ICC World Cup 2011

ICC World Cup 2011 Schedule

Cricket Schedule of ICC World Cup 2011. Fixtures of ICC World Cup 2011 has been announced. The first schedule match of ICC World Cup 2011 between India vs Bangladesh begins Feb 19, 2011 onwards. Keep viewing CriSchedule for latest updates on Cricket Schedule and Fixtures of upcoming ICC World Cup 2011.

Good times are here for India. The country will get to host the tenth world cup of its most loved sport in 2011 along with co-hosts Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It will be the first time co-hosting for Bangladesh in a cricket world cup. Fourteen national teams are scheduled to compete for the coveted cup between February and early April 2011. According to the announced fixtures of ICC World Cup 2011, the first match will be played among co-hosts India and Sri Lanka at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.

The formerly announced time-table of 2011 world cup also included Pakistan as a co-hosting nation but the 2009 attack on Sri Lankan cricket team at Lahore which left seven players injured, forced the world cup governing body (ICC) to strip off Pakistan of its co-hosting rights on Apr 17, 2009. India will now host 29 of the total 49 planned matches including the all important grand final at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai and one semi-final as well. Sri Lanka will host 12 matches while the first time nation Bangladesh has been given the opportunity to host the tournament opener along with eight other matches. Since India has been allotted the highest number of matches, the ICC has moved its headquarters to Mumbai to ensure smooth and timely preparations for the event. Mr. Ratnakar Shetty has been appointed as the managing director of the event, while the security directorate will be headed by Mr. Shashank Manohar of BCCI.

The allocation of world cup venues is always a much sought after event with major cricketing nations bidding for hosting rights. To avoid favoritism, the ICC prefers to rotate venues between major cricket playing nations. In the bidding for the 2011 event, Australia/New Zealand had an upper hand over the trio of India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh as they had not had a chance to host the World cup since 1992. But Indias argument that the trio being a bigger group of countries helped clinch the final deal. The 2015 cricket world cup will be held in Australia/New Zealand.

Cricket world cup organized every four years is the fourth largest and one of the most eagerly awaited and viewed event of the cricket world. It is widely considered to be the pinnacle of achievement in this sport. The excitement among fans is already palpable as the first phase of tickets was put for sale in Mumbai on 1 June 2010. Priced affordably at around 20 US cents, the organizing committee is expecting to reap in bumper sales and not diminish the euphoria of fans. The new revised format of the world cup wherein 14 teams instead of 16 will be participating also ensures that fans get to see their favorite teams play a minimum of six matches even if they are ruled out of the tournament due to early defeats.

Cricket fan or not- there is no way you can escape the all-engulfing madness. From cricket merchandise at stores to travel packages to host nations and restaurants and cafes serving cricket-themed food, the fever is all over. Personal relationships too are not unaffected by the craze. While the love for cricket unites some, it also spells doom for many relationships. There is simply no running away, so prepare to drown yourself in the drone of cricket slogans in the year to come.

So, Get the latest ICC World Cup 2011 Schedule to be played in 2011. The world cup 2011 schedule will begin on Feb 19, 2011. Cricket World Cup 2011 schedule will have 14 teams, out of which 10 would be of test rank status.

ICC Cricket World Cup

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Combine one of the World's most prestigious sporting events with the amazing South Asian culture and the result is the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. See the best 14 teams from all over the globe battle it out for more than 6 weeks in 3 different beautiful South Asian countries to be crowned the tenth ICC Cricket World Cup Champions.

ICC Cricket World Cup

The ICC Cricket World Cup, generally referred to as the Cricket World Cup, is the premier international championship of men's One-day International (ODI) cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which is held every four years. According to the ICC, it is the most important tournament and the pinnacle of achievement in the sport. The first Cricket World Cup contest was organised in England in 1975. A separate Women's Cricket World Cup has been held every four years since 1973.
The finals of the Cricket World Cup are contested by all ten Test-playing and ODI-playing nations, together with other national teams that qualify through the ICC Trophy competition. Australia has been the most successful of the five teams to have won the tournament, taking three titles. The West Indies have won twice, while India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have each won once.

Samit Patel handed World Cup lifeline

Nottinghamshire's Samit Patel has been offered an opportunity to prove his worth ahead of the World Cup in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in February and March, after being named in England's 30-man preliminary squad for the tournament.

The squad, which will be reduced to 15 names on January 19, also includes Stuart Broad, who is recovering from a torn abdominal muscle, as well as three members of England's Ashes squad who will not be featuring in next month's ODI series against Australia - Alastair Cook, Steven Finn and Matt Prior.

