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2011 Cricket World Cup

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ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

Official Logo of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Dates 19 February – 2 April 2011

Administrator(s) International Cricket Council

Cricket format One-Day International

Tournament format(s) Round-robin and Knockout

Host(s)
India

Sri Lanka

Bangladesh

Champions
India (2nd title)
 Participants 14 (from 104 entrants)

Matches played 49

Man of the Series

Yuvraj Singh

Most runs Tillakaratne Dilshan (500)

Most wickets
Shahid Afridi (21)

Zaheer Khan (21)

Official website cricket.yahoo.com

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The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. It was Bangladesh's

first time co-hosting a World Cup. The World Cup was also supposed to be co-hosted by Pakistan, but in the wake of the 2009 attack on

the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore, the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to strip Pakistan of its hosting rights.[1] The

headquarters of the organising committee were originally situated in Lahore, but have now been shifted to Mumbai.[2] Pakistan was supposed

to hold 14 matches, including one semi-final.[3] Eight of Pakistan's matches (including the semi-final) were awarded to India, four to Sri Lanka

and two to Bangladesh.[4]

All matches in the World Cup were accorded One Day International status, with all matches being played over 50 overs. Fourteen national

cricket teams competed in the tournament, including ten full members and four associate members.[5] The World Cup took place between

February and 2nd April 2011, with the first match played on 19 February 2011 with co-hosts India and Bangladesh facing off at the Sher-e-

Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka.[6] The opening ceremony was held on 17 February 2011 at Bangabandhu National

Stadium, Dhaka, two days before the start of the tournament,[7] with the final on 2 April 2011 between India and Sri Lanka at Wankhede

Stadium, Mumbai.

The tournament was won by India who defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final. India became the first nation to win a World Cup final on

home soil.[8] Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored an unbeaten 91 in the final and was adjudged the man of the match. India's Yuvraj

Singh was declared the man of the tournament. The biggest upset of the torunament was the defeat of England by Ireland.[9] Ireland's Kevin

O'Brien scored a century in just 50 balls (and a total of 113 off 63 balls), the fastest World Cup century, while Ireland made the highest

successful run chase in World Cup history beating Sri Lanka's 313 againstZimbabwe at New Plymouth in New Zealand in 1992.[10]

Contents
 [hide]

• 1 Host selection

○ 1.1 Bids

• 2 Format

• 3 Qualification

• 4 Preparations

○ 4.1 Pakistan loses co-

host status

○ 4.2 Allocation of

matches

○ 4.3 Media and

promotion

• 5 Opening ceremony

• 6 Prize money

• 7 Venues

• 8 Umpires

• 9 Squads

• 10 Matches

○ 10.1 Warm-up matches

○ 10.2 Group stage

 10.2.1 Gro

up A

 10.2.2 Gro

up B

○ 10.3 Knockout stage

 10.3.1 Qua

rter-finals

 10.3.2 Sem

i-finals

 10.3.3 Fina
 l

• 11 Statistics

• 12 Incidents

• 13 See also

• 14 References and notes

• 15 External links

[edit]Host selection

[edit]Bids

The ICC originally announced its decision as to which countries would host the 2011 World Cup on 30 April 2006. Australia and New

Zealand also bid for the tournament, and a successful Australasian bid for the 2011 World Cup would have seen a 50–50 split in games, with

the final still up for negotiation. The Trans–Tasman bid, Beyond Boundaries, was the only bid for 2011 delivered to ICC headquarters

in Dubai ahead of the 1 March deadline. Considerable merits of the Australasian bid were the superior venues and infrastructure and the

total support of both the New Zealand and Australian governments on tax and customs issues during the tournament, according to Cricket

Australia chief executive James Sutherland.[11] The New Zealand government had also given assurance that Zimbabwe would be allowed to

compete in the tournament, following political discussions in the country over whether their cricket team should be allowed to tour Zimbabwe

in 2005.

ICC President Ehsan Mani said the extra time taken by the Asian block to hand over its bid compliance book had harmed the four-nation bid.

