# 2011 Cricket World Cup

The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, while the latter hosted World Cup matches for the first time. India won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka by six wickets in the final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, thus becoming the first country to win the Cricket World Cup final on home soil. India's Yuvraj Singh was declared as the player of the tournament. This was the first time in World Cup history that two Asian teams had appeared in the final. It was also the first time since the 1992 World Cup that the final did not feature Australia.
Fourteen national cricket teams took part in this tournament, including 10 full members and four associate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). The opening ceremony was held on 17 February 2011 at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, and the tournament was played between 19 February and 2 April. The first match was played between India and Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka.
Pakistan was also scheduled to be a co-host, but after the 2009's terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore, the ICC cancelled that, and the headquarters of the organising committee, originally in Lahore, was transferred to Mumbai. Pakistan was to have held 14 matches, including one semi-final. Eight of the games (including the semi-final) were awarded to India, four to Sri Lanka, and two to Bangladesh.

## Host selection

The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on 30 April 2006 which countries would host the 2011 World Cup. Australia and New Zealand had also bid for the tournament; if successful, they would have shared the hosting equally, leaving the location of the final still to be decided. The Trans–Tasman bid, Beyond Boundaries, was the only one delivered to the ICC headquarters in Dubai before the 1 March deadline, but the Asian bidders were granted an extension by the ICC. The New Zealand government had given assurance that Zimbabwe would be allowed to compete in the tournament, following political discussions in the country over whether their cricket team should be allowed to tour Zimbabwe in 2005.
The extra time needed for the Asian bid had weakened its prospects, but when the time came to vote, Asia won the hosting rights by ten votes to three. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has revealed that the vote of the West Indies Cricket Board was decisive, as the Asian bid had the support of South Africa and Zimbabwe as well as the four bidding countries. The Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported that the Asian countries had promised to hold fund-raising events for West Indian cricket during the 2007 World Cup, which may have influenced the vote. However, I. S. Bindra, chairman of the Monitoring Committee of the Asian bid, said that their promise of extra profits of around US$400 million had been decisive, that there "was no quid pro quo for their support", and that playing the West Indies had "nothing to do with the World Cup bid".

## Format

Late in 2007, the four host nations agreed on a revised format for the 2011 World Cup, identical to that of the 1996 World Cup, except that there would be 14 teams instead of 12. The first round of the tournament would consist of two groups of seven teams. Each team in a group would play all the others once, and the top four from each group would qualify for the quarter-finals. This ensured that every team would play at least six matches.

## Qualification

As per ICC regulations, all 10 full members automatically qualify for the World Cup, including Zimbabwe who have given up their Test playing status until the standard of their team improves.
The ICC also organised a qualifying tournament in South Africa to determine the four associate teams who would participate in the 2011 event. Ireland, who had been the best performing associate nation since the last World Cup, won the tournament, beating Canada in the final. The Netherlands and Kenya also qualified by virtue of finishing third and fourth respectively. All 4 associates kept their ODI status as well as Scotland who this time failed to qualify for the World Cup.

### List of qualified teams

The following 14 teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Group A | Group A | Group B | Group B |
| Rank | Team | Rank | Team |
| Full Members ||||
| 1 | Australia | 2 | India (co-host) |
| 3 | Pakistan | 4 | South Africa |
| 5 | New Zealand | 6 | England |
| 7 | Sri Lanka (co-host) | 8 | West Indies |
| 9 | Zimbabwe | 10 | Bangladesh (co-host) |
| Associate Members ||||
| 11 | Canada | 12 | Ireland |
| 13 | Kenya | 14 | Netherlands |

## Preparations
### Pakistan loses co-host status

In April 2009, the ICC announced that Pakistan had lost its right to co-host the 2011 World Cup because of concerns about the "uncertain security situation" in the country, especially in the aftermath of the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore. The PCB estimated that this would lose them $10.5 million. This figure took account only of the fees of $750,000 per match guaranteed by the ICC. The overall loss to the PCB and the Pakistani economy were expected to be much greater.
On 9 April 2009, PCB chairman Ijaz Butt revealed that they had issued a legal notice to oppose ICC's decision. The ICC, however, claimed that the PCB was still a co-host, and that they had only relocated the matches out of Pakistan. Pakistan proposed that South Asia host the 2015 World Cup and that Australia and New Zealand host the 2011 event, but this option did not find favour with their co-hosts and was not implemented.

