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                    ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 will be hosted by the Asian giants India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Pakistan will not host a single game because of the security concern in the Pakistan.
There will be total 49 numbers of matches will be played in the tournament out of which 29 matches will be played in India, 12 games will be hosted by Sri Lanka and 8 games will be hosted by Bangladesh. India will host fourth quarter final in Ahmedabad, 2nd semi final in Mohali and Final will be played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. While Sri Lanka will host the 2nd quarterfinal and 1st semi final in R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo and Bangladesh will host 1st and 3rd quarterfinal in Mirpur, Dhaka.
2011 world cup will be shorter as compared to the 2007 world cup, the number of matches will be reduced by 2 and the duration of the tournament will be shorten by a week as compared to 2007 world cup.
There will be total 14 participating teams in the tournament with each divided into two groups containing seven teams in each group. India and Pakistan, Australia and South Africa find themselves in different groups for the 2011 World Cup. India is placed in Group B along with South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland and Netherlands.
Group A contains Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Canada.  The opening game of the tournament will be played between hosts India and Bangladesh on 19th of February 2011 at Mirpur, Dhaka. The quarter-finals will be played in Dhaka on March 23 and 25, in Ahmedabad on March 24 and in Colombo 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. There will be total 13 venues will be used for the tournament.
Groups for the 2011 World Cup
Group A – Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Canada.
Group B – India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland, Netherlands.
World Cup 2011 Fixtures (All timings are mentioned in GMT+05:30)
Timing Teams Venue Results
Sat Feb 19 (D/N)  14:00 PM 1st match Group B – India v Bangladesh Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur IND beat BANG by 87 Runs
Sun Feb 20   09:30 AM 2nd match Group A- Kenya v New Zealand MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai NZ beat KEN by 10 Wickets
Sun Feb 20 (D/N)  14:30 PM 3rd match Group A- Sri Lanka v Canada Hambantota International Cricket Stadium SL beat CAN by 210 Runs
Mon Feb 21 (D/N)  14:30 PM 4th match Group A – Australia v Zimbabwe Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad AUS beat ZIM by 91 Runs
Tue Feb 22 (D/N)  14:30 PM 5th match Group B- England v Netherlands Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur ENG beat NETH by 6 Wickets
Wed Feb 23 (D/N)  14:30 PM 6th match Group A – Kenya v Pakistan Hambantota International Cricket Stadium PAK beat KEN by 205 Runs
Thu Feb 24 (D/N)  14:30 PM 7th match Group B- South Africa v West Indies Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi SA beat WI by 7 Wickets
Fri Feb 25  09:30 AM 8th match Group A- Australia v New Zealand Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur AUS beat NZ by 7 Wickets
Fri Feb 25 (D/N)  14:00 PM 9th match Group B- Bangladesh v Ireland Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur BAN beat IRE by 27 Runs
Sat Feb 26 (D/N)  14:30 PM 10th match Group A- Pakistan v Sri Lanka R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo PAK beat SL by 11 Runs
Sun Feb 27 (D/N)  14:30PM 11th match Group B – India v England M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Match Tied
Mon Feb 28  09:30 AM 12th match Group A- Canada v Zimbabwe Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur ZIM beat CAN by 175 Runs
Mon Feb 28 (D/N)  14:30 PM 13th match Group B- Netherlands v West Indies Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi WI beat NETH by 215 Runs
Tue Mar 1 (D/N)  14:30 PM 14th match Group A- Kenya v Sri Lanka R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo SL beat KEN by 9 Wickets
Wed Mar 2 (D/N)  14:30 PM 15th match Group B – England v Ireland M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore IRE beat ENG by 3 Wickets
Thu Mar 3  09:30 AM 16th match Group B- Netherlands v South Africa Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh SA beat NETHE by 231 Runs
