The ICC has concluded that there is an uncertain political situation in Pakistan and due to this it is not possible to have a safe, secure and successful Cricket World Cup event in Pakistan. So, it has eliminated Pakistan from the list of hosts. The 14 matches that were allotted to be played in Pakistan are now redistributed amongst the other hosts.The itinerary
On 18th February 2011, the opening ceremony of the 2011 Cricket World Cup would be held in Bangladesh. Overall, 49 matches have been planned. Out of these, Bangladesh would host 8 matches in 2 venues. Sri Lanka has 3 venues where 12 matches would be held. India has been allotted 29 games that would be played at 8 venues. Of the 14 matches that were planned in Pakistan, 2 were given to Bangladesh, 4 for Sri Lanka and 8 to India. The quarter finals are divided as follows – 2 in Bangladesh, 1 in Sri Lanka and 1 in India. The semi finals have been assigned 1 each to India and Sri Lanka. The host of the final match would be India.
The organizing committee of the tournament opted to move the tournament secretariat from Lahore to Mumbai. Previously, the Pakistani banker, Salman Butt was the managing director of the event. Now, he has been substituted by BCCIs chief administrative officer Ratnakar Shetty. The chief executive of the ICC, Haroon Lorgat disclosed that the key person in the management of the World Cup would be IS Bindra, the special adviser to the ICC
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