# 2010–11 Indian cricket season

The 2010–11 Indian cricket season was from late September 2010 to March 2011.

## Overview

International tours :
| Start date | Against | Results [Matches] | Results [Matches] | Results [Matches] |
| Start date | Against | Test | ODI | T20I |
| 25 Sept 2010 | Australia | 2–0 [2] | 1–0 [3] | — |
| 4 Nov 2010 | New Zealand | 1–0 [3] | 5–0 [5] | — |
| 8 Jan 2011 | West Indies | | 3–2 [5] | 2–1 [3] |
| International tournaments |||||
| Start date | Tournament | Tournament | Winners | Winners |
| 6 February 2011 | World Cup | World Cup | India | India |
| Domestic Tournament |||||
| Start date | Tournament | Tournament | Winners | Winners |
| 1 October 2010 | Irani Cup | Irani Cup | Rest of India | Rest of India |
| 8 October 2010 | NKP Salve Challenger Trophy | NKP Salve Challenger Trophy | India Blue | India Blue |
| 14 October 2010 | Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy | Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy | Bengal | Bengal |
| 1 November 2010 | Ranji Trophy | Ranji Trophy | Rajasthan | Rajasthan |
| 9 December | Women's Challenger Trophy | Women's Challenger Trophy | India Blue | India Blue |
| 19 January 2011 | Duleep Trophy | Duleep Trophy | South Zone | South Zone |
| 10 February | Vijay Hazare Trophy | Vijay Hazare Trophy | Jharkhand | Jharkhand |
| 6 March 2011 | Deodhar Trophy | Deodhar Trophy | North Zone | North Zone |

## International Cricket
### Australia in India

| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| Test series ||||||
| Test 1972 | 1–5 October | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Ricky Ponting | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali | India by 1 wicket |
| Test 1973 | 9–13 October | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Ricky Ponting | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | India by 7 wickets |
| ODI series ||||||
| ODI 3058a | 17 October | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Michael Clarke | Nehru Stadium, Kochi | Match abandoned |
| ODI 3060 | 20 October | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Michael Clarke | Dr. Y.S. Rajashekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam | India by 5 wickets |
| ODI 3061a | 24 October | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Michael Clarke | Nehru Stadium, Fatorda | Match abandoned |

### New Zealand in India

| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| Test series ||||||
| Test 1974 | 4–8 November | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Daniel Vettori | Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad | Match drawn |
| Test 1975 | 12–16 November | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Daniel Vettori | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad | Match drawn |
| Test 1978 | 20–24 November | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Daniel Vettori | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur | India by an innings and 198 runs |
| ODI series ||||||
| ODI 3070 | 28 November | Gautam Gambhir | Ross Taylor | Nehru Stadium, Guwahati | India by 40 runs |
| ODI 3072 | 1 December | Gautam Gambhir | Ross Taylor | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur | India by 8 wickets |
| ODI 3074 | 4 December | Gautam Gambhir | Daniel Vettori | Reliance Stadium, Vadodara | India by 9 wickets |
| ODI 3076 | 7 December | Gautam Gambhir | Daniel Vettori | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | India by 5 wickets |
| ODI 3077 | 10 December | Gautam Gambhir | Daniel Vettori | M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | India by 8 wickets |

### West Indies women in India

| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| Tour Match ||||||
| Tour Match | 8 January 2011 | Diana David | Merissa Aguilleira | Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai | West Indies Women won by 5 wickets |
| Women's ODI series ||||||
| WODI 765 | 10 January 2011 | Jhulan Goswami | Merissa Aguilleira | Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai | West Indies Women won by 9 wickets |
| WODI 766 | 13 January 2011 | Jhulan Goswami | Merissa Aguilleira | Reliance Stadium, Vadodara | India Women won by 10 runs |
| WODI 767 | 15 January 2011 | Jhulan Goswami | Merissa Aguilleira | Reliance Stadium, Vadodara | West Indies Women won by 3 wickets |
| WODI 768 | 18 January 2011 | Jhulan Goswami | Merissa Aguilleira | Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot | India Women won by 10 runs |
| WODI 769 | 19 January 2011 | Jhulan Goswami | Merissa Aguilleira | Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot | India Women won by 57 runs |
| Women's T20I series ||||||
| WT20I 98 | 22 January 2011 | Jhulan Goswami | Merissa Aguilleira | Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad | India Women won by 6 wickets |
| WT20I 99 | 23 January 2011 | Jhulan Goswami | Merissa Aguilleira | Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad | West Indies Women won by 3 runs |
| WT20I 100 | 24 January 2011 | Jhulan Goswami | Merissa Aguilleira | Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad | India Women won by 15 runs |

### World Cup

India Co-hosted the 2011 ICC Cricket world cup with Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

