Team India player’s selection for ICC World Cup 2011 – Asia

Head Lines: 3 Spinners are introduced - R Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh and Piyush Chawala
S Sreesanth is OUT from 15 – man Squad
Injured due (Hamstring) SR Tendulkar will play his last ICC world cup
Injured Virendra Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir will also play.
4 Wickets taker Munaf Patel got the chance as he performed in 2nd ODI against SA.

Current SQUAD: MS Dhoni (capt), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Piyush Chawla, R Ashwin, Munaf Patel.

Note: Chief Selector K Srikkanth told CNN-IBN that this is the best team they could find but players are injured so how much possible play with them.

15 Team – man squad Current Statistics:

Batting:

Player	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave
MS Dhoni(C)	174	5796	183	49.96
V Sehwag	228	7380	146	34.64
SR Tendulkar	444	17629	200*	44.97
Gautam Gambhir	105	3680	150*	40.43
Yuvraj Singh	262	7653	139	36.97
Suresh Raina	108	2571	116*	35.70
Virat Kohli	42	1555	118	45.73
Yusuf Pathan	42	528	123*	29.33
Harbhajan Singh	214	1086	49	12.92
Praveen Kumar	48	225	54*	13.23
Zaheer Khan	179	725	34*	12.50
Ashish Nehra	115	134	24	5.82
Piyush Chawla	21	28	13*	5.60
R Ashwin	7	38	38	19.00
Munaf Patel	51	69	15	7.66

Bowling:

Player	Mat	BEST	WKTS	ECON
MS Dhoni(C)	174	1/14	1	7.00
V Sehwag	228	4/6	92	5.27
SR Tendulkar	444	5/32	154	5.10
Gautam Gambhir	105	--	0	13.00
Yuvraj Singh	262	4/6	89	5.04
Suresh Raina	108	1/13	7	5.30
Virat Kohli	42	--	0	6.20
Yusuf Pathan	42	3/49	29	5.66
Harbhajan Singh	214	5/31	244	4.30
Praveen Kumar	48	4/31	57	5.07
Zaheer Khan	179	5/42	247	4.90
Ashish Nehra	115	6/23	153	5.19
Piyush Chawla	21	4/23	28	4.96
R Ashwin	7	3/24	14	4.92
Munaf Patel	51	4/29	60	4.74

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Live ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Teams Structure: 14 Teams will take participate in ICC World Cup 2011. Four Times winner Australia, 2 Times winner West Indies and 1 Time winner India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and else 9 Teams will be also a part of this World Cup 2011. Below Mentioned Groups in which teams are divided and will play accordingly.

ICC Cricket World Cup: Highest Run Scorer

Player	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave
SR Tendulkar	36	1796	152	57.93
RT Ponting	39	1537	140*	48.03
BC Lara	34	1225	116	42.24
ST Jayasuriya	38	1165	120	34.26
AC Gilchrist	31	1085	149	36.16
Javed Miandad	33	1083	103	43.32
SP Fleming	33	1075	134*	35.83
HH Gibbs	25	1067	143	56.15
PA de Silva	35	1064	145	36.68
IVA Richards	23	1013	181	63.31
SC Ganguly	21	1006	183	55.88
ME Waugh	22	1004	130	52.84

Top 10 Highest Wicket Takers

Name	Team	Wickets	Match
GD McGrath	Australia	71	39
Wasim Akram	Pakistan	55	36
M Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	53	31
C Vaas	Sri Lanka	49	31
J Srinath	India	44	33
AA Donald	South Africa	38	25
Imran Khan	Pakistan	34	19
GB Hogg	Australia	34	20
SK Warne	Australia	32	17
CZ Harris	New Zealand	32	27

Cricket World Cup 2011 Schedule

Group A	Group B
Australia	India
Pakistan	South Africa
New Zealand	England
Sri Lanka	West Indies
Zimbabwe	Bangladesh
Canada	Ireland
Kenya	Netherlands

Match	Date	Teams	Venue
1	19 Feb	India vs Bangladesh	Dhaka
2	20 Feb	New Zealand vs Kenya	Chennai
3	20 Feb	Sri Lanka vs Canada	Hambantota
4	21 Feb	Australia vs Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad
5	22 Feb	England vs Netherlands	Nagpur
6	23 Feb	Pakistan vs Kenya	Hambantota
7	24 Feb	South Africa vs West Indies	New Delhi
8	25 Feb	Australia vs New Zealand	Nagpur
9	25 Feb	Bangladesh vs Ireland	Dhaka
10	26 Feb	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Colombo
11	27 Feb	India vs England	Kolkata
12	28 Feb	West Indies vs Netherlands	New Delhi
13	28 Feb	Zimbabwe vs Canada	Nagpur
14	1 Mar	Sri Lanka vs Kenya	Colombo
15	2 Mar	England vs Ireland	Bangalore
16	3 Mar	South Africa vs Netherlands	Mohali
17	3 Mar	Pakistan vs Canada	Colombo
18	4 Mar	New Zealand vs Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad
19	4 Mar	Bangladesh vs West Indies	Dhaka
20	5 Mar	Sri Lanka vs Australia	Colombo
21	6 Mar	India vs Ireland	Bangalore
22	6 Mar	England vs South Africa	Chennai
23	7 Mar	Kenya vs Canada	New Delhi
24	8 Mar	Pakistan vs New Zealand	Pallekelle
25	9 Mar	India vs Netherlands	New Delhi
26	10 Mar	Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe	Pallekelle
27	11 Mar	West Indies vs Ireland	Mohali
28	11 Mar	Bangladesh vs England	Chittagong
29	12 Mar	India vs South Africa	Nagpur
30	13 Mar	New Zealand vs Canada	Mumbai
31	13 Mar	Australia vs Kenya	Bangalore
32	14 Mar	Pakistan vs Zimbabwe	Pallekelle
33	14 Mar	Bangladesh vs Netherlands	Chittagong
34	15 Mar	South Africa vs Ireland	Kolkata
35	16 Mar	Australia vs Canada	Bangalore
36	17 Mar	England vs West Indies	Chennai
37	18 Mar	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Mumbai
38	18 Mar	Ireland vs Netherlands	Kolkata
39	19 Mar	Australia vs Pakistan	Colombo
40	19 Mar	Bangladesh vs South Africa	Dhaka
41	20 Mar	Zimbabwe vs Kenya	Kolkata
42	20 Mar	India vs West Indies	Chennai
43	23 Mar	First Quarterfinal	Dhaka
44	24 Mar	Second Quarterfinal	Colombo
45	25 Mar	Third Quarterfinal	Dhaka
46	26 Mar	Fourth Quarterfinal	Ahmedabad
47	29 Mar	First Semifinal	Colombo
48	30 Mar	Second Semifinal	Mohali
49	02 Apr	FINAL	Mumbai