### Allocation of matches

On 11 April 2005, PCB chairman Shahryar Khan announced an agreement on the allocation of games, under which India would host the final, Pakistan and Sri Lanka the semi-finals, and Bangladesh the opening ceremony. After being stripped of its status as a co-host, Pakistan proposed to host its allocated games in the United Arab Emirates as a neutral venue. They had played matches in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Sharjah in the preceding months. On 28 April 2009, however, the ICC announced that matches originally intended to be played in Pakistan would be reallocated. As a result, India hosted 29 matches across eight venues, including the final and one semi-final; Sri Lanka hosted 12 matches at three venues, including one semi-final; and Bangladesh hosted 8 matches at two grounds, as well as the opening ceremony on 17 February 2011.
On 1 June 2010, the first tranche of tickets were put on sale after a meeting of the tournament's Central Organising Committee in Mumbai. The cheapest tickets cost 20 US cents in Sri Lanka. In January 2011, the ICC declared the Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata, India, to be unfit and unlikely to be complete by 27 February, when it was scheduled to host a match between India and England. The match was moved to Bangalore.

### Media and promotion

The World Cup has grown as a media event with each tournament. The ICC sold the broadcasting rights for the 2011 event to ESPN Star Sports and Star Cricket for around US$2 billion. For the first time, the tournament was broadcast in high-definition format, and it was to be covered by at least 27 cameras using recent technology. It was also planned to be shown across platforms such as online and mobile 3G. It was the first time that an ICC event had the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS).
The final was watched live by 135 million people in India, as recorded by the ratings agencies TAM and aMap, including 67.6 million Indian cable and satellite viewers. The final was watched by 13.6% of Indian TV-equipped households on average, with a peak of 21.44% at the end of the game, thus beating the semi-final between India and Pakistan, which had an estimated 11.74% TV rating in India for the whole match.
The official event ambassador was Sachin Tendulkar.

#### Song

The official song of the 2011 Cricket World Cup has three versions, in Bengali, Hindi and Sinhala, corresponding to the three host countries. "De Ghuma Ke" (Swing It Hard) is the Hindi version, composed by the trio of Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy. It employs an array of Indian rhythms combined with elements of rock and hip hop. The Sinhala version, "Sinha Udaane", was adapted by Sri Lankan R&B and hip hop artist Ranidu Lankage and composed by lyricist Shehan Galahitiyawa. Both songs were performed at the opening ceremony. "Sinha Udaane" was performed by Lankage.

#### Mascot

Stumpy, a young elephant, was the official mascot for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. He was unveiled at a function in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 2 April 2010, and his name was revealed on 2 August 2010 after an online competition conducted by the ICC in the last week of July.

## Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony was held in the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 17 February 2011, two days before the first match.

## Prize money

The 2011 Cricket World Cup winning team would be taking home a prize money of US$3 million and US$1.5 million for runner-up, with the ICC deciding to double the total allocation for the tournament to US$8.01 million. The winning team was also awarded a replica of the Cricket World Cup Trophy, a practice that originated in 1999. The decision was taken at the ICC Board meeting which was held in Dubai on 20 April 2010.
* US$250,000 – Losing quarter-finalists (4 teams)
* US$500,000 – Losing semi-finalists
* US$1,500,000 – Runners-up
* US$3,250,000 – Winners