Commenting on the 30 players, England's national selector Geoff Miller said: "We have selected a squad of players with a strong track record in limited-overs cricket either for England or in the domestic game. Recent series have shown we have made progress in one-day cricket and we will be looking to continue this form during next year's World Cup and challenge for another global title."

Patel's inclusion in the list of probables is arguably the most eye-catching selection, because he has long been blackballed by the management for an apparent unwillingness to do the fitness work necessary to complement his undoubted talent. With his hard-hitting but technically correct lower-order batting and impressive left-arm spin that secured a career-best 5 for 41 against South Africa at The Oval in 2008, he would be an asset on the slow, low wickets of the subcontinent.

"Samit Patel has also been included in this preliminary squad and - along with every other player named - will be required to meet individual fitness criteria before the squad is finalised," said Miller. "There is still some time to pass before the final squad is selected so all 30 players have sufficient time to press for selection."

England has been drawn in a group alongside Bangladesh, India, Ireland, Netherlands, South Africa and West Indies. The team will play two warm-up games against Canada and Pakistan before beginning their World Cup campaign on February 22 against Netherlands in Nagpur, India.

Qualification

Main articles: ICC World Cricket League 2007-09 and 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier

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.

The ICC also organised a qualifying tournament in South Africa to determine which Associate teams would participate in 2011 event. Ireland who had been the best performing Associate nation since the last World Cup, won the tournament, beating Canada in the final. The Netherlands and Kenya also qualified by virtue of finishing third and fourth respectively

Format

Late in 2007, the four host nations agreed upon a revised format for the 2011 World Cup identical to the 1996 World Cup, the only change being the no. of teams as it was 12 in 1996 and 14 in 2011. The first round of the tournament will be a round-robin in which the 14 teams are divided into 2 groups of 7 teams each. The 7 teams play each other once with the top 4 from each group qualifying for the quarter-finals. The format ensures that each team gets to play a minimum of 6 matches even if they are ruled out of the tournament due to early defeats. One semi-final of the tournament was officially handed over to India, after Pakistan were stripped of its rights to host the tournament.

    * The semi-final venues are the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka and PCA Stadium in Mohali, India
    * The final is scheduled to be played at the renovated Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, India.

Allocation of matches

On 11 April 2005, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan announced an agreement about the allocation of games. The original plan involved India hosting the final, while Pakistan and Sri Lanka would host the semi-finals. and the opening ceremony will take place in Bangladesh.

After being stripped of its co-host status, Pakistan made the bid to host its home games in the cities of UAE as a neutral home venue. This is in response to the fact that the last few months of cricket that Pakistan has played, has been in the cities of Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah. The pitches in these stadia have also been developed to suit the Pakistani players. This would not harm any timing schedules as there are regular flights from the city of Mumbai to Dubai.

However, on 28 April 2009, the ICC announced the re-allocation of matches originally intended to be played in Pakistan. As a result, India will now host 29 matches across eight venues including the final and one semi-final; Sri Lanka will host 12 in three venues, including one semi-final; while Bangladesh will stage 8 at two grounds as well as the opening ceremony on 18 February 2011.

On 1 June 2010, the first phase of tickets for the 2011 World Cup in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have been put on sale following a meeting of the tournament's Central Organising Committee in Mumbai. The tickets have been priced affordably, with the cheapest costing 20 cents US in Sri Lanka, the committee said.

Staging of matches

Pakistan stripped of co-host status

Pakistan was stripped of its rights as co-host of the 2011 World Cup by the ICC on 17 April 2009 due to ongoing concerns about the "uncertain security situation" prevailing in the country, especially in the aftermath of terrorist attacks in Lahore during Sri Lanka's tour in 2009.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has hinted that it may refuse to participate in the World Cup if they are asked to play in India. However, there is no concrete evidence whether this will actually happen.

It is estimated that the PCB will lose $10.5 million due to the tournament being taken away from them. This figure only includes the match-fee of $750,000 per match guaranteed by the ICC. The overall loss to the PCB and the Pakistani economy is expected to be much greater.

On 9 April 2009, PCB chairman Ijaz Butt revealed that they had issued a legal notice to oppose ICC's decision. However, the ICC claims that the PCB is still a co-host and they have only shifted the matches out of Pakistan. Pakistan have proposed that South Asia host the 2015 World Cup and Australia/New Zealand host 2011, however this option has not found favour with their co-hosts and hence seems unlikely.

