India vs pakistan semi-final icc cricket world cup 2011-amazing-stats

 INDIA AND Pakistan, the two cricket crazy nations where cricket is like a religion, will meet in the second semi-final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali on Wednesday, March 30.

 An India vs Pakistan semi-final match of the World Cup 2011 will be the fifth encounter in a Cricket World Cup between the neighbouring countries since 1992 Cricket World Cup.

However, neither team has met in the semi-final or final of any of the previous World Cup matches. India has never lost to Pakistan in the Cricket World Cup so far.
In their first meet at Sydney Cricket Ground on March 4, 1992, during the 16th match of the Benson & Hedges World Cup, India won by 43 runs. In that match Sachin Tendulkar was named man-of-the-match for his all-round performance. He scored 54 runs and got the wicket of the dangerous left-handed batsman Aamer Sohail.
Both teams met for the second time in the second quarter final match of the Wills World Cup 1996 played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. India won that match by 39 runs and reached the semi final. Indian opener Navjot Sidhu scored 96 runs and Ajay Jadeja scored quick 45 runs in 25 balls in the last overs of the inning. Venkatesh Prasad and Anil Kumble took three wickets each. Sidhu was announced man-of-the-match.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 semi finalist India and Pakistan met for the third time in the Super Sixes of the ICC World Cup 1999 at Old Trafford, Manchester. On that match India defeated Pakistan India by 47 runs. In that match Rahul Dravid and Mohammad Azharuddin played fifty-plus innings. Fast bowler Venkatesh Prasad was declared man-of-the-match because he ensured that five Pakistani batsmen went back to the pavilion.


For the fourth time, two arch rivals India and Pakistan met at SuperSport Park in Centurion, South Africa during the pool 'A' match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003. With a quick fire knock by Sachin Tendulkar and a brilliant 50 by Yuvraj Singh, India won the match by six wickets. Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 98 runs, was awarded with the man-of-the-match.

In all the four previous ICC Cricket World Cup matches between India and Pakistan, the team that has won the toss, has decided to bat first. Out of the four matches, Indian captains have won the toss three times.

There are still five days to go for the India vs Pakistan ICC World Cup 2011 semi final match, but already there's an air of nervous excitement in the air..

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Pakistan Outclass west Indies to reach the semifinal of ICC world cup 2011!!!

Pakistan´s cricketers, played brilliantly well to knock out disorganized West Indies.  to enter into the semi-finals of ICC world cup 2011 on Wednesday with a 10-wicket demolition.

Charismatic captain Shahid Afridi took 4-30to inspire his team, as West Indies crumbled to an embarrassing 112 all out -- their third lowest World Cup total -- in the 44th over of their quarter-final in Dhaka.

Leg-spinner Afridi took his tournament wickets tally to 21 while off-spinners Mohammad Hafeez and Saeed Ajmal chipped in with two each as the West Indies collapsed after electing to bat at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium. 

 Viewers present in the stadium after early elimination of local boys from the world cup again become disappointed as they can’t watch the competitive match as expected. Veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul was the only batsman  who shows some resisitance against Pakistani bowling attack. Hafeez, with an unbeaten 61, and Kamran Akmal, with 47 not out, then saw Pakistan into their first semi-final since 1999, reaching their target with more than 29 overs to spare. "This is a great gift to give the nation on Pakistan Day," said Afridi.
"We tried to stick to our plans and the boys have done a great job doing that. These were great conditions for spin if you landed it on a length."

Captain Sahid Afridi

West Indies skipper Darren Sammy, whose team have now lost 19 successive times to a top side, admitted batting had let the side down.

"We definitely did not have enough runs on the board. We didn´t counter their bowling well, and we fell well short. We lost wickets in clusters in spin throughout the tournament, and today was no different," said Sammy.

Pakistan team celebrating their wicket

The West Indies were reduced to 71-8 before a 40-run stand between Kemar Roach and Chanderpaul helped the former champions surpass their lowest World Cup total of 93 against Kenya in Pune in 1996.

 Viewers from both India and Pakistan are now excited to see the most waited match if India beat Australia in second quarterfinal match in ahemadabad  tomorrow.

Knock Out Round of ICC world cup 2011 to begin from 23rd March 2011, Watch it live !!!!

Though some unexpected result was seen in the league round of ICC world cup 2011, teams that reached to the quarterfinal were the teams expected by most of the cricket fans. Real countdown of the world cup will begin from March 23, 2011. After the completion of league round Pakistan, Srilanka Australia and Newzland are in the knock out round round from group A, while South Africa, India, England and West Indies enters the knock out round from the group B. Now the real count down of the world cup begins with the knock out competition of top eight countries in cricket. The fixture of the quarterfinal has been given below. So don’t forget to watch the live matches.