## Venues

All the Indian stadiums for the tournament had been finalised by mid-October 2009, and those of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in late October 2009. The ICC announced all the venues in Mumbai on 2 November 2009. Two new stadiums were constructed in Kandy and Sooriyawewa, Sri Lanka, for the event.
India :
| Kolkata | Chennai | Delhi | Nagpur | Ahmedabad |
| Eden Gardens | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium | Sardar Patel Stadium |
| Capacity: 66,349 | Capacity: 50,000 | Capacity: 41,820 | Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 54,000 |
| | Mumbai | Mohali | Bangalore | |
| | Wankhede Stadium | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | |
| | Capacity: 33,108 | Capacity: 26,950 | Capacity: 40,000 | |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | Bangladesh | Bangladesh |
| Colombo | Kandy | Sooriyawewa | Chittagong | Dhaka |
| R. Premadasa Stadium | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium | Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium | Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium |
| Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 26,000 |
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## Umpires

The umpire selection panel selected 18 umpires excluding a reserve umpire, Enamul Haque (Bangladesh) to officiate at the World Cup: five from Australia, three from England, two each from India, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and one each from South Africa and the West Indies.

## Squads

Each country chose a 30-member preliminary squad, which would then be reduced to 15. All the 14 teams announced their final squads before 19 January 2011. Sachin Tendulkar of India played in his sixth consecutive world cup, equalling the record of Pakistan's Javed Miandad.

## Warm-up matches

The following 14 warm-up matches were played before the World Cup started, between 12 February and 18 February 2011. All 14 nations that were qualified to take part in the World Cup participated in a series of matches to prepare, experiment with different tactics and to help them acclimatise to conditions in the Indian Subcontinent. The warm-up matches were not classified as One Day Internationals by the ICC, despite sharing some of main features of this form of cricket, but some of the playing regulations were different from standard internationals in order to allow teams to experiment. For example, the main change allowed for thirteen different players to play in a match – nine players being allowed to both bat and bowl, with two only being able to bowl and two only being able to bat – instead of the eleven players normally allowed.
England, India, Sri Lanka and South Africa were the only teams to win both of their warm-up games, while Australia, Canada, Kenya and Zimbabwe did not win either of their fixtures.

### Match status

As of 2007, none of the warm-up games were officially recognised as ODIs or List A matches by the ICC due to various changes in the rules of the game, and this continued into the 2011 World Cup. While normally only 11 players are allowed to bat and field (excluding situations involving a substitute fielder), 13 players were used in each team's squad for the matches – 11 of whom were allowed to field at one time and 11 of whom were allowed to bat (meaning players could be swapped in and out when fielding or bowling, but two players did not bat in a match). In official ICC matches match referees are required to help officiate a game, but due to the changes in the rules none were appointed for any of the warm-up games.

## Schedule and results
### Warm-up matches

* 12 February 2011 Scorecard
| West Indies 253/8 (50 overs) | v | Kenya 192 (45.3 overs) |
* West Indies won by 61 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
* 12 February 2011 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 351/5 (50 overs) | v | Netherlands 195 (47.3 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 156 runs Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo
* 12 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Canada 112 (37.3 overs) | v | Bangladesh 113/1 (19.2 overs) |
* Bangladesh won by 9 wickets Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
* 12 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| New Zealand 311/6 (50 overs) | v | Ireland 279 (48.2 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 32 runs Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
* 12 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 152 (41.5 overs) | v | South Africa 153/2 (23.3 overs) |
* South Africa won by 8 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
* 13 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| India 214 (44.3 overs) | v | Australia 176 (37.5 overs) |
* India won by 38 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
* 15 February 2011 Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 244/8 (50 overs) | v | Ireland 245/6 (49.3 overs) |
* Ireland won by 4 wickets Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
* 15 February 2011 Scorecard
| Kenya 263/5 (50 overs) | v | Netherlands 264/8 (49.1 overs) |
* Netherlands won by 2 wickets Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo
* 15 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Pakistan 285/9 (50 overs) | v | Bangladesh 196 (41.4 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 89 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
* 15 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Australia 217 (47.1 overs) | v | South Africa 218/1 (44.2 overs) |
* South Africa won by 9 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
* 15 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| West Indies 281 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 282/6 (47.3 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
* 16 February 2011 Scorecard
| England 243 (49.4 overs) | v | Canada 227 (46.1 overs) |
* England won by 16 runs Fatullah Osmani Stadium, Fatullah
* 16 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| India 360/5 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 243 (43.1 overs) |
* India won by 117 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
* 18 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| England 273 (49.4 overs) | v | Pakistan 206 (46.1 overs) |
* England won by 67 runs Fatullah Osmani Stadium, Fatullah