Host selection

Bids

The ICC originally announced its decision which countries would host the 2011 World Cup on 30 April 2006. Australia and New Zealand also bid for the tournament, and a successful Australasian bid for the 2011 World Cup would have seen a 50-50 split in games, with the final still up for negotiation. The Trans–Tasman bid, Beyond Boundaries, was the only bid for 2011 delivered to ICC headquarters in Dubai ahead of the 1 March deadline. Considerable merits of the Australasian bid were the superior venues and infrastructure and the total support of both the New Zealand and Australian governments on tax and customs issues during the tournament, according to Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland. The New Zealand government had also given assurance that Zimbabwe would be allowed to compete in the tournament, following political discussions in the country whether their cricket team should be allowed to tour Zimbabwe in 2005. The Australian bid also won the support of former West Indies captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul[8]

ICC President Ehsan Mani said the extra time taken by the Asian block to hand over its bid compliance book had harmed the four-nation bid. However, when the time came to vote, Asia won the hosting rights by seven votes to three. The Pakistan Cricket Board has revealed that it was the vote of the West Indies Cricket Board that swung the matter, as the Asian bid had the support of the four bidding countries along with South Africa and Zimbabwe. It was reported in Pakistani newspaper Dawn that the Asian countries promised to hold fund-raising events for West Indian cricket during the 2007 World Cup, which may have influenced the vote. However, chairman of the Monitoring Committee of the Asian bid, I. S. Bindra, said it was their promise of extra profits in the region of US$ 400 million that swung the vote, that there "was no quid pro quo for their support", and that playing the West Indies had "nothing to do with the World Cup bid".

ICC prefers to rotate World Cup venues between major cricket playing nations. The world cups have been hosted by England (Three times 1975,1979,1983), India/Pakistan 1987, Australia/New Zealand 1992, India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka 1996, England (UK,Netherlands) 1999, South Africa (Zimbabwe,Kenya) 2003, West Indies 2007. For the 2011 World Cup Australia/New Zealand were a strong contender ahead of India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka/Bangladesh because they had not hosted a World cup since 1992. In the final voting India won because they argued that since they were a bigger group of countries they should be assigned a World cup more frequently. Due to this, Australia/New Zealand were awarded the 2015 World Cup.

2011 ICC Cricket World Cup

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[1] 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 of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 will be held on 17th February 2011, 2 days before Cricket World Cup Starts at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka.

The World Cup was also supposed to be co-hosted by Pakistan, but in the wake of the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore, the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to strip Pakistan of its hosting rights. The headquarters of the organising committee were originally situated in Lahore, but have now been shifted to Mumbai. Pakistan was supposed to hold 14 matches, including one semi-final. Eight of Pakistan's matches have been awarded to India, four to Sri Lanka and two to Bangladesh.

ICC World Cup 2011 Schedule:

