Cricket World Cup is one thing everybody seems ahead with craziness. This yr’s Cricket World Cup is the tenth World Cup and it is being performed in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The world cup’s opening match was performed in Bangladesh and fourteen groups are collaborating which incorporates ten full members and 4 affiliate members. The complete match will encompass restricted over matches “One day Internationals”, because it’s extra popularly recognized. The primary match was performed on 19th February 2011 at Sher-e-Bangala Nationwide Stadium, Mirpur and co-hosts being India and Bangladesh. The ultimate match can be performed at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on 2nd April 2011. The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) eliminated Pakistan of the internet hosting rights attributable to assault on Sri Lanka nationwide staff in Lahore (Pakistan) within the yr 2009. Initially, the headquarters of the organizing committee was located in Lahore, however is now shifted to Mumbai. The groups underneath Group A are Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya. The groups underneath Group B are India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Eire, and Netherland. Eighteen umpires have been chosen by the Umpire choice panel excluding a reserve umpire, Enamul Haque to officiate on the World Cup: 5 from Australia, 6 from Asia, three from England, 2 from New Zealand and 1 every from South Africa and West Indies.
World Cup has at all times been an enormous media occasion. Cricket World Cup rights for broadcasting was offered for $ two billion by the Worldwide Cricket Council to ESPN Sports activities and Star Cricket and this can be broadcasted in about 220 nations everywhere in the world. Sachin Tendulkar is the official occasion ambassador for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. The official mascot for the 2011 Cricket World Cup is Stumpy-a younger elephant. The successful staff can be receiving complete prize cash of three million US {dollars} and the runner up will get 1.5 million US {dollars}. A reproduction of ICC Cricket World Cup trophy can even be given to the successful staff as carried out since 1999. ICC board selected this prize cash at a gathering held at Dubai on April 20, 2010. The overall prize cash on supply for the match for the groups positioned from 1st to eighth is 7.48 million US {dollars}. The remaining two semi-finalists will obtain 0.75 million US {dollars}. The final 4 quarter-finalists will every obtain 0.37 million US {dollars}. The most important flop of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 was England being defeated by Eire. The quickest World Cup Century was by Kevin O’Brien who made 100 in 50 balls and this made Eire highest profitable Run chase within the World Cup Historical past beating Sri Lanka’s 313 towards Zimbabwe within the yr 1992.