sonunigam (Love Geek): 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. *
12-01-11 - 02:59:28

sonunigam (Love Geek): The headquarters of the organising committee were originally situated in Lahore, but have now been shifted to Mumbai. Pakistan was supposed to hold 14 matches, including one semi-final. Eight of Pakistan's matches have been awarded to India, four to Sri Lanka and two to Bangladesh. *
12-01-11 - 03:00:28

sonunigam (Love Geek): List of qualified teams
1.Kenya
2.South Africa
3.Zimbabwe
4.Canada
5.West Indies
6.Bangladesh(Hosts)
7.India(Hosts)
8.Pakistan
9.Sri Lanka(Hosts)
10.Australia
11.New Zealand
12.England
13.Ireland
14.Netherlands *
12-01-11 - 03:12:02

sonunigam (Love Geek): The 2011 Cricket World Cup winning team would be taking home a prize money of US $ 3 million, with the International Cricket Council deciding to double the total allocation for the coveted tournament to US $ 10 million. *
12-01-11 - 03:20:39

sonunigam (Love Geek): The official song of the 2010 World Cup "De Ghuma Ke" is composed by the trio of Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, and is sung in Hindi, Bangla and Sinhalese. It has been sung by Shankar Mahadevan and Divya Kumar and has been marketed by Ogilvy and Mather. *
12-01-11 - 03:22:22