#### Warm-up matches

| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result |
| Match 1 | 6 February | Afghanistan | Hamid Hassan | Kenya | Jimmy Kamande | ICC Global Cricket Academy Ground No 2, Dubai | Kenya by 49 runs |
| Match 2 | 6 February | Canada | Ashish Bagai | Netherlands | Peter Borren | ICC Global Cricket Academy, Dubai | Canada by 4 wickets |
| Match 3 | 6 February | Ireland | William Porterfield | Zimbabwe | Elton Chigumbura | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai | Zimbabwe by 6 wickets |
| Match 4 | 8 February | Afghanistan | Hamid Hassan | Canada | Ashish Bagai | ICC Global Cricket Academy Ground No 2, Dubai | Afghanistan by 5 wickets |
| Match 5 | 8 February | Ireland | Kevin O'Brien | Kenya | Thomas Odoyo | ICC Global Cricket Academy, Dubai | Kenya by 3 wickets |
| Match 6 | 8 February | Netherlands | Peter Borren | Zimbabwe | Elton Chigumbura | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai | Zimbabwe by 115 runs |
| Match 7 | 12 February | West Indies | Darren Sammy | Kenya | Jimmy Kamande | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | West Indies by 61 runs |
| Match 8 | 12 February | Sri Lanka | Kumar Sangakkara | Netherlands | Peter Borren | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | Sri Lanka by 156 runs |
| Match 9 | 12 February | Canada | Ashish Bagai | Bangladesh | Shakib Al Hasan | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong | Bangladesh by 9 wickets |
| Match 10 | 12 February | New Zealand | Daniel Vettori | Ireland | William Porterfield | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur | New Zealand by 32 runs |
| Match 11 | 12 February | Zimbabwe | Elton Chigumbura | South Africa | Graeme Smith | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai | South Africa by 8 wickets |
| Match 12 | 13 February | India | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Australia | Ricky Ponting | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | India by 38 runs |
| Match 13 | 15 February | Zimbabwe | Elton Chigumbura | Ireland | William Porterfield | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur | Ireland by 4 wickets |
| Match 14 | 15 February | Kenya | Jimmy Kamande | Netherlands | Bas Zuiderent | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | Netherlands by 2 wickets |
| Match 15 | 15 February | Pakistan | Shahid Afridi | Bangladesh | Shakib Al Hasan | Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka | Pakistan by 89 runs |
| Match 16 | 15 February | Australia | Ricky Ponting | South Africa | Graeme Smith | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | South Africa by 7 wickets |
| Match 17 | 15 February | West Indies | Darren Sammy | Sri Lanka | Kumar Sangakkara | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Sri Lanka by 4 wickets |
| Match 18 | 16 February | Canada | Ashish Bagai | England | Andrew Strauss | Fatullah Osmani Stadium, Fatullah | England by 16 runs |
| Match 19 | 16 February | India | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | New Zealand | Ross Taylor | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai | India by 117 runs |
| Match 20 | 18 February | England | Andrew Strauss | Pakistan | Misbah-ul-Haq | Fatullah Osmani Stadium, Fatullah | England by 67 runs |

