ICC World Cup 2011 - Schedule

Cricket Schedule of ICC World Cup 2011. Fixtures of ICC World Cup 2011 has been announced. The first schedule match of ICC World Cup 2011 between India vs Bangladesh begins Feb 19, 2011 onwards. Keep viewing CriSchedule for latest updates on Cricket Schedule and Fixtures of upcoming ICC World Cup 2011.


Good times are here for India. The country will get to host the tenth world cup of its most loved sport in 2011 along with co-hosts Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It will be the first time co-hosting for Bangladesh in a cricket world cup. Fourteen national teams are scheduled to compete for the coveted cup between February and early April 2011. According to the announced fixtures of ICC World Cup 2011, the first match will be played among co-hosts India and Sri Lanka at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.

The formerly announced time-table of 2011 world cup also included Pakistan as a co-hosting nation but the 2009 attack on Sri Lankan cricket team at Lahore which left seven players injured, forced the world cup governing body (ICC) to strip off Pakistan of its co-hosting rights on Apr 17, 2009. India will now host 29 of the total 49 planned matches including the all important grand final at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai and one semi-final as well. Sri Lanka will host 12 matches while the first time nation Bangladesh has been given the opportunity to host the tournament opener along with eight other matches. Since India has been allotted the highest number of matches, the ICC has moved its headquarters to Mumbai to ensure smooth and timely preparations for the event. Mr. Ratnakar Shetty has been appointed as the managing director of the event, while the security directorate will be headed by Mr. Shashank Manohar of BCCI.

The allocation of world cup venues is always a much sought after event with major cricketing nations bidding for hosting rights. To avoid favoritism, the ICC prefers to rotate venues between major cricket playing nations. In the bidding for the 2011 event, Australia/New Zealand had an upper hand over the trio of India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh as they had not had a chance to host the World cup since 1992. But Indias argument that the trio being a bigger group of countries helped clinch the final deal. The 2015 cricket world cup will be held in Australia/New Zealand.

Cricket world cup organized every four years is the fourth largest and one of the most eagerly awaited and viewed event of the cricket world. It is widely considered to be the pinnacle of achievement in this sport. The excitement among fans is already palpable as the first phase of tickets was put for sale in Mumbai on 1 June 2010. Priced affordably at around 20 US cents, the organizing committee is expecting to reap in bumper sales and not diminish the euphoria of fans. The new revised format of the world cup wherein 14 teams instead of 16 will be participating also ensures that fans get to see their favorite teams play a minimum of six matches even if they are ruled out of the tournament due to early defeats.

Cricket fan or not- there is no way you can escape the all-engulfing madness. From cricket merchandise at stores to travel packages to host nations and restaurants and cafes serving cricket-themed food, the fever is all over. Personal relationships too are not unaffected by the craze. While the love for cricket unites some, it also spells doom for many relationships. There is simply no running away, so prepare to drown yourself in the drone of cricket slogans in the year to come.

So, Get the latest ICC World Cup 2011 Schedule to be played in 2011. The world cup 2011 schedule will begin on Feb 19, 2011. Cricket World Cup 2011 schedule will have 14 teams, out of which 10 would be of test rank status.

  Date        Local   GMT    IST           Match                        Details            Venue


Feb 19, 2011 14:30   08:30  14:00  Group B : Bangladesh vs India,     1st ODI        Mirpur

Feb 20, 2011 09:30      04:00    09:30   Group A : New Zealand vs Kenya,       2nd ODI          Chennai

Feb 20, 2011 14:30      09:00    14:30   Group A : Sri Lanka vs Canada,           3rd ODI     Hambantota

Feb 21, 2011 14:30      09:00    14:30   Group A : Australia vs Zimbabwe,         4th ODI     Ahmedabad

Feb 22, 2011 14:30      09:00    14:30   Group B : England vs Netherlands,        5th ODI         Nagpur

Feb 23, 2011 14:30      09:00    14:30   Group A : Pakistan vs Kenya,               6th ODI      Hambantota

Feb 24, 2011 14:30      09:00    14:30  Group B : South Africa vs West Indies   7th ODI           Delhi

Feb 25, 2011 09:30      03:30    09:00  Group B : Bangladesh vs Ireland,            8th ODI          Mirpur

Feb 25, 2011 14:30      09:00    14:30  Group A : Australia vs New Zealand,      9th ODI          Nagpur

Feb 26, 2011 14:30      09:00    14:30  Group A : Pakistan vs Sri Lanka,            10th ODI       Colombo

Feb 27, 2011 14:30  09:00    14:30  Group B : India vs England,      11th ODI     Bangalore