Team: 1st match – India vs Bangladesh
Location: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
Date and Time: Feb 19, 2011 14:00 (IST)
Team: 2nd match – Kenya vs New Zealand
Location: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Date and Time: Feb 20, 2011 9:30 (IST)
Team: 3rd match – Sri Lanka v Canada
Location: Hambantota International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota
Date and Time: Feb 20, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 4th match – Australia v Zimbabwe
Location: Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Date and Time: Feb 21, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 5th match – England v Netherlands
Location: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Date and Time: Feb 22, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 6th match – Pakistan v Kenya
Location: Hambantota International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota
Date and Time: Feb 23, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 7th match – South Africa v West Indies
Location: Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi
Date and Time: Feb 24, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 8th match – Bangladesh v Ireland
Location: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Date and Time: Feb 25, 2011 9:00 (IST)
Team: 9th match – Australia v New Zealand
Location: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Date and Time: Feb 25, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 10th match – Sri Lanka v Pakistan
Location: R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Date and Time: Feb 26, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 11th match – India v England
Location: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date and Time: Feb. 27, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 12th match – Canada v Zimbabwe
Location: Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground (old), Nagpur
Date and Time: Feb 28, 2011 9:30 (IST)
Team: 13th match – West Indies v Netherlands
Location: Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi
Date and Time: Feb 28, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 14th match – Sri Lanka v Kenya
Location: R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Date and Time: Mar 01, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 15th match – England v Ireland
Location: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Date and Time: Mar 02, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 16th match – South Africa v Netherlands
Location: Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Chandigarh
Date and Time: Mar 03, 2011 9:30 (IST)
Team: 17th match – Pakistan v Canada
Location: R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Date and Time: Mar 03, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 18th match – New Zealand v Zimbabwe
Location: Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Date and Time: Mar 04, 2011 9:30 (IST)
Team: 19th match – Bangladesh v West Indies
Location: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Date and Time: Mar 04, 2011 14:00 (IST)
Team: 20th match – Sri Lanka v Australia
Location: R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Date and Time: Mar 05, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 21st match – South Africa v England
Location: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Date and Time: Mar 06, 2011 9:30 (IST)
Team: 22nd match – India v Ireland
Location: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Date and Time: Mar 06, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 23rd match – Canada v Kenya
Location: Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi
Date and Time: Mar 07, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 24th match – Pakistan v New Zealand
Location: Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Date and Time: Mar 08, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 25th match – India v Netherlands
Location: Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi
Date and Time: Mar 09, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 26th match – Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe
Location: Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Date and Time: Mar 10, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 27th match – West Indies v Ireland
Location: Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Chandigarh
Date and Time: Mar 11, 2011 9:30 (IST)
Team: 28th match – Bangladesh v England
Location: Chittagong Divisional Stadium (JAC), Chittagong
Date and Time: Mar 11, 2011 14:00 (IST)
Team: 29th match – India v South Africa
Location: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Date and Time: Mar 12, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 30th match – New Zealand v Canada
Location: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Date and Time: Mar 13, 2011 9:30 (IST)
Team: 31st match – Australia v Kenya
Location: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Date and Time: Mar 13, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 32nd match – Bangladesh v Netherlands
Location: Chittagong Divisional Stadium (JAC), Chittagong
Date and Time: Mar 14, 2011 14:00 (IST)
Team: 33rd match – Pakistan v Zimbabwe
Location: Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Date and Time: Mar 14, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 34th match – South Africa v Ireland
Location: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date and Time: Mar 15, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 35th match – Australia v Canada
Location: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Date and Time: Mar 16, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 36th match – England v West Indies
Location: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Date and Time: Mar 17, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 37th match – Ireland v Netherlands
Location: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date and Time: Mar 18, 2011 9:30 (IST)
Team: 38th match – Sri Lanka v New Zealand
Location: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Date and Time: Mar 18, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 39th match – Bangladesh v South Africa
Location: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Date and Time: Mar 19, 2011 9:00 (IST)
Team: 40th match – Pakistan v Australia
Location: R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Date and Time: Mar 19, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 41st match – Zimbabwe v Kenya
Location: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date and Time: Mar 20, 2011 9:30 (IST)
Team: 42nd match – India v West Indies
Location: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Date and Time: Mar 20, 2011 14:30 (IST)

Schedule for Semi Final & Final Match:

Team: 1st Quarter Final – T.B.C. vs T.B.C.
Location: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka
Date and Time: Mar 23, 2011 14:00 (IST)
Team: 2nd Quarter Final –T.B.C. vs T.B.C.
Location: R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Date and Time: Mar 24, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 3rd Quarter Final – T.B.C. vs T.B.C.
Location: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka
Date and Time: Mar 25, 2011 14:00 (IST)
Team: 4th Quarter Final –T.B.C. vs T.B.C.
Location: Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Date and Time: Mar 26, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 1st Semi Final –T.B.C. vs T.B.C.
Location: R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Date and Time: Mar 29, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: 2nd Semi Final – T.B.C. vs T.B.C.
Location: Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Date and Time: Mar 30, 2011 14:30 (IST)
Team: The Final – T.B.C. vs T.B.C.
Location: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Date and Time: Apr 02, 2011 14:30 (IST)

ICC World Cup 2011 teams

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Group A: Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada & Kenya

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Group B: India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland & the Netherlands

In Group A, Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and New Zealand are competitive teams, and rest of the teams does not hold water in opposition to the toughs. However, Kenya has been an exceptional case since in 2003 ICC World Cup; Kenya forced itself during ICC World Cup 2003 semifinal by defeating Sri Lanka in the Super Sixes. It was the most unpredicted shock of ICC World Cups ever; let’s see if history repeats itself at ICC World Cup 2011 in some other way around with larger surprise.

In Group B, India has been placed where there are other big countries such as South Africa, West Indies and England. India will be facing severe competition now as both West Indies and England had been ICC World Cup champions while South Africa is tough contender. South Africa has never won an ICC World Cup so this time they will be infuriated as always.

In the preliminary stage of the tournament seven teams of each group will play against each other. From each group top four teams will be qualified and they will play knockout stage. Two knockout stages will be played before the final. You can view all the matches aired live on ESPN Star Sports.

Out of 49 matches, 29 matches will be played in India with one quarterfinal, semi-final and final, in Sri Lanka 12 matches including one quarterfinal and semifinal where as eight matches in Bangladesh including two quarterfinals.