Points Table at Group Stage:

Groups for the 2011 World Cup

Group A - Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Canada.

Group B - India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland, Netherlands.

Teams	P	W	L	NR	T	Points	NRR
Pakistan	6	5	1	0	0	10	+0.758
Sri Lanka	6	4	1	1	0	9	+2.582
Australia	6	4	1	1	0	9	+1.693
New Zealand	6	4	2	0	0	8	+1.135
Zimbabwe	6	2	4	0	0	4	+0.030
Canada	6	1	5	0	0	2	-1.987
Kenya	6	0	6	0	0	0	-3.042

Group B

Teams	P	W	L	NR	T	Points	NRR
South Africa	6	5	1	0	0	10	+2.026
India	6	4	1	0	1	9	+0.90
England	6	3	2	0	1	7	+0.072
West Indies	6	3	3	0	0	6	+1.066
Bangladesh	6	3	3	0	0	6	-1.361
Ireland	6	2	4	0	0	4	-0.696
Netherlands	6	0	6	0	0	0	-2.045

Fixture of the Quarterfinals match of ICC world cup 2011:

March 23: - Pakistan Vs West Indies at Dhaka 14:00 IST
March 24: - Sri Lanka Vs England at Ahmadabad 14:30 IST
March 25: - Australia Vs India at Dhaka 14:00 IST
March 26: - South Africa Vs New Zealand at Colombo 14:30 IST

Weekly Review Of ICC world cup 2011 !!!!

The eleventh edition of ICC world cup 2011 is organized by three south Asian countries India, Srilanka and Bangladesh. The world cup was officially inaugurated in Bangla Bandhu stadium of Dhaka, and the real countdown of world cup had begun after the first played between to organizer India and Bangladesh. As world cup had gone about one week long here I am trying to analyze the week of world cup 2011. Till today all countries had played at least one match and shown their caliber .

First Match between India & Bangladesh:

 The match played between India and Bangladesh is known for the brilliant performance by bats man. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field due to due factor, but India made huge total though it lost its key player Sachin early as run out. The day was for Virendra sehwag and he made explosive 175 in 140 ball and he was supported by Virat Kohli 100 of 83 ball. Munaf patel really bowled well and took 4 wicket to restrict Bangladesh just for 283/9  and India stopped the history to occur again by beating Bangladesh by 87 run and man of the match was offcourse Sehwag for his excellent inning.

 Second match between Newzland and Kenya:

 In the low scoring match in Chepauk Chennai Kenya lost to Newzland with huge margin and no player of Kenya shows any impressive game.Kenya won the toss and elected to bat but the decision turns out to be bad. After demolishing Kenyan batting for just 69 runs, Kiwi openers chased down the target inside 8 overs to register a comprehensive win against the Kenyan side. The man of the match was given to Hamish Bennett of newzland for his excellent bowling. Hamish Bennett took 4 wicket just for 16 run in five over.

Third match between Srilanka and Canada:

 In the second match of the day & third match of the tournament again the minnows failed to show any impression as Srilanka beat Canada by huge margin of 210 runs with the help of record breaking century by Mahela Jayawardene. He shoed his batting skilling scoring century in  just 81 ball. With the help of his century, Srilanka made 332/7 and on response minnows Canada were all out for 122 in 36.5 over, though Rizwan Cheema shows some struggle in middle order. The man of the match award goes to non other that century boy Mahela jayawardene.

Pakistani Cricket Fan

Fourth Match between Australia & Zimbabe:

Australia won the toss and elected to bat first in Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad and made the medium total of 262/6 in fifty over with the help of half centuries from Watson and Clarke. Australian fast bowlers bowled at a full throttle mixing aggression with common sense to bowl out Zimbabwe for 171 runs chasing a target of 263 runs. Finally Australia humiliate Zimbabwe by the margin of 91 runs. Man of the match was Shane Watson for his batting performance.

Fifth Match between England and Netherland:

The fifth match seems to be really intrestinga nd it brings some hope for the non test playing nation . Though Netherland was defeated by England the team must be really happy. Needing 37 off last five overs, Collingwood and Bopara scored 30 not-out each give their team a comfortable win with 8 balls remaining. Netherland won the toss and elected to bat first and the hero of the match Ryan ten Doeschate scored the century and made huge total of 292/6 in 50 over. The chase wasn’t easy for England as sometime in the match England seems to be nervous towards Minnows. But finally England manged to win the match by 6 wicket though the man of the match goes to Ryan ten Doeschate for his marvelous century.

