The venues for the much awaited World Cup 2011 have finally been announced. Mumbai gets it share of finals while Mohali gets a semi-final.
The venues for the much awaited World Cup 2011 have finally been announced. Mumbai gets it share of finals while Mohali gets a semi-final.
Mumbai will host 2 more matches besides the final, at the Wankhede stadium specially being renovated for the occasion.
India’s share of quarter-final will be held at Ahmedabad with two more matches.
New Delhi, Nagpur, Bangalore and Kolkata will have four matches each including one India game in all the four cities.
The inaugural ceremony will be held at Bangladesh on the 18th of February. Two quarter-finals are scheduled to be held here, while Sri Lanka will host a semi-final and a quarter-final.
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The Indian Cricket Board announced that India will organize 29 matches to be held at eight venues, while Sri Lanka will hold 12 and Bangladesh the rest of the 20 matches in the 49 matches’ tournament during the World cup 2011 to be held in February- March.
The details of the 14- nation tournament will be announced on the 9th of November.
There will be two groups of seven teams each, with four teams from each group qualifying for the quarter-finals.
Group A—Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya.
Group B—India, South Africa, West Indies, England, Bangladesh, Ireland and Netherlands.
The distribution of the matches is as follows-
Mumbai—— Final + 2 matches
Mohali ——-Semi-final +2 matches
Ahmedabad—Quarter- final + 2 matches.
New Delhi, Bangalore, Nagpur, Chennai, and Kolkata will hold 4 matches, 1 each with the home team.