ICC WORLD CUP 2011

2011 Cricket World Cup will be the tenth international cricket world cup. It will be co-hosted by three South Asian countries: India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. All the matches will be played on the format of One Day International.

14 teams will participate in this tournament. The tournament will start on February 19 and will be continued until April 2. The opening ceremony of the cricket world cup will take place in Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The opening ceremony is scheduled to happen on February 17.

All the matched will be played on Round Robin and Knock Out format. The 14 teams are selected from 104 entrant teams. There are total 49 matches to play in this tournament. There are 18 umpires and one reserve umpire to conduct the tournament.

Opening Ceremony

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup opening ceremony

The Opening Ceremony will be held in Bangladesh. The venue for the opening ceremony is Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The event will take place on February 17, 2011, 2 days prior to the first match of the World Cup.

Ambassador

The official event ambassador for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is Sachin Tendulkar.^[30]

In his role as ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 ambassador he will be called upon to promote and support a variety of ICC initiatives for the tournament, which is the third biggest sporting event in the world and will take place in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka from 19 February to 2 April 2011.

Symbols

Mascot

Stumpy, mascot of 2011 Cricket World Cup

Main article: Stumpy

Stumpy is the official mascot for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. He was unveiled at a function in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Friday, 2 April 2010. He is a ten year old elephant who is very young, enthusiastic and is determined. Cricket-followers based all over the world were able to participate in a contest to name the mascot.The official name of the mascot was released on Monday, 2 August 2010 after an online competition conducted by the International Cricket Council in the last week of July, 2010.It was unveiled by players like Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kumar Sangakara with 200 days to go for the world cup.

Official song

Main article: De Ghuma Ke

	De Ghuma Ke The official song of the 2011 World Cup

The official song of the 2010 World Cup "De Ghuma Ke" is composed by the trio of Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, and is sung in Hindi, Bangla and Sinhala. It has been sung by Shankar Mahadevan and Divya Kumar and has been marketed by Ogilvy and Mather. It incorporates an array of Indian rhythms, as well as elements of rock and hip-hop. The song will be performed in the opening ceremony of the tournament to be held in Bangladesh on February 17, 2011.

 Media coverage

Main article: List of 2011 Cricket World Cup broadcasting rights

The World Cup has grown as a media event with each tournament. International Cricket Council has sold the rights for broadcasting of 2011 Cricket World Cup for around US$ 2 Billion to ESPN Star Sports and Star Cricket. The tournament would be broadcast all around the world in about 220 countries.

Prize

Trophy

The ICC World Cup Trophy

Main article: Cricket World Cup Trophy

The ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy is a running trophy, presented to the winning team since 1999. It was designed by Garrard & Co within 2 months. The original trophy is kept with the ICC at headquarters in Dubai. The winning team is given a replica. The only difference between the two is that the original has the names of all the previous winners inscribed on it.

Prize money

The 2011 Cricket World Cup winning team would be taking home a prize money of US$ 3 million and US$ 1.5 million for runner-up, with the International Cricket Council deciding to double the total allocation for the coveted tournament to US$ 10 million. The decision was taken at the ICC Board meeting which was held in Dubai on April 20, 2010.