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Sunday 27 March 2011

2011 CricKet wOrld Cup



The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup is the tenth Cricket World Cup and is being played in BangladeshIndia, and Sri Lanka. It is Bangladesh's first time co-hosting a World Cup. All matches in the World Cup will be accorded One Day International status, with all matches being played over 50 overs. Fourteen national cricket teams will compete in the tournament, including ten full members and four associate members.[1] The World Cup will take place between February and early April 2011, with the first match played on 19 February 2011 with co-hosts India andBangladesh facing off at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka.[2] The opening ceremony was held on 17 February 2011 atBangabandhu National StadiumDhaka, two days before the start of the tournament,[3] with the final on 2 April 2011 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
The World Cup was also supposed to be co-hosted by Pakistan, but in the wake of the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team inLahore, the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to strip Pakistan of its hosting rights.[4] The headquarters of the organising committee were originally situated in Lahore, but have now been shifted to Mumbai.[5] Pakistan was supposed to hold 14 matches, including one semi-final.[6] Eight of Pakistan's matches (including the semi-final) were awarded to India, four to Sri Lanka and two to Bangladesh.[7]
The biggest upset of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 has been the defeat of England by Ireland.[8] Ireland's Kevin O'Brien made 100 in just 50 balls (and a total of 113 off 63 balls), the fastest World Cup Century. Also Ireland made the highest successful run chase in World Cup history beating Sri Lanka's 313 against Zimbabwe at New Plymouth in New Zealand in 1992.[9]

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
2011 Cricket World Cup Logo.svg
Official Logo of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Dates19 February – 2 April 2011
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne-Day International
Tournament format(s)Round robin and Knockout
Host(s) Bangladesh
 India
 Sri Lanka
ChampionsTBD
Participants14 (from 104 entrants)
Matches played46 out of 49 scheduled to be played
Most runsEngland Jonathan Trott
Most wicketsPakistan Shahid Afridi
Official websitecricket.yahoo.com
← 2007 (Previous)(Next) 2015 

Host selection

Bids

The ICC originally announced its decision which countries would host the 2011 World Cup on 30 April 2006. Australia and New Zealand also bid for the tournament, and a successful Australasian bid for the 2011 World Cup would have seen a 50–50 split in games, with the final still up for negotiation. The Trans–Tasman bid, Beyond Boundaries, was the only bid for 2011 delivered to ICC headquarters inDubai ahead of the 1 March deadline. Considerable merits of the Australasian bid were the superior venues and infrastructure and the total support of both the New Zealand and Australian governments on tax and customs issues during the tournament, according to Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland.[10] The New Zealand government had also given assurance that Zimbabwe would be allowed to compete in the tournament, following political discussions in the country whether their cricket team should be allowed to tour Zimbabwe in 2005.
ICC President Ehsan Mani said the extra time taken by the Asian block to hand over its bid compliance book had harmed the four-nation bid. However, when the time came to vote, Asia won the hosting rights by seven votes to three.[10] The Pakistan Cricket Board has revealed that it was the vote of the West Indies Cricket Board that swung the matter, as the Asian bid had the support of the four bidding countries along with South Africa and Zimbabwe.[11] It was reported in Pakistani newspaper Dawn that the Asian countries promised to hold fund-raising events for West Indian cricket during the 2007 World Cup, which may have influenced the vote.[12] However, chairman of the Monitoring Committee of the Asian bid, I. S. Bindra, said it was their promise of extra profits in the region of US$ 400 million that swung the vote,[13] that there "was no quid pro quo for their support",[14] and that playing the West Indies had "nothing to do with the World Cup bid".[14]
ICC prefers to rotate World Cup venues between major cricket playing nations. The world cups have been hosted by England (Three times 1975,1979,1983), India/Pakistan 1987, Australia/New Zealand 1992, India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka 1996, England (UK,Netherlands) 1999, South Africa (Zimbabwe,Kenya) 2003, West Indies 2007. For the 2011 World Cup Australia/New Zealand were a strong contender ahead of India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka/Bangladesh because they had not hosted a World cup since 1992. In the final voting India won because they argued that since they were a bigger group of countries they should be assigned a World cup more frequently. Due to this, Australia/New Zealand were awarded the 2015 World Cup.

Format

Late in 2007, the four host nations agreed upon a revised format for the 2011 World Cup identical to the 1996 World Cup, the only change being the no. of teams as it was 12 in 1996 and 14 in 2011. The first round of the tournament will be a round-robin in which the 14 teams are divided into 2 groups of 7 teams each. The 7 teams play each other once with the top 4 from each group qualifying for the quarter-finals.[15] The format ensures that each team gets to play a minimum of 6 matches even if they are ruled out of the tournament due to early defeats.