However, when the time came to vote, Asia won the hosting rights by seven votes to three.[11] The Pakistan Cricket Board has revealed that it

was the vote of the West Indies Cricket Board that swung the matter, as the Asian bid had the support of the four bidding countries along

with South Africa and Zimbabwe.[12] It was reported in Pakistani newspaper Dawn that the Asian countries promised to hold fund-raising

events for West Indian cricket during the 2007 World Cup, which may have influenced the vote.[13] However, chairman of the Monitoring

Committee of the Asian bid, I. S. Bindra, said it was their promise of extra profits in the region of US$400 million that swung the vote,[14] that

there "was no quid pro quo for their support",[15] and that playing the West Indies had "nothing to do with the World Cup bid".[15]

The ICC prefers to rotate World Cup venues between major cricket playing nations. The World Cups have been hosted by England (three

times: 1975, 1979, 1983), India/Pakistan (1987), Australia/New Zealand (1992), India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka (1996), England/Netherlands

(1999), South Africa/Zimbabwe/Kenya) (2003) and West Indies (2007). For the 2011 World Cup Australia/New Zealand were a strong

contender ahead of India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka/Bangladesh because they had not hosted a World Cup since 1992. In the final voting India won

because they argued that since they were a bigger group of countries they should be assigned a World Cup more frequently. Australia/New

Zealand were awarded the 2015 World Cup.

[edit]Format
Late in 2007, the four host nations agreed upon a revised format for the 2011 World Cup identical to the 1996 World Cup, the only change

being the number of teams: it was 12 in 1996 and 14 in 2011. The first round of the tournament will be a round-robin in which the 14 teams

are divided into two groups of 7 teams each. The 7 teams play each other once with the top 4 from each group qualifying for the quarter-

finals.[16]The format ensures that each team gets to play a minimum of 6 matches even if they are ruled out of the tournament due to early

defeats.

[edit]Qualification

Main articles: ICC World Cricket League 2007-09 and 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier

As per ICC regulations, all 10 full members automatically qualify for the World Cup, including Zimbabwe who have given up their Test playing

status until the standard of their team improves.[17]

The ICC also organised a qualifying tournament in South Africa to determine which Associate teams would participate in 2011 event. Ireland,

who had been the best performing Associate nation since the last World Cup, won the tournament, beating Canada in the final. The

Netherlands and Kenya also qualified by virtue of finishing third and fourth respectively.[18]

The following 14 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Group A Group B

Rank Team Rank Team

Full Members

1 2
Australia India

3 4
Pakistan South Africa

5 6
New Zealand England

7 8
Sri Lanka West Indies

9 10
Zimbabwe Bangladesh
 Associate Members

11 12
Canada Ireland

13 14
Kenya Netherlands

[edit]Preparations

[edit]Pakistan loses co-host status

In April 2009 the ICC announced that Pakistan had lost its right to co-host the 2011 World Cup due to ongoing concerns about the "uncertain

security situation" prevailing in the country, especially in the aftermath of the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore.[19]

[20]

It is estimated that the PCB will lose $10.5 million due to the tournament being taken away from them.[21] This figure only includes the match-

fee of $750,000 per match guaranteed by the ICC. The overall loss to the PCB and the Pakistani economy is expected to be much greater.

On 9 April 2009, PCB chairman Ijaz Butt revealed that they had issued a legal notice to oppose ICC's decision.[22] However, the ICC claims

that PCB is still a co-host and they have only shifted the matches out of Pakistan.[23] Pakistan had proposed that South Asia host the 2015

World Cup and Australia/New Zealand host 2011, however this option did not find favour with their co-hosts and hence didn't materialise.[24]

[edit]Allocation of matches

On 11 April 2005, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan announced an agreement about the allocation of games.[25] The original

plan involved India hosting the final, while Pakistan and Sri Lanka would host the semi-finals.[26] and the opening ceremony will take place in

Bangladesh.[27]

After being stripped of its co-host status, Pakistan made the bid to host its home games in the cities of UAE as a neutral home venue. This is

a result of Pakistan playing matches in the preceding months in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah. The pitches in these stadiums have also

been developed to suit the Pakistani players.

