Cricket of Bangladesh

India, Bangladesh face off in 2011 World Cup opener

November 9, 2009

Mostafa Kamal, the BCB president,

unveils the opening fixture of the World Cup © AFP

 


India and Bangladesh, two of the co-hosts, will contest the opening game of the 2011 World Cup in Mirpur on February 19. The fixtures were announced at an ICC event in Mumbai on Monday.

The first game in Sri Lanka will feature the hosts taking on Canada in Hambantota, a new venue, on February 20. Pakistan, who lost their share of World Cup matches due to the security situation in the country, are playing all six of their group matches in Sri Lanka, which is hosting a total of 12 games.

The tournament in India, which is hosting 29 matches in all, will kick off with New Zealand playing Kenya in Chennai on February 20. India's first home game is against England in Kolkata on February 27 and they will also play their four remaining group games at home. Defending champions Australia begin their campaign against Zimbabwe in Ahmedabad on February 21.

The quarter-finals will be played in Dhaka on March 23 and 25, in Colombo on March 24 and in Ahmedabad on March 26 while the two semi-finals will be played in Colombo and Mohali on March 29 and 30. The renovated Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai will host the final on April 2.

"This announcement is an important indicator of the excellent progress we are making towards our flagship event which brings together teams from all our Members in nation-versus-nation action," ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said in Mumbai. "Preparation of venues and safety and security planning continues and I am confident that the host countries will showcase our great sport with its great spirit in the best possible light."

A total of 13 venues will be used over the 43-day tournament, which is a week shorter than the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies. The ten Full Member countries and four Associates have been divided into two groups of seven each, with the top four from each group qualifying for the quarter-finals. Group A includes Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya. Group B comprises India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland and the Netherlands.

Date and Time 

Sat Feb 19 1st match - India v BangladeshShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur N/A Sun Feb 20 3rd match - Sri Lanka v CanadaHambantota International Cricket Stadium N/A Sun Feb 20 2nd match - Kenya v New ZealandMA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai N/A Mon Feb 21 4th match - Australia v ZimbabweSardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad N/A Tue Feb 22 5th match - England v NetherlandsVidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur N/A Wed Feb 23 6th match - Kenya v PakistanHambantota International Cricket Stadium N/A Thu Feb 24 7th match - South Africa v West IndiesFeroz Shah Kotla, Delhi N/A Fri Feb 25 9th match - Bangladesh v IrelandShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur N/A Fri Feb 25 8th match - Australia v New ZealandVidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur N/A Sat Feb 26 10th match - Pakistan v Sri LankaR Premadasa Stadium, Colombo N/A Sun Feb 27 11th match - India v EnglandEden Gardens, Kolkata N/A Mon Feb 28 12th match - Netherlands v West IndiesFeroz Shah Kotla, Delhi N/A Mon Feb 28 13th match - Canada v ZimbabweVidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur N/A Tue Mar 1 14th match - Kenya v Sri LankaR Premadasa Stadium, Colombo N/A Wed Mar 2 15th match - England v IrelandM Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore N/A Thu Mar 3 17th match - Canada v PakistanR Premadasa Stadium, Colombo N/A Thu Mar 3 16th match - Netherlands v South AfricaPunjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh N/A Fri Mar 4 19th match - Bangladesh v West IndiesShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur N/A Fri Mar 4 18th match - New Zealand v ZimbabweSardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad N/A Sat Mar 5 20th match - Australia v Sri LankaR Premadasa Stadium, Colombo N/A Sun Mar 6 21st match - India v IrelandM Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore N/A Sun Mar 6 22nd match - England v South AfricaMA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai N/A Mon Mar 7 23rd match - Canada v KenyaFeroz Shah Kotla, Delhi N/A Tue Mar 8 24th match - New Zealand v PakistanPallekele International Cricket Stadium N/A Wed Mar 9 25th match - India v NetherlandsFeroz Shah Kotla, Delhi N/A Thu Mar 10 26th match - Sri Lanka v ZimbabwePallekele International Cricket Stadium N/A Fri Mar 11 28th match - Bangladesh v EnglandZohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong N/A Fri Mar 11 27th match - Ireland v West IndiesPunjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh N/A Sat Mar 12 29th match - India v South AfricaVidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur N/A Sun Mar 13 30th match - Canada v New ZealandWankhede Stadium, Mumbai N/A Sun Mar 13 31st match - Australia v KenyaM Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore N/A Mon Mar 14 33rd match - Bangladesh v NetherlandsZohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong N/A Mon Mar 14 32nd match - Pakistan v ZimbabwePallekele International Cricket Stadium N/A Tue Mar 15 34th match - Ireland v South AfricaEden Gardens, Kolkata N/A Wed Mar 16 35th match - Australia v CanadaM Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore N/A Thu Mar 17 36th match - England v West IndiesMA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai N/A Fri Mar 18 37th match - New Zealand v Sri LankaWankhede Stadium, Mumbai N/A Fri Mar 18 38th match - Ireland v NetherlandsEden Gardens, Kolkata N/A Sat Mar 19 40th match - Bangladesh v South AfricaShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur N/A Sat Mar 19 39th match - Australia v PakistanR Premadasa Stadium, Colombo N/A Sun Mar 20 41st match - Kenya v ZimbabweEden Gardens, Kolkata N/A Sun Mar 20 42nd match - India v West IndiesMA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai N/A Wed Mar 23 Quarter Final - TBC v TBCShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur N/A Thu Mar 24 Quarter Final - TBC v TBCR Premadasa Stadium, Colombo N/A Fri Mar 25 Quarter Final - TBC v TBCShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur N/A Sat Mar 26 Quarter Final - TBC v TBCSardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad N/A Tue Mar 29 Semi Final - TBC v TBCR Premadasa Stadium, Colombo N/A Wed Mar 30 Semi Final - TBC v TBCPunjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh N/A Sat Apr 2 Final - TBC v TBCWankhede Stadium, Mumbai N/A