Country wise World Cup 2011 fixtures and schedule

World Cup Fixture and schedule of Australia

Fixtures	Date	Venue
Zimbabwe	21st Feb	Ahemdabad
New Zealand	25th Feb	Nagpur
Sri Lanka	5th Mar	Colombo
Kenya	13th Mar	Bangalore
Canada	16th Mar	Bangalore
Pakistan	19th Mar	Colombo

World Cup Fixture and Schedule of Bangladesh

Fixtures	Date	Venue
India	19th Feb	Dhaka
Ireland	25th Feb	Dhaka
West Indies	4th March	Dhaka
England	11th March	Chittagong
Netherlands	14th March	Chittagong
South Africa	19th March	Dhaka

World Cup Fixture and Schedule of Canada

Fixtures	Date	Venue
Sri Lanka	20th Feb	Hambantota
Zimbabwe	28th Feb	Nagpur
Pakistan	3th March	Colombo
Kenya	7th March	Delhi
New Zealand	13th March	Mumbai
Australia	16th March	Bangalore

World Cup Fixture and Schedule of England

Fixtures	Date	Venue
Netherlands	22th Feb	Nagpur
India	27th Feb	Kolkata
Ireland	2nd March	Bangalore
South Africa	6th March	Chennai
Bangalore	11th March	Chittagong
West Indies	17th March	Chennai

World Cup Fixtures and Schedule of India

Fixtures	Date	Venue
Bangladesh	19th Feb	Dhaka
England	27th Feb	Kolkata
Ireland	6th March	Bangalore
Netherlands	9th March	Delhi
South Africa	12th March	Nagpur
West Indies	20th March	Chennai

World Cup Fixtures and Schedule of Ireland

Fixtures	Date	Venue
Bagladesh	25th Feb	Dhaka
England	2nd March	Bangalore
India	6th March	Bangalore
West Indies	11th March	Mohali
South Africa	15th March	Kolkata
Netherlands	18th March	Kolkata

World Cup Fixtures and Schedule of Kenya

Fixtures	Date	Venue
New Zealand	20th Feb	Chennai
Pakistan	23rd Feb	Hambantota
Sri Lanka	1st March	Colombo
Canada	7th March	Delhi
Australia	13th March	Bangalore
Zimbabwe	20th March	Kolkata

World Cup Fixtures and schedule of New Zealand

Fixtures	Date	Venue
Kenya	20th Feb	Chennai
Australia	25th Feb	Nagpur
Zimbabwe	4th March	Ahmedabad
Pakistan	8th March	Pallekeli
Canada	13th March	Mumbai
Sri Lanka	18th March	Mumbai

World Cup Fixtures and Schedule of Netherlands

Fixtures	Date	Venue
England	22nd Feb	Nagpur
West Indies	28th Feb	Delhi
South Africa	3rd March	Mohali
India	9th March	Delhi
Bangladesh	14th March	Chittagong
Ireland	18th March	Kolkata

World Cup Fixtres and Schedule of Pakistan

Fixtures	Date	Venue
Kenya	23rd Feb	Hambantota
Sri Lanka	26th Feb	Colombo
Canada	3rd March	Colombo
New Zealand	8th March	Pallekele
Zimbabwe	14th March	Pallekele
Australia	19th March	Colombo

World Cup Fixtures and Schedule of South Africa

Fixtures	Date	Venue
West Indies	24th Feb	Delhi
Netherlands	3rd March	Mohali
England	6th March	Chennai
India	12th March	Nagpur
Ireland	15th March	Kolkata
Bangladesh	19th March	Dhaka

World Cup Fixtures and Schedule of Sri Lanka

Fixtures	Date	Venue
Canada	20th Feb	Hambantota
Pakistan	26th Feb	Colombo
Kenya	1st March	Colombo
Australia	5th March	Colombo
Zimbabwe	10th March	Pallekele
New Zealand	18th March	Mumbai

World Cup Fixtures and Schedule of West Indies

Fixtures	Date	Venue
South Africa	24th March	Delhi
Netherlands	28th March	Delhi
Bangladesh	4th March	Dhaka
Ireland	11th March	Mohali
England	17th March	Chennai
India	20th March	Chennai

World Cup Fixtures and Schedule of Zimbabwe

Fixtures	Date	Venue
Australia	21st Feb	Ahmedabad
Canada	28th Feb	Nagpur
New Zealand	4th March	Ahmedabad
Sri Lanka	10th March	Pallekele
Pakistan	14th March	Pallekele
Kenya	20th March	Kolkata