2011 cricket world cup - India will Host most of the World Cup Matches - Cricket world cup updates

2011 cricket world cup - India will Host most of the World Cup Matches - Cricket world cup updates

India will host majority of the matches in the 2011 world cup.


India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will host the tournament. Pakistan was initially allotted 14 matches which has been redistributed with India getting eight of those matches.

Pakistan won't be able to host any of the world cup matches due to security reason. India will host 29 of the tournament's 49 matches, including a quarter-final, a semi-final and the final.

Sri Lanka has 12 matches, including a semi-final, at three venues and Bangladesh eight games at two venues.

Anyhow Pakistan will be luckier as they won't be hosting any of the Matches but will get the money from ICC said ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat.

Further to this, there is also good news for the cricket lover as Tickets for the 2011 World Cup matches would be Affordable.

Event Director Prof.Ratnakar Shetty said "Our aim is allow students to come and watch, he further added Last time round the venues didn't realize that we need people to come in. This time round, we need to ensure that all the matches will be houseful.