ICC World Cup 2011

This time ICC (International Cricket Council) World Cup 2011 will be the 10th World Cup hosted by 3 South Asian Cricket Playing countries: India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. ICC World Cup 2011 is schedule to begin next year on 19th Feb, 2011 from Mirpur in Bangladesh with India vs Bangladesh match and end with one certain champion on 2nd April, 2011 from Mumbai in India. Check out the ICC World Cup 2011 full Schedule and also read team news.

Total 49 matches will be played and the top 14 cricketing nations participate to rival for the prestigious top spot, which are as under.

TEAM STANDINGS Group B

Group B             Team  P W  L  T  NR  PTS  NRR
Bangladesh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
India	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
West Indies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

TEAM STANDINGS Group A

Group A                         Team  P W  L  T  NR  PTS  NRR
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pakistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sri Lanka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zimbabwe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kenya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

ICC World Cup 2011 Schedule

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai will host the final of the 2011 World Cup and two additional matches, the tournament's local organising committee announced after a meeting in that city on Wednesday. Mohali will host one semi-final and Ahmedabad a quarter-final, and each will also get two other games.

The rest of the 29 matches allotted to India have been divided equally between Eden Gardens, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore and Nagpur; their four games each will also include one India game.

The remaining matches will be divided between Bangladesh (eight games) and Sri Lanka (12) and the full schedule of the 14-nation tournament is to be announced in Mumbai on November 9.

Sri Lanka will stage the other semi-final and one quarter-final, while Bangladesh will host the opening ceremony on February 18 and two quarter-finals.

Group A: Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya
Group B: India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland and Netherlands.

Schedule:

    * Sat Feb 19  1st match - India v Bangladesh
    * Sun Feb 20  3rd match - Sri Lanka v Canada
    * Sun Feb 20  2nd match - Kenya v New Zealand
    * Mon Feb 21  4th match - Australia v Zimbabwe
    * Tue Feb 22  5th match - England v Netherlands
    * Wed Feb 23  6th match - Kenya v Pakistan
    * Thu Feb 24  7th match - South Africa v West Indies
    * Fri Feb 25  9th match - Bangladesh v Ireland
    * Fri Feb 25  8th match - Australia v New Zealand
    * Sat Feb 26  10th match - Pakistan v Sri Lanka
    * Sun Feb 27  11th match - India v England
    * Mon Feb 28  12th match - Netherlands v West Indies
    * Mon Feb 28  13th match - Canada v Zimbabwe
    * Tue Mar 1  14th match - Kenya v Sri Lanka
    * Wed Mar 2  15th match - England v Ireland
    * Thu Mar 3  17th match - Canada v Pakistan
    * Thu Mar 3  16th match - Netherlands v South Africa
    * Fri Mar 4  19th match - Bangladesh v West Indies
    * Fri Mar 4  18th match - New Zealand v Zimbabwe
    * Sat Mar 5  20th match - Australia v Sri Lanka
    * Sun Mar 6  21st match - India v Ireland
    * Sun Mar 6  22nd match - England v South Africa
    * Mon Mar 7  23rd match - Canada v Kenya
    * Tue Mar 8  24th match - New Zealand v Pakistan
    * Wed Mar 9  25th match - India v Netherlands
    * Thu Mar 10  26th match - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe
    * Fri Mar 11  28th match - Bangladesh v England
    * Fri Mar 11  27th match - Ireland v West Indies
    * Sat Mar 12  29th match - India v South Africa
    * Sun Mar 13  30th match - Canada v New Zealand
    * Sun Mar 13  31st match - Australia v Kenya
    * Mon Mar 14  33rd match - Bangladesh v Netherlands
    * Mon Mar 14  32nd match - Pakistan v Zimbabwe
    * Tue Mar 15  34th match - Ireland v South Africa
    * Wed Mar 16  35th match - Australia v Canada
    * Thu Mar 17  36th match - England v West Indies
    * Fri Mar 18  37th match - New Zealand v Sri Lanka
    * Fri Mar 18  38th match - Ireland v Netherlands
    * Sat Mar 19  40th match - Bangladesh v South Africa
    * Sat Mar 19  39th match - Australia v Pakistan
    * Sun Mar 20  41st match - Kenya v Zimbabwe
    * Sun Mar 20  42nd match - India v West Indies
    * Wed Mar 23  1st Quarter Final at Mirpur
    * Thu Mar 24  2nd Quarter Final at Colombo
    * Fri Mar 25  3rd Quarter Final at Mirpur
    * Sat Mar 26  4th Quarter Final at Ahmedabad
    * Tue Mar 29  1st Semi Final at Colombo
    * Wed Mar 30  2nd Semi Final at Chandigarh
    * Sat Apr 2  Final at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai