The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup will be the tenth Cricket World Cup and will be hosted by three South Asian Test cricket playing countries: India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It will be Bangladesh's first time co-hosting a Cricket World Cup. The World Cup will use cricket's One Day International format, with fourteen national cricket teams scheduled to compete. The World Cup will take place between February and early April 2011, with the first match to be played on 19 February 2011 with co-hosts India and Bangladesh facing off at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka. The opening ceremony was held on 17 February 2011 at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka.
Stumpy is the official mascot for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. He is a ten year old elephant who is enthusiastic and is determined.
The official song of the 2010 World Cup "De Ghuma Ke" is composed by the trio of Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, and is sung in Hindi, Bangla and Sinhala. It has been sung by Shankar Mahadevan and Divya Kumar. It incorporates an array of Indian rhythms, as well as elements of rock and hip-hop. The song was performed in the opening ceremony.
The official event ambassador for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is Sachin Tendulkar.
The 1983 Cricket World Cup (Prudential Cup) was the third edition of the tournament. It was held from 9 June to 25 June 1983 in England and was won by India. Eight countries participated in the event. The preliminary matches were played in two groups of four teams each, and each country played the others in its group twice. The top two teams in each group qualified for the semi-finals.
The matches consisted of 60 overs per team and were played in traditional white clothing and with red balls. They were all played during the day. England, Pakistan, India and tournament favorites West Indies qualified for the semifinals.
Match Date Teams Venue
1. 19 Feb India vs Bangladesh Dhaka
2. 20 Feb New Zealand vs Kenya Chennai
3. 20 Feb Sri Lanka vs Canada Hambantota
4. 21 Feb Australia vs Zimbabwe Ahmedabad
5. 22 Feb England vs Netherlands Nagpur
6. 23 Feb Pakistan vs Kenya Hambantota
7. 24 Feb South Africa vs West Indies New Delhi
8. 25 Feb Australia vs New Zealand Nagpur
9. 25 Feb Bangladesh vs Ireland Dhaka
10. 26 Feb Sri Lanka vs Pakistan Colombo
11. 27 Feb India vs England Kolkata*
12. 28 Feb West Indies vs Netherlands New Delhi
13. 28 Feb Zimbabwe vs Canada Nagpur
14. 1 Mar Sri Lanka vs Kenya Colombo
15. 2 Mar England vs Ireland Bangalore
16. 3 Mar South Africa vs Netherlands Mohali
17. 3 Mar Pakistan vs Canada Colombo
18. 4 Mar New Zealand vs Zimbabwe Ahmedabad
19. 4 Mar Bangladesh vs West Indies Dhaka
20. 5 Mar Sri Lanka vs Australia Colombo
21. 6 Mar India vs Ireland Bangalore
22. 6 Mar England vs South Africa Chennai
23. 7 Mar Kenya vs Canada New Delhi
24. 8 Mar Pakistan vs New Zealand Pallekelle
25. 9 Mar India vs Netherlands New Delhi
26. 10 Mar Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe Pallekelle
27. 11 Mar West Indies vs Ireland Mohali
28. 11 Mar Bangladesh vs England Chittagong
29. 12 Mar India vs South Africa Nagpur
30. 13 Mar New Zealand vs Canada Mumbai
31. 13 Mar Australia vs Kenya Bangalore
32. 14 Mar Pakistan vs Zimbabwe Pallekelle
33. 14 Mar Bangladesh vs Netherlands Chittagong
34. 15 Mar South Africa vs Ireland Kolkata
35. 16 Mar Australia vs Canada Bangalore
36. 17 Mar England vs West Indies Chennai
37. 18 Mar Sri Lanka vs New Zealand Mumbai
38. 18 Mar Ireland vs Netherlands Kolkata
39. 19 Mar Australia vs Pakistan Colombo
40. 19 Mar Bangladesh vs South Africa Dhaka
41. 20 Mar Zimbabwe vs Kenya Kolkata
42. 20 Mar India vs West Indies Chennai
43. 23 Mar First Quarterfinal Dhaka
44. 24 Mar Second Quarterfinal Colombo
45. 25 Mar Third Quarterfinal Dhaka
46. 26 Mar Fourth Quarterfinal Ahmedabad
47. 29 Mar First Semifinal Colombo
48. 30 Mar Second Semifinal Mohali
49. 02 Apr FINAL Mumbai