Sixth Match Between Pakistan & Kenya:

After the team failure against Ireland in previous world cup Pakistan had to prove themselves in this world cup and they did it defeating Kenya by the huge margin of 205 runs. Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first and made huge total of 317/7 though their opener failed to perform well. Kamran Akmal, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul Haq & Umar Akmal all contributed half centuries. Excellent Bowling by captain Sahid afridi restricted Kenyan for 112 in just 33.1 over.  Sahid afridi grab the man of the match in  Mahinda Rajapaksha International Cricket Stadium.

Seventh Match between South Africa and West indies:

AB Devillers unbeaten run a ball century and a terrific spell of leg-spin bowling helped South Africa to fashion out a convincing 7 wicket victory over West Indies who were brilliant in patches in their first world cup Group B match played at Ferozshah Kotla Ground, Delhi. Winning the toss and elected to field first, they bowled out West Indies for 222 runs thanks to some good bowling performances from debutant leg-spinner Imran Tahir and Dale Steyn. Johan botha was impressive too. Later Man of the match Century boy  wicket keeper batsman AB Devillers scored century after Jacques Kallis failed to score. Man of the Match goes to none other than AB Devillers

Eighth Match between Newzland & Australia:

An aggressive fast bowling display followed by solid opening partnership helped Australia to a thumping seven-wicket victory over New Zealand in their second group A match played at Nagpur. In Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Australia won the toss and invited Newzland to bat first and excellent bowling performance by Mitchell Johnson and Shaun Tait helped Australia to restrict newzland to 206 in 45.1 over and the runs was mainly contributed by lower order of newzland. Australia never seems in trouble on chasing the total and they chase the total in just 34 overs with the help of half century from opener shane Watson and haddin and lost three wicket to win the match by 7 wicket. Man of the match was none other than Mitchell Johnson for his four wicket.

Ninth Match Between Bangladesh & Ireland:

Cricket fan of Srilanka

An inspired fast bowling spell from young fast bowlers Shafi-ul-Islam of 4 for 18-best by any Bangladesh bowler in world cup- helped home team overcame some tough moments during their defence of a low total of 206 runs to win the game by 27 runs against Ireland in the crucial group B match at Mirpur. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first but didn’t show the same sort of batting against India and scored just 205 in 49.2 over and the main contribution was by opener  Tamim Iqbal. Later Ireland showed some fighting sprit but failed to chase the total as Shafiul Islam took four wicket for just 21 runs. Man of the match was surprisingly Tamim Iqbal.

Tenth Match between Srilanka and Pakistan:

 Pakistan showed that they can bring any kind result in their favour as again the Pakistani captain Afridi strikes. Pakistan overcame some nervous moments and fielding lapses to register an 11 run victory over determined Sri Lanka in the important group A match played at R Premdasa Stadium.Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first and made total of 277/7 in 50 over. The major contribution was from Younis Khan &  Misbah-ul Haq in batting. Shahid Afridi performed for  man of the match and restricted srilanka for 266/9 in 50  over  to win the match by just 11 runs.

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Tenth edition of ICC world cup 2011 had officially begun but the real excitement will start at 08:30 GMT or 14:30 Local time in Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur,Dhaka, with a capacity of 25,000 seats where  two co host will try to find the glory for their team and country. India who lost their last game against Bangladesh in the last edition of World Cup in carribean will search for the revenge when they take on host Bangladesh  in front of their supportive home crowd. Bangladesh ensured India's early exit in the first round of the 2007 tournament Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is determined to avoid any repeat on the subcontinent.

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka

This time M.S.Dhoni team is much different than it was in 2007 under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid or we can say the Greg Chappel who divided the team in more than two parts which resulted in an early exit from the tournament. However, this time around the teams look more solid and eager to win than before.

There is no problem in batting line up as India’s team is made of up the best batsman of the world consisting of little master Sachin tTendulakr, explsove Birenra Sehawag and inform Gautam Gambhir in top order, while Virat Kohli, Raina , Yuvraj, Dhoni and Yusuf pathan are back bone if the opener failed. Even harbhajan and Zaheer can bat well when needed.

Night View of stadium

The pace attack led by Zaheer Khan may have to work hard and give some easy work to the spinners. Anyway India has very good bowling attack and the spinners can bring magical win as we have already seen that in warm up match against Australia.

Indian team who is carrying the hopes of billion on their shoulder needs to perform as per their potential to make the hopes of billions count in their opening game against Bangladesh.

