The 2011 Cricket World Cup will be jointly hosted by the four test cricket playing nations from Asia – India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The final will be held in India at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Pakistan and Sri Lanka have been awarded one semi-final each. This is the first time that the World Cup has been held across so many test nations – the maximum previously had been three when India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka hosted the 1996 competition.
The have been some laboured negotiations as to how the tournament will be structured. The eventual schedule agreed by the ICC sees the opening ceremony held in Bangladesh and then games divided amongst the host nations as follows: India 22 games; Pakistan 14 games; Sri Lanka 9 games; Bangladesh 6 games.
Venues
India: Kolkata, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Mohali, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Mumbai
Pakistan: Peshawar, Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, Karachi, Rawalpindi
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