However, on 28 April 2009, the ICC announced the re-allocation of matches originally intended to be played in Pakistan. As a result, India

hosted 29 matches across eight venues including the final and one semi-final; Sri Lanka hosted 12 in three venues, including one semi-final;

while Bangladesh staged eight at two grounds as well as the opening ceremony on 17 February 2011.[28]

On 1 June 2010, the first phase of tickets for the 2011 World Cup in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were put on sale following a meeting of

the tournament's Central Organising Committee in Mumbai. The tickets were priced affordably, with the cheapest costing 20 US cents in Sri

Lanka, the committee said.[29] In January 2011, the ICC declared the Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata, India to be unfit and unlikely to be
complete by 27 February when it was scheduled to host a match between India and England. As a result, the match was moved to

Bangalore.[30]

[edit]Media and promotion

See also: List of 2011 Cricket World Cup broadcasting rights

De Ghuma Ke

The official song of the

2011 World Cup

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The World Cup has grown as a media event with each tournament. The International Cricket Council has sold the rights for broadcasting of

the 2011 Cricket World Cup for around US$ 2 Billion to ESPN Star Sports and Star Cricket.

Song and other promotions

The official event ambassador for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is Sachin Tendulkar,[31] promoting various ICC initiatives for the

tournament.

The official song of the 2011 World Cup "De Ghuma Ke" was composed by the trio of Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, and is sung in Hindi, Bengali

and Sinhala.[32] It incorporates an array of Indian rhythms, as well as elements of rock and hip-hop. The song was performed at the opening

ceremony of the tournament, which was held in Bangladesh on 17 February 2011.[33]

Mascot

Stumpy, a young elephant, is the official mascot for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.[34] He was unveiled at a function in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on

Friday, 2 April 2010.[35] 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.[36]

[edit]Opening ceremony

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup opening ceremony

Fireworks at the opening ceremony, seen from the surrounding areas of the Bangabandhu National Stadium in central Dhaka.

The Opening Ceremony was held in Bangladesh. The venue for the opening ceremony was Bangabandhu National

Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The event took place on 17 February 2011, 2 days prior to the first match of the World Cup.

[edit]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 winning team will

also take home a replica of the ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy, that has been awarded since 1999. The decision was taken at the ICC Board

meeting which was held in Dubai on April 20, 2010.[37][38] The total prize money on offer for the tournament for the teams placing from 1st to

8th is US$7.48 million. The remaining two semi-finalists will receive 0.75 million US$ each. The last four quarter-finalists will each receive

0.37 million US$.[39]

[edit]Venues

All the venues of the 2011 Cricket World Cup were announced on 2 November 2009 in Mumbai by the International Cricket Council. Two

new stadiums in Sri Lankahave been constructed for the World Cup at Kandy and Hambantota.[40]
 Kolkata Chennai New Delhi Nagpur Ahmedabad

Vidarbha Cricket
Eden Gardens M. A. Chidambaram Stadium Feroz Shah Kotla Sardar Patel Stadium
Association Stadium
Capacity: 65,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 48,000 Capacity: 48,000
Capacity: 44,000

Colombo Kandy Hambantota

Muttiah Muralitharan Mahinda Rajapaksa

R. Premadasa Stadium
Cricket Stadium Stadium
Capacity: 35,000
Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 35,000

Mumbai Chittagong Mohali Dhaka Bangalore

Chittagong Punjab Cricket Sher-e-Bangla

Wankhede Stadium M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
Divisional Stadium Association Stadium Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 33,000 Capacity: 40,000
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 25,000
 Kolkata

New Delhi

Ahmedabad
Colombo
ChittagongChennai
Hambantota
Dhaka Mohali
Venues in Bangladesh
Kandy
Venues in Sri Lanka
Nagpur