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.[16]
The ICC also organised a qualifying tournament in South Africa to determine which Associate teams would participate in 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.[17]
The following 14 teams qualified for the final tournament.
Group AGroup B
RankTeamRankTeam
Full Members
1 Australia2 India
3 Pakistan4 South Africa
5 New Zealand6 England
7 Sri Lanka8 West Indies
9 Zimbabwe10 Bangladesh
Associate Members
11 Canada12 Ireland
13 Kenya14 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 due to ongoing concerns about the "uncertain security situation" prevailing in the country, especially in the aftermath of the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore.[18][19]
It is estimated that the PCB will lose $10.5 million due to the tournament being taken away from them.[20] This figure only includes the match-fee of $750,000 per match guaranteed by the ICC. The overall loss to the PCB and the Pakistani economy is 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.[21] However, the ICC claims that PCB is still a co-host and they have only shifted the matches out of Pakistan.[22] Pakistan had proposed that South Asia host the 2015 World Cup and Australia/New Zealand host 2011, however this option did not find favour with their co-hosts and hence didn't materialise.[23]

Allocation of matches

On 11 April 2005, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan announced an agreement about the allocation of games.[24] The original plan involved India hosting the final, while Pakistan and Sri Lanka would host the semi-finals.[25] and the opening ceremony will take place in Bangladesh.[26]
After being stripped of its co-host status, Pakistan made the bid to host its home games in the cities of UAE as a neutral home venue. This is a result of Pakistan playing matches in the preceding months in Abu DhabiDubai and Sharjah. The pitches in these stadiums have also been developed to suit the Pakistani players. This would not have harmed any timing schedules as there are regular flights from the city of Mumbai to Dubai.
However, on 28 April 2009, the ICC announced the re-allocation of matches originally intended to be played in Pakistan. As a result, India will now host 29 matches across eight venues including the final and one semi-final; Sri Lanka will host 12 in three venues, including one semi-final; while Bangladesh will stage eight at two grounds as well as the opening ceremony on 17 February 2011.[27]
On 1 June 2010, the first phase of tickets for the 2011 World Cup in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were put on sale following a meeting of the tournament's Central Organising Committee in Mumbai. The tickets were priced affordably, with the cheapest costing 20 US cents in Sri Lanka, the committee said.[28] 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. As a result, the match was moved to Bangalore.[29]

Media and promotion

The World Cup has grown as a media event with each tournament. The International Cricket Council has sold the rights for broadcasting of the 2011 Cricket World Cup for around US$ 2 Billion to ESPN Star Sports and Star Cricket.
Song and other promotions
The official event ambassador for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is Sachin Tendulkar,[30] promoting various ICC initiatives for the tournament.
The official song of the 2011 World Cup "De Ghuma Ke" was composed by the trio of Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, and is sung in Hindi, Bengali and Sinhala.[31] It incorporates an array of Indian rhythms, as well as elements of rock and hip-hop. The song was performed at the opening ceremony of the tournament, which was held in Bangladesh on 17 February 2011.[32]
Mascot
Stumpy, a young elephant, is the official mascot for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.[33] He was unveiled at a function in ColomboSri Lanka, on Friday, 2 April 2010.[34] The official name of the mascot was released on Monday, 2 August 2010 after an online competition conducted by the International Cricket Council in the last week of July, 2010.[35]

Opening ceremony

The Opening Ceremony was held in Bangladesh. The venue for the opening ceremony was Bangabandhu National Stadium in DhakaBangladesh. The event took place on 17 February 2011, 2 days prior to the first match of the World Cup.

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 winning team will also take home a replica of the ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy, that has been awarded since 1999. The decision was taken at the ICC Board meeting which was held in Dubai on April 20, 2010.[36][37] The total prize money on offer for the tournament for the teams placing from 1st to 8th is US$7.48 million. The remaining two semi-finalists will receive 0.75 million US$ each. The last four quarter-finalists will each receive 0.37 million US$.[38]

