Cricket World cup 2011 Fixtures

The final fixtures of ICC Cricket World cup 2011 has been announced with India taking Bangladesh in the opening match. India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will be the hosts with Mumbai hosting the final of the World cup. It seems ICC took lessons from 2007 world cup and has divided the teams in two groups so that big teams qualify.

Group Division:


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


Match no.


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






Breaking News! The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed that India will host 29 matches during the 2011 World Cup, which will be played in the sub-continent. India got 7 more matches after the removal of Pakistan from the World Cup schedule because of security situation in that country. Sri Lanka will host 12 matches, while Bangladesh will host 8 matches. The final will be played in India, while the two semi-final matches will be shared by India and Sri Lanka.
The ICC has released the reworked World Cup schedule in Mumbai this afternoon. All 29 matches in India will be played across 8 venues. The World Cup 2011 will be inaugurated in Bangladesh on February 18, 2011. First match of the tournament will be held at Dhaka on February 19. The World Cup Committee Headquarters has been shifted to Mumbai.
While the Final will be held in Mumbai, eight Indian cities have been selected to host the World Cup matches. They are Delhi, Mohali, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Nagpur, Bangalore and Ahmedabad.
Earlier, the ICC has refused to host any World Cup matches in Pakistan after the terrorist attack on Sri Lankan team bus, which left at least six cricketers injured and led the cancellation of the tour. The ICC observed that situation in Pakistan is not conducive for cricket and foreign cricketers won't want to put their life at risk. Pakistan was scheduled to host 14 matches of World Cup 2011.