ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 opening ceremony
February 17, 2011
The ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 kicked off with a grand inaugural ceremony at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka. Bangladesh Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina declared the event open amid thundering cheers from a packed crowd, marking the return of the showpiece event to the sub-continent after a gap of 15 years.
The captains of [...]
Injury might rule out Praveen Kumar from World Cup
February 3, 2011
Just ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, Indian pacer Praveen Kumar remains under an injury cloud.
The BCCI has been under fix over PK’s availability in the World Cup, starting from February 19.
Praveen is considered as a specialist in the limited-over format of the sport and has been a regular member of the [...]
India ICC World Cup Squad Announced
January 17, 2011
The final 15-member Indian squad for the ICC cricket World Cup in the subcontinent has been announced by the BCCI in Chennai on Monday. The highly talented Rohit Sharma has missed out on a place, while match-winning all-rounder Yusuf Pathan has been included in the squad. Fast bowler Sreesanth was excluded. Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla [...]
Read More...ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Official Theme Song : De Ghuma Ke
January 14, 2011
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy has composed the official theme song of World Cup 2011. They have composed the three versions of the song titled ‘De Ghumaa Ke’ in Bengali, Hindi and Sinhalese. The tournament, which will start on February 19, will be held in the three nations India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
The theme song ‘De Ghumaa Ke’ [...]
The final 15-member Indian squad to be picked on Jan 17
January 14, 2011
The final 15-member Indian squad for the forthcoming ICC Cricket World Cup in the sub continent will be picked by the national senior selection panel on January 17.
The selection panel, with Krishnamachari Srikkanth at the helm, has picked a preliminary squad of thirty members for the mega event, and the list would be pruned [...]
ICC Cricket World Cup visits Melbourne
January 13, 2011
The International Cricket Council announced Cricket’s greatest prize, the ICC Cricket World Cup, would visit Melbourne this weekend on the final leg of its global journey to the big event, which starts in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka next month.
According to the ICC, the ODI World Cup is the third largest international sporting tournament [...]