Venues

All the venues of the 2011 Cricket World Cup were announced on 2 November 2009 in Mumbai by the International Cricket Council. Two new stadiums in Sri Lanka have been constructed for the World Cup at Kandy and Hambantota.[39]
VenueCityCapacity
India
Eden GardensKolkata64,500
Sardar Patel StadiumAhmedabad50,000
Feroz Shah KotlaNew Delhi48,000
Vidarbha Cricket Association StadiumNagpur45,000
M Chinnaswamy StadiumBangalore42,000
MA Chidambaram StadiumChennai38,000
Punjab Cricket Association StadiumMohali35,000
Wankhede StadiumMumbai33,000
Sri Lanka
R Premadasa StadiumColombo35,000
Muttiah Muralitharan International Cricket StadiumKandy35,000
Mahinda Rajapaksa International StadiumHambantota35,000
Bangladesh
Shere Bangla National StadiumDhaka25,000
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury StadiumChittagong20,000
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Venues in Bangladesh
2011 Cricket World Cup is located in India
Kolkata
New Delhi
Ahmedabad
Chennai
Mohali
Nagpur
Bangalore
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Colombo
Hambantota
Kandy
Venues in Sri Lanka

Umpires

The Umpire selection panel selected 18 umpires excluding a reserve umpire, Enamul Haque to officiate at the World Cup: 5 from Australia, 6 from Asia, 3 from England, 2 from New Zealand and 1 each from South Africa and West Indies.




Australia
  • Simon Taufel
  • Steve Davis
  • Rod Tucker
  • Daryl Harper
  • Bruce Oxenford
New Zealand
  • Billy Bowden
  • Tony Hill

South Africa
  • Marais Erasmus
Pakistan
  • Aleem Dar
  • Asad Rauf
India
  • Shavir Tarapore
  • Amiesh Saheba

England
  • Ian Gould
  • Richard Kettleborough
  • Nigel Llong
Sri Lanka
  • Asoka de Silva
  • Kumar Dharmasena
West Indies
  • Billy Doctrove

Squads

Each country, before selecting their final squads chose a 30-member preliminary squad for the tournament which then would be cut down to 15. All the 14 teams announced their final squad before 19 January 2011.

Matches

Warm-up matches

The following 14 warm-up matches were played before the World Cup started.[40][41]

Group stage

The top four teams from the two groups will qualify for the quarter finals.

Group A

TeamPldWLTNRNRRPts
 Pakistan65100+0.75810
 Sri Lanka64101+2.5829
 Australia64101+1.1239
 New Zealand64200+1.1358
 Zimbabwe62400+0.0304
 Canada61500−1.9872
 Kenya60600−3.0420
20 February 2011
Scorecard
Kenya 
69 (23.5 overs)
v New Zealand
72/0 (8 overs)
New Zealand won by 10 wickets
MA Chidambaram StadiumChepaukChennai

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 StadiumHambantota

21 February 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia 
262/6 (50 overs)
v Zimbabwe
171 (46.2 overs)
Australia won by 91 runs
Sardar Patel StadiumMoteraAhmedabad

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 StadiumHambantota

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, Jamtha, 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 StadiumColombo

28 February 2011
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
298/9 (50 overs)
v Canada
123 (42.1 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 175 runs
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, 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 StadiumColombo

3 March 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
184 (43 overs)
v Canada
138 (42.5 overs)
Pakistan won by 46 runs
R Premadasa StadiumColombo

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 StadiumMoteraAhmedabad

5 March 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
146/3 (32.5 overs)
v AustraliaMatch abandoned
R Premadasa StadiumColombo

7 March 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kenya 
198 (50 overs)
v Canada
199/5 (45.3 overs)
Canada won by 5 wickets
Feroz Shah KotlaNew 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 StadiumKandy

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 StadiumKandy

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 StadiumMumbai

13 March 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia 
324/6 (50 overs)
v Kenya
264/6 (50 overs)
Australia won by 60 runs
M Chinnaswamy StadiumBangalore

14 March 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
164/3 (34.1/38 overs)
v Zimbabwe
151/7 (39.4/39.4 overs)
Pakistan won by 7 wickets
Pallekele International Cricket StadiumKandy

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 StadiumBangalore

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 StadiumMumbai

19 March 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia 
176 (46.4 overs)
v Pakistan
178/6 (41 overs)
Pakistan won by 4 wickets
R Premadasa StadiumColombo

20 March 2011
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
306/6 (50 overs)
v Kenya
147 (36 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 161 runs
Eden GardensKolkata

Group B

TeamPldWLTNRNRRPts
 South Africa65100+2.02610
 India64110+0.9009
 England63210+0.0727
 West Indies63300+1.0666
 Bangladesh63300–1.3616
 Ireland62400–0.6964
 Netherlands60600–2.0450
19 February 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
370/4 (50 overs)
v Bangladesh
283/9 (50 overs)
India won by 87 runs
Shere Bangla National StadiumMirpurDhaka

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, Jamtha, 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 KotlaNew Delhi