### Group stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
The top four teams from each group qualified for the quarter-finals (indicated in green).
* 20 February 2011 Scorecard
| Kenya 69 (23.5 overs) | v | New Zealand 72/0 (8 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 10 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
* 20 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 332/7 (50 overs) | v | Canada 122 (36.5 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 210 runs Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa
* 21 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Australia 262/6 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 171 (46.2 overs) |
* Australia won by 91 runs Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
* 23 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Pakistan 317/7 (50 overs) | v | Kenya 112 (33.1 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 205 runs Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa
* 25 February 2011 Scorecard
| New Zealand 206 (45.1 overs) | v | Australia 207/3 (34 overs) |
* Australia won by 7 wickets Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
* 26 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Pakistan 277/7 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 266/9 (50 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 11 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
* 28 February 2011 Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 298/9 (50 overs) | v | Canada 123 (42.1 overs) |
* Zimbabwe won by 175 runs Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
* 1 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Kenya 142 (43.4 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 146/1 (18.4 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
* 3 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Pakistan 184 (43 overs) | v | Canada 138 (42.5 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 46 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
* 4 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 162 (46.2 overs) | v | New Zealand 166/0 (33.3 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 10 wickets Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
* 5 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 146/3 (32.5 overs) | v | Australia |
* No result R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
* 7 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Kenya 198 (50 overs) | v | Canada 199/5 (45.3 overs) |
* Canada won by 5 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi
* 8 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| New Zealand 302/7 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 192 (41.4 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 110 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
* 10 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 327/6 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 188 (39 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 139 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
* 13 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| New Zealand 358/6 (50 overs) | v | Canada 261/9 (50 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 97 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
* 13 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Australia 324/6 (50 overs) | v | Kenya 264/6 (50 overs) |
* Australia won by 60 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
* 14 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 151/7 (39.4 overs) | v | Pakistan 164/3 (34.1 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 7 wickets (DLS Method) Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
* 16 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Canada 211 (45.4 overs) | v | Australia 212/3 (34.5 overs) |
* Australia won by 7 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
* 18 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 265/9 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 153 (35 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 112 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
* 19 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Australia 176 (46.4 overs) | v | Pakistan 178/6 (41 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 4 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
* 20 March 2011 Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 308/6 (50 overs) | v | Kenya 147 (36 overs) |
* Zimbabwe won by 161 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata

