascot for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.[41] He was unveiled at a function inColombo, Sri Lanka, on 2 April 2010,[42] and his name was revealed on 2 August 2010 after an online competition conducted by the ICC in the last week of July.[43]
The opening ceremony was held in theNational Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 17 February 2011, two days before the first match.
The 2011 Cricket World Cup winning team would be taking home a prize money of US$3 million and US$1.5 million for runner-up, with the ICC deciding to double the total allocation for the tournament to US$8.01 million. The winning team was also awarded a replica of theCricket World Cup Trophy, a practice that originated in 1999. The decision was taken at the ICC Board meeting which was held inDubai on 20 April 2010.[44]
All the Indian stadiums for the tournament had been finalised by mid-October 2009,[45] and those of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in late October 2009. The ICC announced all the venues in Mumbai on 2 November 2009. Two new stadiums were constructed inKandy andSooriyawewa, Sri Lanka, for the event while a total of 7 matches were played down at the Premadasa, including a semi-final.[46]
| India | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kolkata | Chennai | Delhi | Nagpur | Ahmedabad |
| Eden Gardens | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium | Sardar Patel Stadium |
| Capacity: 66,349 | Capacity: 50,000 | Capacity: 41,820 | Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 54,000 |
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| Mumbai | Mohali | Bangalore | ||
| Wankhede Stadium | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 33,108 | Capacity: 26,950 | Capacity: 40,000 | ||
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| Sri Lanka | Bangladesh | |||
| Colombo | Kandy | Sooriyawewa | Chittagong | Dhaka |
| R. Premadasa Stadium | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium | Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium | Bir Shrestho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Cricket Stadium | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium |
| Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 26,000 |
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Venues in Sri Lanka | Venues in Bangladesh |
The umpire selection panel selected 18 umpires excluding a reserve umpire,Enamul Haque (Bangladesh) to officiate at the World Cup: five from Australia, three from England, two each from India, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and one each from South Africa and the West Indies.
Each country chose a 30-member preliminary squad, which would then be reduced to 15. All the 14 teams announced their final squads before 19 January 2011.Sachin Tendulkar of India played in his sixth consecutive world cup, equalling the record of Pakistan'sJaved Miandad.
The following 14 warm-up matches were played before the World Cup started, between 12 February and 18 February 2011.[47][48]All14 nations that were qualified to take part in the World Cup participated in a series of matches to prepare, experiment with different tactics and to help them acclimatise to conditions in theIndian subcontinent. The warm-up matches were not classified asOne Day Internationals by the ICC, despite sharing some of main features of this form ofcricket, but some of the playing regulations were different from standard internationals in order to allow teams to experiment. For example, the main change allowed for thirteen different players to play in a match – nine players being allowed to both bat and bowl, with two only being able to bowl and two only being able to bat – instead of the eleven players normally allowed.
England,India,Sri Lanka andSouth Africa were the only teams to win both of their warm-up games, whileAustralia,Canada,Kenya andZimbabwe did not win either of their fixtures.
As of 2007, none of the warm-up games were officially recognised asODIs orList A matches by the ICC due to various changes in the rules of the game, and this continued into the 2011 World Cup.[49] While normally only 11 players are allowed to bat andfield (excluding situations involving asubstitute fielder),[50] 13 players were used in each team's squad for the matches – 11 of whom were allowed to field at one time and 11 of whom were allowed to bat (meaning players could be swapped in and out when fielding or bowling, but two players did not bat in a match).[51] In official ICC matchesmatch referees are required to help officiate a game, but due to the changes in the rules none were appointed for any of the warm-up games.[49][52]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Pakistan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.758 |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2.582 |
| 3 | Australia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1.123 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.135 |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.030 |
| 6 | Canada | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1.987 |
| 7 | Kenya | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.042 |
The top four teams from each group qualified for the quarter-finals (indicated in green).
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| 1 | South Africa | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.026 |
| 2 | India | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0.900 |
| 3 | England | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0.072 |
| 4 | West Indies | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.066 |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −1.361 |
| 6 | Ireland | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.696 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.045 |
The top four teams from each group qualified for the Quarter finals (indicated in green).
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| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 23 March –Dhaka,Bangladesh | ||||||||||
| West Indies | 112 | |||||||||
| 30 March –Mohali,India | ||||||||||
| Pakistan | 113/0 | |||||||||
| Pakistan | 231 | |||||||||
| 24 March –Ahmedabad,India | ||||||||||
| India | 260/9 | |||||||||
| Australia | 260/6 | |||||||||
| 2 April –Mumbai,India | ||||||||||
| India | 261/5 | |||||||||
| India | 277/4 | |||||||||
| 25 March –Dhaka,Bangladesh | ||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 274/6 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 221/8 | |||||||||
| 29 March –Colombo,Sri Lanka | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 172 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 217 | |||||||||
| 26 March –Colombo,Sri Lanka | ||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 220/5 | |||||||||
| England | 229/6 | |||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 231/0 | |||||||||
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The final was played on 2 April betweenIndia andSri Lanka atWankhede Stadium,Mumbai. India were crowned champions after winning by six wickets with only 10 balls remaining. India captainMS Dhoni was namedman of the match after an unbeaten, match-winning innings of 91 runs off 79 balls, including the final shot that won the game.Gautam Gambhir contributed with a crucial knock of 97 after India lost early wickets. After the match, the Indian players paid tribute toSachin Tendulkar, who was playing in his last World Cup. The final had a viewership of about 558 million people all over the world.[53]
| Player | Team | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | Sri Lanka | 500 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India | 482 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | 465 |
| Jonathan Trott | England | 422 |
| Upul Tharanga | Sri Lanka | 395 |
| Player | Team | Wickets |
|---|---|---|
| Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | 21 |
| Zaheer Khan | India | 21 |
| Tim Southee | New Zealand | 18 |
| Robin Peterson | South Africa | 15 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | 15 |
| Yuvraj Singh | India | 15 |
Note, the warm-up matches do not have ODI status and so there will be no ICC match referee in place for these games.
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