2011 Cricket World Cup

The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup will be the tenth Cricket World Cup and will be hosted by three South Asian Test cricket playing countries: India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It will be Bangladesh's first time co-hosting a Cricket World Cup.

The World Cup will use cricket's One Day International format, with fourteen national cricket teams scheduled to compete.

The World Cup will take place between February and early April 2011, with the first match to be played on 19 February 2011 with co-hosts India and Bangladesh facing off at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka.

The opening ceremony will be held on 17 February 2011, two days before the start of the tournament, with the final on 2 April 2011 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

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 International Cricket Council deciding to double the total allocation for the coveted tournament to US$ 10 million. The decision was taken at the ICC Board meeting which was held in Dubai on April 20, 2010.

IPl Live Auction News 2011

Players auctioned on Sunday before lunch, team-wise (figures in dollars):

 

Chennai Super Kings: Scott Styris, $200,000; Joginder Sharma, 150,000; Nuwan Kulasekara, 100,000; Sudeep Tyagi, 240,000; Suraj Randiv, 80,000. Ben Hilfenhaus, 100,000

 

Deccan Chargers: Daniel Christian, 900,000; Manpreet Gony, 290,000.

 

Delhi Daredevils: Mathew Wade, 100,000; Ajit Agarkar, 210,000; Ashok Dinda, 375,000; Umesh Yadav, 150,000; R. Van der Merwe, 50,000; Venugopal Rao, 700,000; Andrew McDonald, 80,000.

 

King’s XI Punjab: Nil.

 

Kochi: Thisara Perera, 80,000; R. Vinay Kumar, 475,000; Stephen O’ Keefe, 20,000; Owais Shah, 200,000; M. Klinger, 75,000; John Hastings, 20,000.

 

Kolkata Knight Riders: L. Balaji, 500,000; Jayadev Unadkat, 250,000; R. Ten Doeschate, 150,000.

 

Mumbai Indians: Munaf Patel, 700,000; Clint McKay, 110,000.

 

Pune: Wayne Parnell, 160,000; Mitchell Marsh, 290,000; Jerome Taylor, 100,000.

 

Rajasthan Royals: Shaun Tait, 300,000; Pankaj Singh, 95,000.

 

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Charl Langeveldt, 140,000; Luke Pomersbach, 50,000; A. Mithun, 260,000; Johan van der Wath, 50,000.

And it is lunch time and we will once again give the updates and meet you at 3.00 p.m.

The last player before lunch is Ravi Rampaul of West Indies at a base price of $50,000. Like the first player the last player before lunch also goes unsold.

Next is Shane Harwood of Australia at a base price of $50,000 and goes unsold

14:05: Fidel Edwards of West Indies comes for auction at $100,000. And like Shivnaraine Chanderpaul he also goes unsold.

14:05: Andy McKay of New zealand comes for auction for $50,000 and goes on unsold

Next player is V.R.V. Singh of India at a base price of $100,000. And interestingly there were no takers, he goes unsold.

Jerome Taylor was taken by Team Pune

Again a West Indian comes for sale and it is Jerome Taylor for a base price of $100,000. Team Pune opens the bidding

14:00 van der Wath of South Africa goes on sale for $50,000 and Royal Challengers bids him at the base price and takes him

14:00 Ian Butler of New Zealand goes unsold at the auction for the IPL Season IV

13:59: Andre Nel of South Africa goes on sale for $50,000 and goes unsold

Interestingly fierce bidding between Rajasthan Royals and Pune Team. Rajasthan Royals takes him for $95,000

13:55: Pankaj Singh of India goes on sale at a base price of $50,000.

13:55: Chris Tremlett of England goes on sale for $100,000. He proved his worth during the recent Ashes series and it is surprising that there were no takers.

13:55: Ryan Sidebottom of England goes on sale at a base price of $200,000 and he also goes unsold.

13:54: Now Ntini goes on sale for a base price of $100,000 and he also goes unsold

13:53:Tsotsobe of South Africa goes on sale. He proved his worth during the Test series against India. and it is surprising that he also goes unsold.

13:52: Again a Sri Lankan player in auction and it is Welegedara at a base price of $50,000 and goes unsold.

Final set of players before lunch

13:51: Kulatunga of Sri lanka goes on sale for a base price of $50,000 and again goes unsold.

13:51: Weeraratne of Sri Lanka goes on sale and again like Jayasuriya goes unsold

13:51: Graham Napier of New Zealand was the next player and goes unsold

13:50: Zimbabwe's Prosper Utseya goes on sale now and goes unsold.

13:50: John Hastings of Australia goes on sale at a base price of $20,000. And Team Kochi takes him.

13:48: Delhi Daredevils takes McDonald for $80,000

13:46: Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers bidding for Andrew McDonald

13:46: Andrew McDonald of Australia goes on sale at a base price of $50,000

13:46: Jeevan Mendis of Sri Lanka goes on sale and once again go unsold

13:45: Team Pune bids for March and takes him for $290,000

13:45: It is indeed a fierce bidding between Kings XI and Pune teams

13:44: Kings XI is bidding fiercely for Mitchell March

13:43: Australia's Mitchell Marsh goes on sale. We will see whether there are any bidders.Kings XI opens the bidding

13:42:Knightriders bids for $150,000 and takes him.