#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
The top four teams from each group qualified for the Quarter finals (indicated in green).
* 19 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| India 370/4 (50 overs) | v | Bangladesh 283/9 (50 overs) |
* India won by 87 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
* 22 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Netherlands 292/6 (50 overs) | v | England 296/4 (48.4 overs) |
* England won by 6 wickets Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
* 24 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| West Indies 222 (47.3 overs) | v | South Africa 223/3 (42.5 overs) |
* South Africa won by 7 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi
* 25 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Bangladesh 205 (49.2 overs) | v | Ireland 178 (45 overs) |
* Bangladesh won by 27 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
* 27 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| India 338 (49.5 overs) | v | England 338/8 (50 overs) |
* Match Tied M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
* 28 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| West Indies 330/8 (50 overs) | v | Netherlands 115 (31.3 overs) |
* West Indies won by 215 runs Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi
* 2 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| England 327/8 (50 overs) | v | Ireland 329/7 (49.1 overs) |
* Ireland won by 3 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
* 3 March 2011 Scorecard
| South Africa 351/5 (50 overs) | v | Netherlands 120 (34.5 overs) |
* South Africa won by 231 runs Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
* 4 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Bangladesh 58 (18.5 overs) | v | West Indies 59/1 (12.2 overs) |
* West Indies won by 9 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
* 6 March 2011 Scorecard
| England 171 (45.4 overs) | v | South Africa 165 (47.4 overs) |
* England won by 6 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
* 6 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Ireland 207 (47.5 overs) | v | India 210/5 (46.0 overs) |
* India won by 5 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
* 9 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Netherlands 189 (46.4 overs) | v | India 191/5 (36.3 overs) |
* India won by 5 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi
* 11 March 2011 Scorecard
| West Indies 275 (50 overs) | v | Ireland 231 (49 overs) |
* West Indies won by 44 runs Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
* 11 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| England 225 (49.4 overs) | v | Bangladesh 227/8 (49 overs) |
* Bangladesh won by 2 wickets Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
* 12 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| India 296 (48.4 overs) | v | South Africa 300/7 (49.4 overs) |
* South Africa won by 3 wickets (2 balls left) Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
* 14 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Netherlands 160 (46.2 overs) | v | Bangladesh 166/4 (40.2 overs) |
* Bangladesh won by 6 wickets Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
* 15 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| South Africa 272/7 (50 overs) | v | Ireland 141 (33.2 overs) |
* South Africa won by 131 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata
* 17 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| England 243 (48.4 overs) | v | West Indies 225 (44.4 overs) |
* England won by 18 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
* 18 March 2011 Scorecard
| Netherlands 306 (50 overs) | v | Ireland 307/4 (47.4 overs) |
* Ireland won by 6 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata
* 19 March 2011 Scorecard
| South Africa 284/8 (50 overs) | v | Bangladesh 78 (28 overs) |
* South Africa won by 206 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
* 20 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| India 268 (49.1 overs) | v | West Indies 188 (43 overs) |
* India won by 80 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

### Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 23 March – Dhaka, Bangladesh | 23 March – Dhaka, Bangladesh | | | |
| West Indies | 112 | | | |
| West Indies | 112 | 30 March – Mohali, India | 30 March – Mohali, India | | |
| Pakistan | 113/0 | 30 March – Mohali, India | 30 March – Mohali, India | |
| Pakistan | 113/0 | Pakistan | 231 | |
| 24 March – Ahmedabad, India | 24 March – Ahmedabad, India | | Pakistan | 231 | |
| 24 March – Ahmedabad, India | 24 March – Ahmedabad, India | India | 260/9 | |
| Australia | 260/6 | India | 260/9 | |
| Australia | 260/6 | | | | 2 April – Mumbai, India | 2 April – Mumbai, India |
| India | 261/5 | | | | 2 April – Mumbai, India | 2 April – Mumbai, India |
| India | 261/5 | | | | India | 277/4 |
| 25 March – Dhaka, Bangladesh | 25 March – Dhaka, Bangladesh | | | | | India | 277/4 |
| 25 March – Dhaka, Bangladesh | 25 March – Dhaka, Bangladesh | | | | Sri Lanka | 274/6 |
| New Zealand | 221/8 | | | | Sri Lanka | 274/6 |
| New Zealand | 221/8 | 29 March – Colombo, Sri Lanka | 29 March – Colombo, Sri Lanka | | | |
| South Africa | 172 | 29 March – Colombo, Sri Lanka | 29 March – Colombo, Sri Lanka | | | |
| South Africa | 172 | New Zealand | 217 | | | |
| 26 March – Colombo, Sri Lanka | 26 March – Colombo, Sri Lanka | | New Zealand | 217 | | | |
| 26 March – Colombo, Sri Lanka | 26 March – Colombo, Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 220/5 | |
| England | 229/6 | Sri Lanka | 220/5 | |
| Sri Lanka | 231/0 | | | |