Bengaluru

Mumbai
Venues in India

[edit]Umpires

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup officials

The Umpire selection panel selected 18 umpires excluding a reserve umpire, Enamul Haque (Bangladesh) to officiate at the World Cup: 5

from Australia, 6 from Asia, 3 from England, 2 from New Zealand and 1 each from South Africa and West Indies.
Australia South Africa England

 Simon Taufel  Marais Erasmus  Ian Gould

Pakistan
 Steve Davis  Richard Kettleboro
 Aleem Dar
 Rod Tucker  Nigel Llong
 Asad Rauf Sri Lanka
 Daryl Harper India
 Asoka de Silva
 Bruce Oxenford  Shavir Tarapore
New Zealand  Kumar Dharmasen
 Amiesh Saheba West Indies
 Billy Bowden
 Billy Doctrove
 Tony Hill

[edit]Squads

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup squads

Each country, before selecting their final squads chose a 30-member preliminary squad for the tournament which then would be cut down to

15. All the 14 teams announced their final squad before 19 January 2011.

[edit]Matches

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup schedule

[edit]Warm-up matches

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches

The following 14 warm-up matches were played before the World Cup started.[41][42]

Warm-up matches [show]

[edit]Group stage

The top four teams from the two groups qualified for the quarter finals.

[edit]Group A

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup Group A

Team Pld W L T NR NRR Pts

6 5 1 0 0 +0.758 10
Pakistan
 6 4 1 0 1 +2.582 9
Sri Lanka

6 4 1 0 1 +1.123 9
Australia

6 4 2 0 0 +1.135 8
New Zealand

6 2 4 0 0 +0.030 4
Zimbabwe

6 1 5 0 0 −1.987 2
Canada

6 0 6 0 0 −3.042 0
Kenya

20 February 2011 v New Zealand won by 10 wickets

Scorecard New Zealand MA Chidambaram
Kenya Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
69 (23.5 overs) 72/0 (8 overs)

20 February 2011 (D/N) v Sri

Scorecard Sri Lanka Canada Ma
332/7 (50 overs) 122 (36.5 overs)

21 February 2011 (D/N) v Au

Scorecard Australia Zimbabwe Sar
262/6 (50 overs) 171 (46.2 overs)

23 February 2011 (D/N) v Pak

Scorecard Ma
Pakistan Kenya
317/7 (50 overs) 112 (33.1 overs)

25 February 2011 v Au
Scorecard New Zealand Australia Vid
206 (45.1 overs) 207/3 (34 overs)
26 February 2011 (D/N) v Pak
Scorecard Sri Lanka RP
Pakistan
277/7 (50 overs) 266/9 (50 overs)

28 February 2011 v Zim

Scorecard Zimbabwe Canada Vid
298/9 (50 overs) 123 (42.1 overs)

1 March 2011 (D/N) v Sri

Scorecard Sri Lanka RP
Kenya
142 (43.4 overs) 146/1 (18.4 overs)

3 March 2011 (D/N) v Pak

Scorecard Canada RP
Pakistan
184 (43 overs) 138 (42.5 overs)

4 March 2011 (D/N) v New

Scorecard Zimbabwe New Zealand Sar
162 (46.2 overs) 166/0 (33.3 overs)

5 March 2011 (D/N) v Ma

Scorecard Sri Lanka Australia RP
146/3 (32.5 overs)

7 March 2011 (D/N) v Can

Scorecard Canada Fer
Kenya
198 (50 overs) 199/5 (45.3 overs)

8 March 2011 (D/N) v New

Scorecard New Zealand Pall
Pakistan
302/7 (50 overs) 192 (41.4 overs)

10 March 2011 (D/N) v Sri

Scorecard Sri Lanka Zimbabwe Pall
327/6 (50 overs) 188 (39 overs)
 13 March 2011 (D/N) v New
Scorecard New Zealand Canada Wa
358/6 (50 overs) 261/9 (50 overs)

13 March 2011 (D/N) v Au

Scorecard Australia MC
Kenya
324/6 (50 overs) 264/6 (50 overs)

