Friday, February 18, 2011

2011Cricket World Cup

Official Logo

Official Mascot

The passionate and resolute ten year old elephant, Stumpy is recognized as the mascot for the World Cup 2011

1) 1) World Cup Opening Ceremony 2011at Bangabandhu stadium in Dhaka

2) Played in Bangladesh,India and SriLanka between Feb19 and April 2 2011
3) The 14 participants are Australia;England;NewZealand;India;Pakistan;SriLanka;Bangladesh;WestIndies;
South Africa;Zimbabwe;Kenya;Canada;Ireland and Netherlands.
Group A Group B

Australia	India
Pakistan	SouthAfrica
NewZealand	England
SriLanka	West Indies
Zimbabwe	Bangladesh
Canada	Ireland
Kenya	Netherlands

4)The 2011 Cricket World Cup winning team gets a prize money of US$ 3 million and US$ 1.5 million for runner-up.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

India beat Bangladesh by 87 runs on Feb 19,2011 @ Mirpur, Bangladesh
India 370/4 (50 overs) Bangladesh 283/9 (50 overs) with Virendar Sehwag topscoring 175 (140)
Player of the match: Virendar Sehwag

India Tied with England on Feb 27,2011@ Bangalore
India 338 (49.5 overs) England 338/8 (50 overs) with Sachin Tendulkar topscoring 120 (115) and Andrew Strauss topscoring 158 (145)
Player of the match:Andrew Strauss

India beat Ireland by 5 wickets on Mar 06,2011@ Bangalore
Ireland 207(47.5) India 210/5 (46 overs) with Yuvaraj Singh topscoring 50* (75)
Player of the match:Yuvaraj Singh for his5/31(10 Overs) and 50 Not Out

India beat Netherlands by 5 wickets on Mar 09,2011@Delhi Ferozshah Kotla
Netherlands 189 (46.4 overs) India 191/5 (36.3 overs) with Yuvaraj Singh topscoring 51*(73)
Player of the match:Yuvaraj Singh

South Africa beat India by 3 wickets on Mar 12,2011@ Nagpur
India 296 (48.4 overs) South Africa 300/7 (49.4 overs) with Sachin Tendulkar topscoring 111 (101)
Player of the match:Dale Steyn for his5/50 (9.4 Overs)

India beat West Indies by 80 runs on Mar 20,2011@Chennai
India 268 (49.1 overs) West Indies 188 (43 overs) with Yuvaraj Singh topscoring 113 (123)
Player of the match:Yuvaraj Singh

India beat Australia by 5 wickets in their quarter-final clash at Ahmedabad.
Australia 260/6 in 50 overs and India scored 261/5 in 47.4 overs
An unbeaten 57 coupled with 2 wickets helped Yuvraj Singh win his 4th man of the match award of this World Cup and ensured India ended Australia's 11-year grip on the trophy

Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina celebrate after beating Australia in the quarter final match of the ICC World Cup 2011 at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad

Sachin Tendulkar completed 18,000 ODI runs during the World Cup quarter final match against Australia in Ahmedabad on 24.03.2011.He completed the feat when he scored his 45th run during the 14th over of the Indian innings by Brett Lee. The master batsman has scored 48 tons and 94 half-centuries so far in his ODI career. Soon after he slammed his 94th fifty, Sachin was trapped LBW by Australian pacer Shaun Tait for 53 runs

Jubilant fans celebrate India's win

India takes Pakistan in the ICC Cricket World Cup Semi-final in Mohali on 30.03.2011

Sonia,Gilani & Manmohan Singh Watch the Semis

PPnmohan SinSoniagh Minister YoPusuf Raza GilaPniPakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani

India won the semis defeating Pakistan by 29 Runs.

The Scores - India 260 / 9 ( 50 Overs)

Pakistan 231(49.5 Overs)

Man Of The Match : Sachin Tendulkar for his topscore of 85 runs

India Wins the 2011 ICC Cricket world Cup Finals defeating Srilanka by 6 wickets @

WankhedeStadium In Mumbai on 02.04.2011

The Scores - SriLanka 274 /6 ( 50 Overs)

India 277 / 4 (48.2 Overs )

Man Of The Match : M S Dhoni for his 91 Not Out

Player Of The Tournament : Yuvaraj Singh for scoring 362 Run in 9 matches & taking 15 wickets.

Match Summary

India lost Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar early on but Gautam Gambhir and Mahendra Dhoni rebuilt the innings.

M S Dhoni promoting himself up the order ahead of Yuvaraj Singh scored a strokeful unbeaten 91as the team chased a tough 275 and lost the wickets of Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar at the top.Dhoni shared a crucial 109-run fourth wicket partnership with Gautam Gambhir (97) and then in the company of the Player of the Tournament Yuvraj Singh fashions India's World Cup triumph

MS Dhoni with the Man Of the Match Award posing with Tonsured Head

The Cup Of Pride

India's cricketers have dedicated their World Cup final victory over Sri Lanka to legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar

Tendulkar holds the World Cup trophy aloft outside the Taj hotel in Mumbai

Superstar Watching ICC Cricket World Cup Final @ Wankhede in Mumbai

Virender Sehwag's wife Aarti with their son and Indian skipper MS Dhoni's wife Sakshi enjoy the match

After the win

Sachin Tendulkar, who only scored 18 runs with the bat, shed tears of joy after the victory in his home city.

Sachin Tendulkar with daughter Sara and Son Arjun after winning the finals.

Kumar Sangakkara gracious in defeat

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara praises the performance of India's batsmen and singles out captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and bowler Zaheer Khan for particular praise after India win the final of the Cricket World Cup

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on 02.04.2011 Saturday night came out on the street of Delhi and joined thousands of ecstatic fans in celebrating India's World Cup cricket triumph.