13:41: It is indeed surprising that a Netherlands player goes past the $100,000 mark with no takers for West Indian international players

13:40: Netherlands' Doeschate goes on sale. Interesting that there were takers and bidding goes on.

13:40: New Zealand's Redmond also goes unsold

13:39: Darren Sammy of West Indies goes on sale for $100,000 and also goes unsold

Next section of players were all-rounders. We will once again see an interesting bidding

13:38: Team Kochi bids for Klinger $75,000 and takes him

13:38: Royal Challengers bid him for $60,000.

13:37: Royal Challengers and Kochi go on bidding spree for Michael Klinger

13:36: Michael Klinger of Australia with a base price of $20,000 goes on sale.

13:35: Neil McKenzie of South Africa goes on sale for the base price of $100,000 and there were no takers for him also. What is happening is surprising with unsold players beat the sold players on Day 2.

13:35: Next is Lou Vincent of New Zealand and goes unsold

13:35: Kochi takes Owais Shah of England for $200,000

13:33: Kochi opens the bid for Owais Shah

13:31: Next is Owais Shah and his base price is $200,000

13:30: Jehan Mubarak of Sri Lanka go unsold

My colleague Kesavan will take over for a bit now. Over to you, Kesavan.

13:27: Rudolph, Guptill and Katich go unsold.

13:24: No takers for Trott.

13:24: Jonathon Trott up now.

13:23: Suraj Randiv for 70,000 for Chennai. Bangalore wanted him briefly, but backed out.

13:22: 60,000 for Suraj Randiv of Sri Lanka. Bidding still on.

13:20: Ray Price from Zimbabwe at base price 50,000. Unsold.

13:20: Australia's forgotten spinner Jason Kretza gets no bids.

13:19: No takers for Xavier Doherty from Australia

13:18: Shuvo from Bangladesh gets no bid.

13:18: Abdur Razzak from Bangladesh unsold.

13:17: And we're back.

We have a bit of a break in the auctions now. Some hectic stuff in the first session, but just a few players actually sold in this session. Most of the players going unsold, the teams being careful with their money.

13:04: Swing bowler Tim Southee unsold.

13:04: Punjab backs down and Chennai gets Sudeep Tyagi for 240,000.

13:02: See-saw battle for pacer Sudeep Tyagi between Punjab and Chennai. 200,000 now by Chennai. Bidding still on.

13:02: No luck for Chaminda Vaas. He is unsold.

13:01: Chennai buy Kulashekara from Sri Lanka 100,000. That is his base price. Another bowler for Chennai.

13:01: Bangalore win the bidding war, they buy Mithun for 260,000

13:01: It is Royal Challengers who do fierce bidding for Mithun

13:01: Mithun, another see-saw battle and it is $200,000 in favour of Royal Challengers.

13:00: Abhimanyu Mithun comes for bidding

13:00: The bidding of Wayne Parnell picks up and goes up to $160,000 and it is Pune who gets him.

12:59: Wayne Parnell of South Africa comes for bidding. Opening bid is $100,000.

12:58: Thilan Thushara of Sri Lanka up for bidding. Base price is $100,000. He also goes unsold

12:57: It is now Kemar Roach. the West Indian. The base price is $100,000. And he goes unsold

12:56: Chennai Superkings gets Joginder Sharma for $150,000

12:55: Chennai Superkings comes in with a bid of $130,000 and Royal Challengers bids for $140,000.

12:54: Then comes Royal Challengers for $120,000.

12:53: Rajasthan Royals bids for him $110,000. Joginder Sharma played a crucial for India's victory in the T20 World Cup 2007.

12:52: Royal Challengers bids for Joginder Sharma and then the bidding picks up

12:50: And next in is Joginder Sharma who played for Chennai Superkings in the last three editions

12:50: Deccan Chargers bid Manpreet Gony for $290,000. Deccan Chargers takes Manpreet Gony.

12:45: Bidding for Manpreet Gony goes up to $270,000.

12:44: Manpreet Gony getting a few bids.

12:41: Kolkata grab Jaidev Unadkat for 250,000. Chennai loses out as Kolkata come in for the steal.

12:39: Kolkata comes in with 210,000. Where did they come from? Phew, hectic.

12:39: Real battle on for Unadkat, Kochi raises with 190,000, but Chennai counter with 200,000. Intense stuff

12:37: Chennai thought they had Unadkat at 140,000, but Kochi come in with 150,000. Chennai Super Keen on Unadkat. A little word play there for your amusement.

12:35: Chennai need bowlers and they are going after Unadkat.

12:32: Peter Siddle unsold! Shocking, given he is really quick and could surprise batsmen with his extra pace. Skiddy type bowler as well.

12:31: Real bargain for Chennai as Hilfenhaus is sold for 100,000. He could be a prize catch.

12:30: Ben Hilfenhaus now. There has to be a few takers for him.

12:30: No bids for Moises Henriques from Australia.

12:28: Scott Styris is sold for 200,000 to Chennai. Another allrounder for Chennai.

12:25: Bids trickle in for Scott Styris

12:25: No takers for Philander from South Africa