14 March 2011 (D/N) v Pak

Scorecard Zimbabwe Pall
Pakistan
164/3 (34.1/38 overs) 151/7 (39.4/39.4 overs)

16 March 2011 (D/N) v Au

Scorecard Canada Australia MC
211 (45.4 overs) 212/3 (34.5 overs)

18 March 2011 (D/N) v Sri

Scorecard Sri Lanka New Zealand Wa
265/9 (50 overs) 153 (35 overs)

19 March 2011 (D/N) v Pak

Scorecard Australia RP
Pakistan
176 (46.4 overs) 178/6 (41 overs)

20 March 2011 v Zim

Scorecard Zimbabwe Ede
Kenya
306/6 (50 overs) 147 (36 overs)

[edit]Group B

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup Group B

Team Pld W L T NR NRR Pts

 6 5 1 0 0 +2.026 10
South Africa

6 4 1 1 0 +0.900 9
India

6 3 2 1 0 +0.072 7
England

6 3 3 0 0 +1.066 6
West Indies

6 3 3 0 0 –1.361 6
Bangladesh

6 2 4 0 0 –0.696 4
Ireland

6 0 6 0 0 –2.045 0
Netherlands

19 February 2011 v India won by 87 runs

(D/N) Shere Bangla National
India Bangladesh
Scorecard Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka
370/4 (50 overs) 283/9 (50 overs)

22 February 2011 (D/N) v En

Scorecard Vid
Netherlands England
292/6 (50 overs) 296/4 (48.4 overs)

24 February 2011 (D/N) v Sou

Scorecard Fer
West Indies South Africa
222 (47.3 overs) 223/3 (42.5 overs)

25 February 2011 (D/N) v Ban

Scorecard She
Bangladesh Ireland
205 (49.2 overs) 178 (45 overs)
27 February 2011 (D/N) v Ma
Scorecard MC
India England
338 (49.5 overs) 338/8 (50 overs)

28 February 2011 (D/N) v We

Scorecard Fer
West Indies Netherlands
330/8 (50 overs) 115 (31.3 overs)

2 March 2011 (D/N) v Ire

Scorecard MC
England Ireland
327/8 (50 overs) 329/7 (49.1 overs)

3 March 2011 v Sou

Scorecard Pun
South Africa Netherlands
351/5 (50 overs) 120 (34.5 overs)

4 March 2011 (D/N) v We

Scorecard She
Bangladesh West Indies
58 (18.5 overs) 59/1 (12.2 overs)

6 March 2011 v En
Scorecard MA
England South Africa
171 (45.4 overs) 165 (47.4 overs)

6 March 2011 (D/N) v Ind

Scorecard MC
Ireland India
207 (47.5 overs) 210/5 (46.0 overs)

9 March 2011 (D/N) v Ind

Scorecard Fer
Netherlands India
189 (46.4 overs) 191/5 (36.3 overs)

11 March 2011 v We
Scorecard Pun
West Indies Ireland
 275 (50 overs) 231 (49 overs)

11 March 2011 (D/N) v Ban

Scorecard Zah
England Bangladesh
225 (49.4 overs) 227/8 (49 overs)

12 March 2011 (D/N) v Sou

Scorecard Vid
India South Africa
296 (48.4 overs) 300/7 (49.4 overs)

14 March 2011 (D/N) v Ban

Scorecard Zah
Netherlands Bangladesh
160 (46.2 overs) 166/4 (40.2 overs)

15 March 2011 (D/N) v Sou

Scorecard Ede
South Africa Ireland
272/7 (50 overs) 141 (33.2 overs)

17 March 2011 (D/N) v En

Scorecard MA
England West Indies
243 (48.4 overs) 225 (44.4 overs)

18 March 2011 v Ire

Scorecard Ede
Netherlands Ireland
306 (50 overs) 307/4 (47.4 overs)

19 March 2011 v Sou

Scorecard She
South Africa Bangladesh
284/8 (50 overs) 78 (28 overs)

