Have you imprinted the World Cup ball?
High fives everyone!
The opening ceremony of the 2011 World Cup will be held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka on February 17
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That is one big seam
India and Bangladesh will play the first match of the 2011 World Cup on February 19 in Mirpur. The final of the 2011 Cricket World Cup will be held at the Wankhede Stadium on the second of April, 2011.
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Handsome!
14 teams will be participating in the tournament. They have been divided into two groups of seven each.
Group A: Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada, Kenya
Group B: Bangladesh, England, India, South Africa, West Indies, Ireland, Netherlands
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That looks colourful
Stumpy the elephant is the official mascot of the 2011 World Cup. The official song "De Ghuma ke" has been composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy.
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Time to do the Balle Balle in Sinhala!
This is the third time the tournament is being held in the Indian sub-continent. Previous editions were staged in 1996 and 1987.
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Lucky kid
A total of 13 venues have been chosen to host the 49 matches in the tournament. These include:
India: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi
M.A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
P.C.A Stadium, Mohali
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
V.C.A Ground, Nagpur
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Sri Lanka: R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Mahinda Rajapaksa Cricket Stadium,Hambantota
Pallekele Crickety Stadium, Kandy
Bangladesh: Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, Mirpur
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
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Time for some hands-on work
Australia are the defending champions after they won the 2007 edition beating Sri Lanka in the West Indies. Past winners include:
1975- West Indies==1979- West Indies==1983- India==1987- Australia==1992- Pakistan= =1996- Sri Lanka= =1999- Australia==2003- Australia==2007- Australia
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Inspection time
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa seen during a visit to the Premadasa stadium
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