Mumbai:2011 World Cup final

It’s Official: India's commercial capital Mumbai will be the venue for the 2011 Cricket World Cup final.

The 2011 World Cup final will take place at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, the Indian Board of Cricket Control (BCCI) announced on Monday night after a meeting between co-hosts India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

The final had initially been slated for a new stadium to be built in Delhi after the Asian group's bid to host cricket's largest one-day tournament got the nod over a joint Australian/New Zealand bid back in April.

The change in venue for the final was the only modification to the plan made at the meeting here today with the representatives of the joint hosts of the tournament.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan, would host the two semifinals, while Bangladesh's Sher-E Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka will host the opening ceremony and the first match

The meeting, held at the residence of the Indian Cricket Board President Sharad Pawar, was attended by Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Dr Nasim Ashraf, CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket Duleep Mendis, and CEO of Bangladesh Cricket Board Mehboob Rehman.

"It was a collective decision. Most of the decisions were taken unanimously," Pawar told reporters after the meeting.

"We have hosted the World Cup before and we are happy that Bangladesh is also there this time. There would be practically no challenge in organising it and it will happen smoothly," Pawar said.

Ashraf exuded confidence that together they would make it the best cricket World Cup ever.

"All the member countries are acting like a family and every decision was taken amicably and unanimously. The world will see the best World Cup ever," said the PCB chief.

Of a total of 52 matches,Bangladesh will host the opening ceremony of the event as well as six group matches with India to host 22 games, Pakistan 16 and Sri Lanka nine.

* India: 22 games (Including the final)
Venues:
Eden Gardens (Kolkata)
Feroz Shah Kotla (Delhi)
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bangalore)
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (Chennai)
Punjab C.A. Stadium (Mohali)
Sardar Patel Stadium (Ahmedabad)
Vidarbha C.A. Ground (Nagpur)
Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai)

* Pakistan: 16 games (including one semi-final)
Venues:
Arbab Niaz Stadium (Peshawar)
Gaddafi Stadium (Lahore)
Iqbal Stadium (Faisalabad)
Multan Cricket Stadium (Multan)
National Stadium (Karachi)
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium (Rawalpindi)

* Sri Lanka: 9 games (Including one semi-final)
Venues:
R. Premadasa Stadium (Colombo)
Sinhalese S.C. (Colombo)

* Bangladesh: 6 games (Including the opening ceremony and opening match)
Venue:
Bangabandhu National Stadium (Dhaka)

hope they change the pitch before that. or we are gonna see one of the worst finals ever seen.

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final : Bangladesh Versus Australia . Australia win by 460 runs

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i doubt even aussies would be able to make 460 on that pitch. all slow ballers for bangladesh.

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Safin's Signature:


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sheesh.. and i thought espn-star would finally bring in better coverage.. but i forgot.. crappy pitches = crappy matches..... aah well.. dont know wat i'll be doing in 2011.. but rest assure i wont be watching the final...

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chic_magnet's Signature:

Wow! This is great news. India better start renovating because there's gonna be hella' lot of tourists for 2010 commonwealth and the WorldCup finals (the biggest match our country is getting to host, history in the making)

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params7's Signature:

Damn it .....is d semifinal atleast in New Delhi ?

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Bluffmaster's Signature:

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Nopez....didnt u read d post....

Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan, would host the two semifinals...

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