25 February 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
205 (49.2 overs)
v Ireland
178 (45 overs)
Bangladesh won by 27 runs
Shere Bangla National StadiumMirpurDhaka

27 February 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
338 (49.5 overs)
v England
338/8 (50 overs)
Match tied
M Chinnaswamy StadiumBangalore

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 KotlaNew 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 StadiumBangalore

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 StadiumMohaliPunjab

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
Shere Bangla National StadiumMirpurDhaka

6 March 2011
Scorecard
England 
171 (45.4 overs)
v South Africa
165 (47.4 overs)
England won by 6 runs
MA Chidambaram StadiumChepaukChennai

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 StadiumBangalore

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 KotlaNew Delhi

11 March 2011
Scorecard
West Indies 
275 (50 overs)
v Ireland
231 (49 overs)
West Indies won by 44 runs
Punjab Cricket Association StadiumMohaliPunjab

11 March 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
England 
225 (49.4 overs)
v Bangladesh
227/8 (49 overs)
Bangladesh won by 2 wickets
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury StadiumChittagong

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
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur

14 March 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
Netherlands 
160 (46.2 overs)
v Bangladesh
166/4 (40.2 overs)
Bangladesh won by 6 wickets
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury StadiumChittagong

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 GardensKolkata

17 March 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
England 
243 (48.4 overs)
v West Indies
225 (44.4 overs)
England won by 18 runs
MA Chidambaram StadiumChepaukChennai

18 March 2011
Scorecard
Netherlands 
306 (50 overs)
v Ireland
307/4 (47.4 overs)
Ireland won by 6 wickets
Eden GardensKolkata

19 March 2011
Scorecard
South Africa 
284/8 (50 overs)
v Bangladesh
78 (28 overs)
South Africa won by 206 runs
Shere Bangla National StadiumMirpurDhaka

20 March 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
268 (49.1 overs)
v West Indies
188 (43 overs)
India won by 80 runs
MA Chidambaram StadiumChepaukChennai

Knockout stage

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
23 March – DhakaBangladesh
  Pakistan 113/0
30 March – MohaliIndia
  West Indies 112
  Pakistan
24 March – AhmedabadIndia
  India
  Australia 260/6
2 April – MumbaiIndia
  India 261/5
25 March – DhakaBangladesh
  New Zealand 221/8
29 March – ColomboSri Lanka
  South Africa  172
  New Zealand
26 March – ColomboSri Lanka
   Sri Lanka
  England 229/6
  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
Shere Bangla National StadiumMirpurDhaka

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 StadiumMoteraAhmedabad

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
Shere Bangla National StadiumMirpurDhaka

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 StadiumColombo

Semi-finals

29 March 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
New Zealand v Sri LankaSemi-Final 1
R Premadasa StadiumColombo

30 March 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan v IndiaSemi-Final 2
Punjab Cricket Association StadiumMohaliPunjab

Final

2 April 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
Winner of Semi-final 1vWinner of Semi-final 2Final
Wankhede StadiumMumbai

The location of a particular knockout stage could be interchanged to facilitate home matches for the hosts (India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh). But if two host countries draw each other, the team placed higher in the pre-tournament seeding will get preference. It means India, seeded higher than both Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, will play their knock-out stage match(es) on home soil.[42]

Statistics

The top five (including ties) run-scorers and wicket-takers are shown below:
Leading run scorers
Runs↓Player↓Team↓Mat↓
422Jonathan Trott England7
394Tillakaratne Dilshan Sri Lanka7
379Sachin Tendulkar India7
363Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka7
363Upul Tharanga Sri Lanka7
Leading wicket takers
Wickets↓Player↓Team↓Mat↓
21Shahid Afridi Pakistan7
17Zaheer Khan India7
15Robin Peterson South Africa7
15Tim Southee New Zealand7
14Imran Tahir South Africa5

Incidents

  • On 8 March, fans who lined up outside the Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground in Nagpur to buy tickets of the match between India and South Africa were caned by the local police.[43]
  • The West Indies' team bus had rocks thrown at it by Bangladeshi fans on its way back to the team hotel after their win over Bangladesh on March 4. It was later claimed that the rock-throwers had confused the Windies' bus with the Bangladesh bus.[44]Bangladesh’s elite Rapid Action Battalion arrested 38 people after the attack.[45]
  • The ultra right-wing Hindu nationalist political party Shiv Sena has threatened to disrupt the ICC Cricket World Cup final by disallowing Pakistan to play in Mumbai if Pakistan makes it to the final in Mumbai.[46]