**Mumbai: **The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat announced in Mumbai on Tuesday that India will now host 29 matches in the 2011 World Cup including the final of the tournament.
Sri Lanka will host 12 matches while another co-host Bangladesh will get eight after Pakistan’s expulsion.
The event will be inaugurated on February 18, 2011, followed by the opening match on February 19.
While two quarter-finals will be played in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka will host one each. India and Sri Lanka will host one semi-final each.
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Chief Administrative Officer Professor Ratnakar Shetty has been appointed the tournaments’ Managing Director
The tournament secretariat which was in Lahore has been now shifted to Mumbai.
The tournament was to be co-hosted by India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh but the ICC stripped Pakistan of its co-host status earlier this month.
The ICC Executive Board on April 17 had resolved not to hold any 2011 World Cup matches in Pakistan stating the uncertain political situation in the country had made it difficult to deliver a safe, secure and successful event
Ammijaan, the mistake you make/made is to compare Pak with India :p
If experience hasn't taught you otherwise, nothing else will ;)
You are right, Pakistan and Indian cant be compared when it comes to Cricket/$/ICC but for tennis there is not much b/w them! Aus tennis team has already refused to come to India, I guess tennis does not have that much money!
You are right, Pakistan and Indian cant be compared when it comes to Cricket/$/ICC but for tennis there is not much b/w them! Aus tennis team has already refused to come to India, I guess tennis does not have that much money!
This is not the first time TA has done this - they earlier forfeited a tie in Sweden as well.
And anyways ITF does not agree with their assessment of security risk in India.