Thu Mar 3 (D/N)  14:30 PM 17th match Group A- Canada v Pakistan R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo PAK beat CAN by 46 Runs
Fri Mar 4  09:30 AM 18th match Group A – New Zealand v Zimbabwe Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad NZ beat ZIM by 10 Wickets
Fri Mar 4 (D/N)  14:00 PM 19th match Group B- Bangladesh v West Indies Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur WI beat BAN by 9 Wickets
Sat Mar 5 (D/N)  14:30 PM 20th match Group A – Australia v Sri Lanka R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Match Drawn
Sun Mar 6  09:30 AM 21st match Group B- England v South Africa MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai ENG beat SA by 6 Runs
Sun Mar 6 (D/N)  14:30 PM 22nd match Group B – India v Ireland M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore IND beat IRE by 5 Wickets
Mon Mar 7 (D/N)  14:30 PM 23rd match Group A- Canada v Kenya Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi CAN beat KEN by 5 Wickets
Tue Mar 8 (D/N)  14:30 PM 24th match Group A- New Zealand v Pakistan Pallekele International Cricket Stadium NZ beat PAK by 110 Runs
Wed Mar 9 (D/N)  14:30 PM 25th match Group B- India v Netherlands Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi IND beat NETH by 5 Wickets
Thu Mar 10 (D/N)  14:30 PM 26th match Group A – Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Pallekele International Cricket Stadium SL beat ZIM by 139 Runs
Fri Mar 11  09:30 AM 27th match  Group B- Ireland v West Indies Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh WI beat IRE by 44 Runs
Fri Mar 11 (D/N)  14:00 PM 28th match Group B – Bangladesh v England Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong BAN beat ENG by 2 Wickets
Sat Mar 12 (D/N)  14:30 PM 29th match Group B- India v South Africa Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur SA beat IND by 3 Wickets
Sun Mar 13  09:30 AM 30th match Group A – Canada v New Zealand Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai NZ beat CAN by 97 Runs
Sun Mar 13 (D/N)  14:30 PM 31st match Group A- Australia v Kenya M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore AUS beat KEN by 60 Runs
Mon Mar 14  09:00 AM 32nd match Group B- Bangladesh v Netherlands Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong BAN beat NETH by 6 Wickets
Mon Mar 14 (D/N)  14:30 PM 33rd match Group A- Pakistan v Zimbabwe Pallekele International Cricket Stadium PAK beat ZIM by 7 Wickets
Tue Mar 15 (D/N)  14:30 PM 34th match Group B- Ireland v South Africa Eden Gardens, Kolkata SA beat IRE by 131 Runs
Wed Mar 16 (D/N)  14:30 PM 35th match Group A – Australia v Canada M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore AUS beat CAN by 7 Wickets
Thu Mar 17 (D/N)  14:30 PM 36th match Group B – England v West Indies MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Fri Mar 18  09:30 AM 37th match Group B – Ireland v Netherlands Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Fri Mar 18 (D/N)  14:30 PM 38th match Group A- New Zealand v Sri Lanka Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Sat Mar 19  09:00 AM 39th match Group B- Bangladesh v South Africa Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Sat Mar 19 (D/N)  14:30 PM 40th match Group A- Australia v Pakistan R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sun Mar 20  09:30 AM 41st match Group A- Kenya v Zimbabwe Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Sun Mar 20 (D/N)  14:30 PM 42nd match Group B – India v West Indies MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Wed Mar 23 (D/N)  14:00 PM Quarter Final – TBC v TBC Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Thu Mar 24 (D/N)  14:30 PM Quarter Final – TBC v TBC Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Fri Mar 25 (D/N)  14:00 PM Quarter Final – TBC v TBC Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Sat Mar 26 (D/N)  14:30 PM Quarter Final – TBC v TBC R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Tue Mar 29 (D/N)  14:30 PM Semi Final – 1st QF Winner v 3rd QF Winner R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Wed Mar 30 (D/N)  14:30 PM Semi Final – 2nd QF Winner v 4th QF Winner  Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Sat Apr 2 (D/N)  14:30 PM Final – 1st SF Winner v 2nd SF Winner  Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
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