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The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India , Sri Lanka and Bangladesh , while the latter hosted World Cup matches for the first time. India won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka by six wickets in the final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai , thus becoming the first country to win the Cricket World Cup ...
Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 95 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
For the 2011 World Cup, the ICC World Cricket League replaced the past pre-qualifying processes; and the name "ICC Trophy" was changed to "ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier". [55] The World Cricket League was the qualification system provided to allow the Associate and Affiliate members of the ICC more opportunities to qualify.
The 2011 Cricket World Cup was the tenth World Cup, organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The competition took place between 19 February and 2 April 2011. Co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, the tournament was the third World Cup to be played in the Indian subcontinent. The ICC ruled out Pakistan citing security reasons.
20 February 2011 09:30: Chennai, India: Kenya New Zealand New Zealand won by 10 wickets 14:30: Hambantota, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Canada Sri Lanka won by 210 runs 21 February 2011 14:30: Ahmedabad, India: Australia Zimbabwe Australia won by 91 runs 22 February 2011 14:30: Nagpur, India: England Netherlands England won by 6 wickets 23 February ...
The knockout stage was the second and final stage of the 2011 Cricket World Cup. It featured the top four teams from each group (8 total) and contested as a single-elimination tournament. [1] This was the first tournament in which a one-over eliminator would be used to decide matches that finished as ties; however, this decider was not required ...
20 February 2011 Pakistan: 10 wickets 29.1 overs West Indies: Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka: 23 March 2011 New Zealand: 10 wickets 16.3 overs Zimbabwe: Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad: 4 March 2011 Sri Lanka: 10 wickets 10.3 overs England: R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo: 26 March 2011 West Indies: 9 wickets 37.4 overs Bangladesh
Pakistan, who were on a poor run of form before this World Cup faced off against Kenya. Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi won the toss and elected to bat first but it was the Kenyan bowlers who struck early, getting opens Mohammad Hafeez and Ahmed Shehzad out early on, leaving Pakistan at 12/2 at the end of 7 overs.