#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Pakistan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.758 |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2.582 |
| 3 | Australia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1.123 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.135 |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.030 |
| 6 | Canada | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1.987 |
| 7 | Kenya | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.042 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | South Africa | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.026 |
| 2 | India | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0.900 |
| 3 | England | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0.072 |
| 4 | West Indies | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.066 |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −1.361 |
| 6 | Ireland | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.696 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.045 |
Group stage :
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result |
| ODI 3100 | 19 February | India | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Bangladesh | Shakib Al Hasan | Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka | India by 87 runs |
| ODI 3101 | 20 February | New Zealand | Daniel Vettori | Kenya | Jimmy Kamande | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai | New Zealand by 10 wickets |
| ODI 3102 | 20 February | Sri Lanka | Kumar Sangakkara | Canada | Ashish Bagai | Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota | Sri Lanka by 210 runs |
| ODI 3103 | 21 February | Australia | Ricky Ponting | Zimbabwe | Elton Chigumbura | Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad | Australia by 91 runs |
| ODI 3104 | 22 February | Netherlands | Peter Borren | England | Andrew Strauss | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur | England by 6 wickets |
| ODI 3105 | 23 February | Pakistan | Shahid Afridi | Kenya | Jimmy Kamande | Mahinda Rajapaksha International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota | Pakistan by 205 runs |
| ODI 3106 | 24 February | West Indies | Darren Sammy | South Africa | Graeme Smith | Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi | South Africa by 7 wickets |
| ODI 3107 | 25 February | New Zealand | Daniel Vettori | Australia | Ricky Ponting | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur | Australia by 7 wickets |
| ODI 3108 | 25 February | Bangladesh | Shakib Al Hasan | Ireland | William Porterfield | Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka | Bangladesh by 27 runs |
| ODI 3109 | 26 February | Pakistan | Shahid Afridi | Sri Lanka | Kumar Sangakkara | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Pakistan by 11 runs |
| ODI 3110 | 27 February | India | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | England | Andrew Strauss | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | Match tied |
| ODI 3111 | 28 February | Zimbabwe | Elton Chigumbura | Canada | Ashish Bagai | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur | Zimbabwe by 175 runs |
| ODI 3112 | 28 February | West Indies | Darren Sammy | Netherlands | Peter Borren | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi | West Indies by 215 runs |
| ODI 3113 | 1 March | Kenya | Jimmy Kamande | Sri Lanka | Kumar Sangakkara | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Sri Lanka by 9 wickets |
| ODI 3114 | 2 March | England | Andrew Strauss | Ireland | William Porterfield | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | Ireland by 3 wickets |
| ODI 3115 | 3 March | South Africa | Graeme Smith | Netherlands | Peter Borren | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh | South Africa by 231 runs |
| ODI 3116 | 3 March | Pakistan | Shahid Afridi | Canada | Ashish Bagai | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Pakistan by 46 runs |
| ODI 3117 | 4 March | New Zealand | Daniel Vettori | Zimbabwe | Elton Chigumbura | Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad | New Zealand by 10 wickets |
| ODI 3118 | 4 March | Bangladesh | Shakib Al Hasan | West Indies | Darren Sammy | Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Dhaka | West Indies by 9 wickets |
| ODI 3119 | 5 March | Sri Lanka | Kumar Sangakkara | Australia | Ricky Ponting | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | No result |
| ODI 3120 | 6 March | England | Andrew Strauss | South Africa | Graeme Smith | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai | England by 6 runs |
| ODI 3121 | 6 March | India | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Ireland | William Porterfield | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | India by 5 wickets |
| ODI 3122 | 7 March | Kenya | Jimmy Kamande | Canada | Ashish Bagai | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi | Canada by 5 wickets |
| ODI 3123 | 8 March | Pakistan | Shahid Afridi | New Zealand | Daniel Vettori | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy | New Zealand by 110 runs |
| ODI 3124 | 9 March | India | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Netherlands | Peter Borren | Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi | India by 5 wickets |
| ODI 3125 | 10 March | Sri Lanka | Kumar Sangakkara | Zimbabwe | Elton Chigumbura | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy | Sri Lanka by 139 runs |
| ODI 3126 | 11 March | Ireland | William Porterfield | West Indies | Darren Sammy | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh | West Indies by 44 runs |
| ODI 3127 | 11 March | Bangladesh | Shakib Al Hasan | England | Andrew Strauss | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong | Bangladesh by 2 wickets |
| ODI 3128 | 12 March | India | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | South Africa | Graeme Smith | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur | South Africa by 3 wickets |
| ODI 3129 | 13 March | New Zealand | Ross Taylor | Canada | Ashish Bagai | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | New Zealand by 97 runs |
| ODI 3130 | 13 March | Australia | Ricky Ponting | Kenya | Jimmy Kamande | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | Australia by 60 runs |
| ODI 3131 | 14 March | Bangladesh | Shakib Al Hasan | Netherlands | Peter Borren | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong | Bangladesh by 6 wickets |
| ODI 3132 | 14 March | Pakistan | Shahid Afridi | Zimbabwe | Elton Chigumbura | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy | Pakistan by 7 wickets (D/L) |
| ODI 3133 | 15 March | South Africa | Graeme Smith | Ireland | William Porterfield | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | South Africa by 131 runs |
| ODI 3134 | 16 March | Australia | Ricky Ponting | Canada | Ashish Bagai | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | Australia by 7 wickets |
| ODI 3135 | 17 March | England | Andrew Strauss | West Indies | Darren Sammy | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai | England by 18 runs |
| ODI 3136 | 18 March | Ireland | William Porterfield | Netherlands | Peter Borren | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | Ireland by 6 wickets |
| ODI 3137 | 18 March | Sri Lanka | Kumar Sangakkara | New Zealand | Ross Taylor | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | Sri Lanka by 112 runs |
| ODI 3138 | 19 March | Bangladesh | Shakib Al Hasan | South Africa | Graeme Smith | Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka | South Africa by 206 runs |
| ODI 3139 | 19 March | Pakistan | Shahid Afridi | Australia | Ricky Ponting | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Pakistan by 4 wickets |
| ODI 3140 | 20 March | Zimbabwe | Elton Chigumbura | Kenya | Steve Tikolo | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | Zimbabwe by 161 runs |
| ODI 3141 | 20 March | India | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | West Indies | Darren Sammy | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai | India by 80 runs |

#### Knockout

Knockout stage :
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result |
| Quarterfinals ||||||||
| ODI 3142 | 23 March | Pakistan | Shahid Afridi | West Indies | Darren Sammy | Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka | Pakistan by 10 wickets |
| ODI 3143 | 24 March | Australia | Ricky Ponting | India | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad | India by 5 wickets |
| ODI 3144 | 25 March | New Zealand | Daniel Vettori | South Africa | Graeme Smith | Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka | New Zealand by 49 runs |
| ODI 3145 | 26 March | Sri Lanka | Kumar Sangakkara | England | Andrew Strauss | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Sri Lanka by 10 wickets |
| Semifinals ||||||||
| ODI 3146 | 29 March | New Zealand | Daniel Vettori | Sri Lanka | Kumar Sangakkara | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Sri Lanka by 5 wickets |
| ODI 3147 | 30 March | Pakistan | Shahid Afridi | India | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh | India by 29 runs |
| Final ||||||||
| ODI 3148 | 2 April | India | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Sri Lanka | Kumar Sangakkara | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | India by 6 wickets |