Monday, April 4, 2011

About 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup

Host(s) : India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh
Champions : India
Runner Up :Sri Lanka
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)


Cricket World Cup 2011 teams

Australia, West Indies, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, New Zealand, Netherlands, Canada, Ireland, England, Bangladesh and Kenya.


ICC World Cup Trophy

There are two original Trophies with ICC. One would be held in its Head Quarters in Dubai and the other is given to the Winning team. Both the trophies are identical, the only difference would be, the Trophy in ICC Head Quarters will have the names of all the previous World Cup winners inscribed on it.


Prize Money

Winner – 3 Million US Dollars,
Runner Up – 1.5 Million US Dollars,
Total Prize Money – 10 Million US Dollars.


ICC World Cup 2011 official Mascot

The official Mascot of ICC world Cup 2011 is Stumpy, the Elephant


ICC World Cup 2011 official Song


The official theme / song of ICC World Cup is De Ghuma ke (3 Min 56 Sec). It is composed by Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa. It is sung by Shankar Mahadevan and Divya Kumar while the lyrics are given by Manoj Yadav


ICC World Cup 2011 Official Event Ambassador

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

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