World Cup 2011 Timeline Match by Match Results
World Cup 2011: The 2011 world cup returned to the Indian subcontinent (excluding Pakistan) once again and got played during 19th February till 2 April with India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh being the joint host. The tournament earlier included Pakistan as the co-host but got excluded in the wake of the 2009 attacks on the Sri Lankan team where every team refused to play cricket in the Pakistani territory.
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Winner | Margin | Ground | Match Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | India | India | 87 runs | Dhaka | Feb 19, 2011 |
| Kenya | New Zealand | New Zealand | 10 wickets | Chennai | Feb 20, 2011 |
| Sri Lanka | Canada | Sri Lanka | 210 runs | Hambantota | Feb 20, 2011 |
| Australia | Zimbabwe | Australia | 91 runs | Ahmedabad | Feb 21, 2011 |
| England | Netherlands | England | 6 wickets | Nagpur | Feb 22, 2011 |
| Kenya | Pakistan | Pakistan | 205 runs | Hambantota | Feb 23, 2011 |
| South Africa | West Indies | South Africa | 7 wickets | Delhi | Feb 24, 2011 |
| Australia | New Zealand | Australia | 7 wickets | Nagpur | Feb 25, 2011 |
| Bangladesh | Ireland | Bangladesh | 27 runs | Dhaka | Feb 25, 2011 |
| Sri Lanka | Pakistan | Pakistan | 11 runs | Colombo (RPS) | Feb 26, 2011 |
| India | England | tied | Bengaluru | Feb 27, 2011 | |
| Canada | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 175 runs | Nagpur | Feb 28, 2011 |
| Netherlands | West Indies | West Indies | 215 runs | Delhi | Feb 28, 2011 |
| Sri Lanka | Kenya | Sri Lanka | 9 wickets | Colombo (RPS) | Mar 1, 2011 |
| England | Ireland | Ireland | 3 wickets | Bengaluru | Mar 2, 2011 |
| Netherlands | South Africa | South Africa | 231 runs | Mohali | Mar 3, 2011 |
| Canada | Pakistan | Pakistan | 46 runs | Colombo (RPS) | Mar 3, 2011 |
| New Zealand | Zimbabwe | New Zealand | 10 wickets | Ahmedabad | Mar 4, 2011 |
| Bangladesh | West Indies | West Indies | 9 wickets | Dhaka | Mar 4, 2011 |
| Sri Lanka | Australia | no result | Colombo (RPS) | Mar 5, 2011 | |
| England | South Africa | England | 6 runs | Chennai | Mar 6, 2011 |
| India | Ireland | India | 5 wickets | Bengaluru | Mar 6, 2011 |
| Canada | Kenya | Canada | 5 wickets | Delhi | Mar 7, 2011 |
| New Zealand | Pakistan | New Zealand | 110 runs | Pallekele | Mar 8, 2011 |
| India | Netherlands | India | 5 wickets | Delhi | Mar 9, 2011 |
| Sri Lanka | Zimbabwe | Sri Lanka | 139 runs | Pallekele | Mar 10, 2011 |
| Ireland | West Indies | West Indies | 44 runs | Mohali | Mar 11, 2011 |
| Bangladesh | England | Bangladesh | 2 wickets | Chattogram | Mar 11, 2011 |
| India | South Africa | South Africa | 3 wickets | Nagpur | Mar 12, 2011 |
| Canada | New Zealand | New Zealand | 97 runs | Mumbai | Mar 13, 2011 |
| Australia | Kenya | Australia | 60 runs | Bengaluru | Mar 13, 2011 |
| Bangladesh | Netherlands | Bangladesh | 6 wickets | Chattogram | Mar 14, 2011 |
| Pakistan | Zimbabwe | Pakistan | 7 wickets | Pallekele | Mar 14, 2011 |
| Ireland | South Africa | South Africa | 131 runs | Kolkata | Mar 15, 2011 |
| Australia | Canada | Australia | 7 wickets | Bengaluru | Mar 16, 2011 |
| England | West Indies | England | 18 runs | Chennai | Mar 17, 2011 |
| Ireland | Netherlands | Ireland | 6 wickets | Kolkata | Mar 18, 2011 |
| New Zealand | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 112 runs | Mumbai | Mar 18, 2011 |
| Bangladesh | South Africa | South Africa | 206 runs | Dhaka | Mar 19, 2011 |
| Australia | Pakistan | Pakistan | 4 wickets | Colombo (RPS) | Mar 19, 2011 |
| Kenya | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 161 runs | Kolkata | Mar 20, 2011 |
| India | West Indies | India | 80 runs | Chennai | Mar 20, 2011 |
| Pakistan | West Indies | Pakistan | 10 wickets | Dhaka | Mar 23, 2011 |
| India | Australia | India | 5 wickets | Ahmedabad | Mar 24, 2011 |
| New Zealand | South Africa | New Zealand | 49 runs | Dhaka | Mar 25, 2011 |
| Sri Lanka | England | Sri Lanka | 10 wickets | Colombo (RPS) | Mar 26, 2011 |
| Sri Lanka | New Zealand | Sri Lanka | 5 wickets | Colombo (RPS) | Mar 29, 2011 |
| India | Pakistan | India | 29 runs | Mohali | Mar 30, 2011 |
| India | Sri Lanka | India | 6 wickets | Mumbai | Apr 2, 2011 |
World Cup 2011 – Format and group stages
After the failing TRPs and “not that much” success to the previous world cup, the four of the host nations decided to change the format of this world cup like the one used in 1996. Under the new system, the participating 12 teams were been divided into two groups of 7 teams each. The top four teams from each of the groups got to play the quarterfinals and every team in the group played the other one at least once.
Talking about Group A, Pakistan, Australia, Sri Lanka, and New Zealand qualified whilst leaving Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Canada out of the contention. On the other side, South Africa, India, England, and West Indies qualified from the Group B with Bangladesh, Ireland and Netherlands bowing out from the group’s stage only.
World Cup 2011 – Quarterfinals and Semifinals
The first quarter-final was played between West Indies and Pakistan where the Pakistani team easily won by 10 wickets after chasing a low total of 113 runs. In the second quarterfinal match, India won against a spirited Australian team in an exciting clash by 5 wickets and this was one of the rarest instances when Australia didn’t enter into the semi-finals. Talking about the third quarter-final, New Zealand secured an easy victory over the South African team by 49 runs and the fourth one saw the Sri Lankan side bashing the English side by 10 wickets.
The first semi-final witnessed the kiwis and the Lankans battling it out for the finals and it’s the hosts who emerged victorious by 5 wickets. It was all down to the second semifinal which saw the arch-rivals India and Pakistan fought an epic battle of cricket and after numerous twists and turns, the Indian team won by 29 runs at the PCA stadium in Mohali.
The finals: An epic Indian world cup victory!
The finals between India and Sri Lanka got everything to be called as an epic contest and even though the Lankans were on top most of the time during the match, it was the Indian team that rode on the back of magnificent knocks by Gautam Gambhir and MS Dhoni to lift their second world cup trophy.
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