20 March 2011 (D/N) v Ind

Scorecard MA
India West Indies
268 (49.1 overs) 188 (43 overs)
[edit]Knockout stage

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final

23 March – Dhaka, Bangladesh

112
West Indies

30 March – Mohali, India

113/0
Pakistan

231
Pakistan

24 March – Ahmedabad, India

260/9
India

260/6
Australia

2 April – Mumbai, India

261/5
India

277/4
India

25 March – Dhaka, Bangladesh

274/6
Sri Lanka

221/8
New Zealand

29 March – Colombo, Sri Lanka

172

South Africa

217
 New Zealand
26 March – Colombo, Sri Lanka

220/5
Sri Lanka

229/6
England

231/0
Sri Lanka

[edit]Quarter-finals
23 March 2011 (D/N) v Pak
Scorecard She
West Indies Pakistan
112 (43.3 overs) 113/0 (20.5 overs)

24 March 2011 (D/N) v Ind

Scorecard Australia Sar
India
260/6 (50 overs) 261/5 (47.4 overs)

25 March 2011 (D/N) v New

Scorecard New Zealand She
South Africa
221/8 (50 overs) 172 (43.2 overs)

26 March 2011 (D/N) v Sri

Scorecard Sri Lanka RP
England
229/6 (50 overs) 231/0 (39.3 overs)

[edit]Semi-finals
29 March 2011 (D/N) v Sri
Scorecard New Zealand Sri Lanka RP
217 (48.5 overs) 220/5 (47.5 overs)
Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup Semifinal: India v Pakistan

30 March 2011 (D/N) v Ind

Scorecard Pun
India Pakistan
260/9 (50 overs) 231(49.5 overs)

[edit]Final

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup Final

2 April 2011 (D/N) v Ind

Scorecard Sri Lanka Wa
India
274/6 (50 overs) 277/4 (48.2 overs)

[edit]Statistics

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup statistics

The top five (including ties) run-scorers and wicket-takers are shown below:

Leading run scorers Leading wicket takers

Runs Player Team Matches Wickets Player Team

500 Tillakaratne Dilshan 9 21 Shahid Afridi

Sri Lanka Pakistan

482 Sachin Tendulkar 9 21 Zaheer Khan

India India

465 Kumar Sangakkara 9 18 Tim Southee

Sri Lanka New Zealand

422 Jonathan Trott 7 15 Robin Peterson

England
South Africa
395 Upul Tharanga 8
Sri Lanka 15 Yuvraj Singh
India

[edit]Incidents

 The West Indies' team bus had rocks thrown at it by Bangladeshi fans on its way back to the team

hotel after their win over Bangladesh in Dhaka on March 4. It was later claimed that the rock-

throwers had confused the Windies' bus with the Bangladesh bus.[43]Bangladesh’s elite Rapid

Action Battalion arrested 38 people after the attack.[44]

 On 8 March, fans who lined up outside the Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground in Nagpur to buy

tickets of the match between India and South Africa were caned by the local police.[45]
  The political party Shiv Sena threatened to disrupt the match if Pakistan had reached the final in

Mumbai.[46]

 The Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) came under scrutiny when Indian skipper MS

Dhoni complained [47] about inconsistencies about the 2.5m rule in the LBW dismissal appeal for Ian

Bell's wicket during the India-England match in the group stage which eventually ended in a tie.

The rules were subsequently revised and the umpires were given new guidelines.[48] Subsequently,

Sri Lanka captain, Kumar Sangakkara criticized the decision to alter 2.5m rule during an ongoing

tournament.

 In the final between India and Sri Lanka, there was a mix up at the toss. Due to the loud crowd

noise, match referee Jeff Crowe couldn't hear the Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara's call as

the coin was tossed by the Indian captain MS Dhoni and as a result the toss had to be redone - a

virtually unheard of event, especially on a stage as big as the World Cup Final. The next time, the

call was heads and Sangakkara won the toss and decided to bat first.[49]

[edit]See also

Cricket portal

 List of Cricket World Cup records

 Politics and sports

[edit]References and notes

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