Pitch & Conditions

The Pitch at Mirpur is likely to get support spinners and will also provide some help to the fat bowlers. Team winning the toss is likely to bat first and put runs in excess of 275 on the board to put pressure on the opposition.

Likely Playing XI for both Time)

Bangladesh who heavily relies on spin is likely to go with two pace bowlers and three pace attacks with additional spinning all-rounder in their squad. So far they have done great with the help of their spinning options and they know to beat India in their back yard they need something special from their bowling attacks.

On the other hand India have already decided on the playing XI with Virat Kohli is in prime form they are likely to go with him that means Suresh Raina will heat the bench against the much awaited World Cup inaugural game. In the bowling department Zaheer Khan is likely to lead the pace attack along with Ashish Nehra and Munaf Patel with Harbhajan Singh leading the spin department along with spinning all-rounder Yuvraj Singh and Yusuf Pathan.

India: Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni (Captain & WK), Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel.

Indian cricket team for ICC World cup 2011

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Mushfiqur Rahim (WK), Raqibul Hasan, Shakib Al Hasan (Captain), Mahmudullah, Naeem Islam, Abdur Razzak, Shafiul Islam, Rubel Hossain.

Bangladesh Cricket Team for ICC  world cup 2011

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Opening Ceremony of ICC world cup 2011 to start in a while !!! watch it online!!!

Watch ICC cricket world cup 2011 opening ceremony live stream online  or in famous sports channel ESPN  .A colourful opening of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 awaits cricket fans today  at the country’s leading sports venue, Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS), in the capital Dhaka. The 135-minute opening ceremony of the jumbo sports event will start at 6pm local time almost immediately after Magrib prayers. 

Canadian Star singer Bryan Adamswho is in tour of southasia  and India’s celebrated singer Sonu Nigam  and Shankar –Eshan –Roy will be the main pull of the ceremony.Though, the pre-show section of the ceremony will start at about 4:00 pm, anywhere eight most important home singers will carry out throughout the 50-minute appearance earlier than the main event.Bangladesh music legends Runa Laila and SabinaYasmin , and a folk singer Momtaz Begum will also cause to be songs at the opening ceremony event.Watch ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Opening Ceremony live streaming will start February 17,2010 at Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka at 8:00 p.m. local time (GMT+2) on Friday. The ICC Cricket World Cup Opening ceremony is considered to be the biggest pop Star perform in ICC Cricket Criket World Cup Opening Ceremony. The Flashing Opening Ceremony of ICC World Cup 2011 Live StreamOnline will be held on 17th February 2011. The 2011 ICC cricket world cup will be the tenth cricket world cup will be hosted by three South Asian Test cricket playing countries: Bangladesh,Sri Lanka and India.It will be Bangladesh first time co-hosting a cricket world cup

The theme song of the opening ceremony – “Dey Ghumake”  will be to be had in Bangla, Hindi and Sri Lankan language by Shankar-Ehsan-Loy, a side of three Indian music directors.Country’s sports fond Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will officially announce the 14-team, 42-day mammoth event open at a colourful opening ceremony in the evening after a welcome song – “Welcome the World”.Separately from the Prime Minister, Finance Minister AMA Muhith and State Minister for Youth and Sports Ahad Ali Sarkar will also speak at the opening ceremony event. 

President of ICC and President of BCB will also make speeches on opening ceremony.Following the speech session, captains of all the 14 participating teams will go into the stadium on slat a well-decorated and made to order traditional vehicle “rickshaw”.In attendance of the captains, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will induct the show by urgent the switch-on button to make public the portrayal of father of the nation “Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman” on a giant screen set up on the wall of the- Bangladesh Development Bank Limited adjacent the eastern gallery of the stadium.

The opening ceremony will trait fireworks show, laser and holographic shows, LED kites and huge harmonized fireworks. The whole programme has been separated into five segments.Famed artistes, both legendary and modern from the region and past will also attend the event which is being organised by Indian event management firm “Wizcraft”. Asiatic is its local associate.Each country is assigned a precise time-slot to display their culture, heritage and heroes. Bangladesh’s period will be of 20 minutes while India and Sri Lanka will do for 12 minutes each.The Bangladeshi section will highlight all aspects of the country’s culture, heritage and history as well as the Language Faction of 1952, the Liberation War in 1971 and the historic 7th March speech of Bangabandhu.Some 2,500 students from city schools and colleges and 3,500 members of Bangladesh Armed Forces will do at the opening ceremony event below the leadership of famed Indian choreographer Santosh Shetji.The ceremony will be finished with huge fireworks.A good number of leading Bangladeshi personalities are concerned in the setting up and completing of the event. A number of new age group Bangladeshi musicians will perform in the opening ceremony.