#### Quarter-finals

* 23 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| West Indies 112 (43.3 overs) | v | Pakistan 113/0 (20.5 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 10 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
* 24 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Australia 260/6 (50 overs) | v | India 261/5 (47.4 overs) |
* India won by 5 wickets Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
* 25 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| New Zealand 221/8 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 172 (43.2 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 49 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
* 26 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| England 229/6 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 231/0 (39.3 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

#### Semi-finals

* 29 March 2011 Scorecard
| New Zealand 217 (48.5 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 220/5 (47.5 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
* 30 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| India 260/9 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 231 (49.5 overs) |
* India won by 29 runs Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali

### Final

* 2 April 2011 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 274/6 (50 overs) | v | India 277/4 (48.2 overs) |
* India won by 6 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
The final was played on 2 April between India and Sri Lanka at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. India were crowned champions after winning by six wickets with only 10 balls remaining. India captain MS Dhoni was named man of the match after an unbeaten, match-winning innings of 91 runs off 79 balls, including the final shot that won the game. Gautam Gambhir contributed with a crucial knock of 97 after India lost early wickets. After the match, the Indian players paid tribute to Sachin Tendulkar, who was playing in his last World Cup. The final had a viewership of about 558 million people all over the world.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| Player | Team | Runs |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | Sri Lanka | 500 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India | 482 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | 465 |
| Jonathan Trott | England | 422 |
| Upul Tharanga | Sri Lanka | 395 |
* Source: ESPNcricinfo

### Most wickets

| Player | Team | Wickets |
| Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | 21 |
| Zaheer Khan | India | 21 |
| Tim Southee | New Zealand | 18 |
| Robin Peterson | South Africa | 15 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | 15 |
| Yuvraj Singh | India | 15 |
* Source: ESPNcricinfo

## Controversies

* Bangladeshi fans threw rocks at the West Indies team bus as it returned players to their hotel after their win over Bangladesh in Dhaka on 4 March. It was later claimed that the rock-throwers had confused the bus with the Bangladesh team bus. The elite Rapid Action Battalion of Bangladesh arrested 38 people after the attack, and the West Indies later received an apology.
* The political party Shiv Sena threatened to disrupt the final in Mumbai if the Pakistani team qualified.
* During the group stage match between India and England, Ian Bell was given not out for leg before wicket despite the ball hitting him in line with the wickets and being on a path to hit the stumps. India captain MS Dhoni referred the decision to the TV umpire, who confirmed the original decision as the ball had struck Bell at a point more than 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) from the stumps, a point at which the reliability of the Hawk-Eye system diminishes below acceptable levels. Dhoni later complained that the rule had deprived his side of what seemed like an obvious wicket. The rules were subsequently revised and the umpires were given new guidelines. The Sri Lankan captain, Kumar Sangakkara, later criticised the decision to alter the 2.5-metre rule while a tournament was in progress.
* In the final between India and Sri Lanka, loud crowd noise prevented match referee Jeff Crowe from hearing Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara's call as the coin was tossed by India captain MS Dhoni. The toss had to be redone – an extremely unusual event, especially at an event as prominent as the World Cup final. The second toss was won by Sri Lanka.
* In June 2020, it was alleged that the final match was fixed and Sri Lanka sold the match to India. Former Sri Lankan Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said, "The 2011 Cricket World Cup final was fixed. I stand by what I say. It took place when I was the Minister of Sports." Earlier, former Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga also claimed the final to be fixed and demanded a probe into the matter. However, in July 2020, the investigation was dropped, after no supporting evidence could be provided to verify the allegations. The ICC added that they did not have a reason to doubt the integrity of the tournament's final.

## In media

* Footage of the final match was purchased by makers and used in their film M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016), a Bollywood film based on India captain MS Dhoni.