Last time World Cup was hosted in Asia in 1996 and Sri Lanka merge winners of the ICC Wills World Cup. Unfortunately, this time Pakistan will not host any games of 2011 world cup because of security concern. ICC has tried their best to shorten the 2011 world cup. India will host 29 matches, Sri Lanka will host 12 matches and 8 games will be hosted by Bangladesh.
Fourteen teams will participate in 2011 World Cup with 14 teams divided into two groups each containing seven teams.Group A contains Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka,Zimbabwe, Kenya and Canada while Group B includes India, South Africa, England, West Indies,Bangladesh, Ireland and Netherlands.
India will host one quarter final in Ahmedabad, one semi final in Mohali and Final of World Cup 2011 in Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. While Sri Lanka will host the 2ndst semi final in R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo and Bangladesh will host 1stand 3rd quarterfinal in Mirpur, Dhaka.
| 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 |