Feb 28, 2011 09:30      04:00    09:30  Group A : Canada vs Zimbabwe,        12th ODI        Nagpur

Feb 28, 2011 14:30      09:00    14:30  Group B : West Indies vs Netherlands,  13th ODI         Delhi

Mar 1, 2011  14:30     09:00   14:30  Group A : Sri Lanka vs Kenya,                14th ODI        Colombo

Mar 2, 2011  14:30     09:00   14:30  Group B : England vs Ireland,                  15th ODI       Bangalore

Mar 3, 2011  09:30   04:00   09:30  Group B : South Africa vs Netherlands,     16th ODI       Mohali

Mar 3, 2011  14:30   09:00   14:30  Group A : Pakistan vs Canada,                  17th ODI      Colombo

Mar 4, 2011  09:30   04:00   09:30  Group A : New Zealand vs Zimbabwe,      18th ODI      Ahmedabad

Mar 4, 2011 14:30    08:30   14:00  Group B : Bangladesh vs West Indies,        19th ODI      Mirpur

Mar 5, 2011 14:30    09:00   14:30  Group A : Australia vs Sri Lanka,               20th ODI      Colombo

Mar 6, 2011 09:30    04:00   09:30  Group B : South Africa vs England,            21st ODI       Chennai

Mar 6, 2011 14:30  09:00   14:30  Group B : India vs Ireland,         22nd ODI   Bangalore

Mar 7, 2011 14:30    09:00   14:30  Group A : Canada vs Kenya,                    23rd ODI        Delhi

Mar 8, 2011 14:30    09:00   14:30  Group A : Pakistan vs New Zealand,         24th ODI        Kandy

Mar 9, 2011 14:30  09:00   14:30  Group B : India vs Netherlands,  25th ODI        Delhi

Mar 10, 2011 14:30  09:00   14:30  Group A : Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe,            26th ODI        Kandy

Mar 11, 2011 09:30  04:00   09:30  Group B : West Indies vs Ireland,              27th ODI        Mohali

Mar 11, 2011 14:30  08:30   14:00  Group B : Bangladesh vs England,             28th ODI        Chittagong

Mar 12, 2011 14:30 09:00  14:30 Group B : India vs South Africa,      29th ODI      Nagpur

Mar 13, 2011 09:30  04:00   09:30  Group A : New Zealand vs Canada,         30th ODI         Mumbai

Mar 13, 2011 14:30  09:00   14:30  Group A : Australia vs Kenya,                  31st ODI         Bangalore

Mar 14, 2011 09:30  03:30   09:00  Group B : Bangladesh vs Netherlands,     32nd ODI      Chittagong

Mar 14, 2011 14:30  09:00   14:30  Group A : Pakistan vs Zimbabwe,            33rd ODI          Kandy

Mar 15, 2011 14:30  09:00   14:30  Group B : South Africa vs Ireland,           34th ODI           Kolkata

Mar 16, 2011 14:30  09:00   14:30  Group A : Australia vs Canada,               35th ODI           Bangalore

Mar 17, 2011 14:30  09:00   14:30  Group B : England vs West Indies,          36th ODI           Chennai

Mar 18, 2011 09:30  04:00   09:30  Group A : Ireland vs Netherlands,           37th ODI           Kolkata

Mar 18, 2011 14:30  09:00   14:30  Group A : Sri Lanka vs New Zealand,       38th ODI            Mumbai

Mar 19, 2011 09:30  03:30   09:00  Group B : Bangladesh vs South Africa,    39th ODI           Mirpur

Mar 19, 2011 14:30  09:00   14:30  Group A : Pakistan vs Australia,              40th ODI           Colombo

Mar 20, 2011 09:30  04:00   09:30  Group A : Zimbabwe vs Kenya,              41st ODI           Kolkata

Mar 20, 2011 14:30 09:00  14:30 Group B : India vs West Indies,   42nd ODI        Chennai

Mar 23, 2011   14:30  09:30   15:00  TBC vs TBC,                                  1st QF ODI         Mirpur

Mar 24, 2011   14:30  10:00   15:30  TBC vs TBC,                                   2nd QF ODI       Colombo

Mar 25, 2011   14:30  09:30   15:00  TBC vs TBC,                                   3rd QF ODI        Mirpur

Mar 26, 2011   14:30  10:00   15:30  TBC vs TBC,                                   4th QF ODI   Ahmedabad

Mar 29, 2011   14:30  10:00   15:30  TBC vs TBC,                                   1st SF ODI       Colombo

Mar 30, 2011   14:30  10:00   15:30  TBC vs TBC,                                    2nd SF ODI       Mohali

Apr 2, 2011 14:30   10:00    15:30  TBC vs TBC,                      The Final ODI    Mumbai