The first game will take place in Bangladesh at Dhaka on Saturday 19 February 2011 where India will take on Bangladesh and there will be an elaborately planned opening ceremony. The final will be played at Wankhade Stadium, Mumbai in India on Saturday 2 April 2011. There is a record prize pool for the game of US$10 million.
Fourteen cricketing nations will participate in the Cricket World Cup and the teams have been divided into two groups.
Group A consists of Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya.
Group B consists of India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland and the Netherlands.
Games will be held at 13 different venues across the three host nations of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India. There will be a total of 49 matches and Bangladesh will host eight matches at 2 different venues (Dhaka and Chittagong) including the opening game and a quarter final.
Sri Lanka will host twelve matches at 3 different venues (Colombo, Hambantota and Pallekele). India is host for 29 of the 49 matches including the finals and a semi-final. Games will be held at eight different venues in India and these are Mumbai, Mohali, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai and New Delhi.
The 49 Fixtures of the Cricket World Cup 2011
| Match no. | Date | Teams | Venue |
| 1 | 19 Feb 2011 | India vs Bangladesh | Dhaka |
| 2 | 20 Feb 2011 | New Zealand vs Kenya | Chennai |
| 3 | 20 Feb 2011 | Sri Lanka vs Canada | Hambantota |
| 4 | 21 Feb 2011 | Australia vs Zimbabwe | Ahmedabad |
| 5 | 22 Feb 2011 | England vs Netherlands | Nagpur |
| 6 | 23 Feb 2011 | Pakistan vs Kenya | Hambantota |
| 7 | 24 Feb 2011 | South Africa vs West Indies | New Delhi |
| 8 | 25 Feb 2011 | Australia vs New Zealand | Nagpur |
| 9 | 25 Feb 2011 | Bangladesh vs Ireland | Dhaka |
| 10 | 26 Feb 2011 | Sri Lanka vs Pakistan | Colombo |
| 11 | 27 Feb 2011 | India vs England | Kolkata |
| 12 | 27 Feb 2011 | West Indies vs Netherlands | New Delhi |
| 13 | 28 Feb 2011 | Zimbabwe vs Canada | Nagpur |
| 14 | 1 Mar 2011 | Sri Lanka vs Kenya | Colombo |
| 15 | 2 Mar 2011 | England vs Ireland | Bangalore |
| 16 | 3 Mar 2011 | South Africa vs Netherlands | Mohali |
| 17 | 3 Mar 2011 | Pakistan vs Canada | Colombo |
| 18 | 4 Mar 2011 | New Zealand vs Zimbabwe | Ahmedabad |
| 19 | 4 Mar 2011 | Bangladesh vs West Indies | Dhaka |
| 20 | 5 Mar 2011 | Sri Lanka vs Australia | Colombo |
| 21 | 6 Mar 2011 | India vs Ireland | Bangalore |
| 22 | 6 Mar 2011 | England vs South Africa | Chennai |
| 23 | 7 Mar 2011 | Kenya vs Canada | New Delhi |
| 24 | 8 Mar 2011 | Pakistan vs New Zealand | Pallekelle |
| 25 | 9 Mar 2011 | India vs Netherlands | New Delhi |
| 26 | 10 Mar 2011 | Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe | Pallekelle |
| 27 | 11 Mar 2011 | West Indies vs Ireland | Mohali |
| 28 | 11 Mar 2011 | Bangladesh vs England | Chittagong |
| 29 | 12 Mar 2011 | India vs South Africa | Nagpur |
| 30 | 13 Mar 2011 | New Zealand vs Canada | Mumbai |
| 31 | 13 Mar 2011 | Australia vs Kenya | Bangalore |
| 32 | 1 Mar 2011 | Pakistan vs Zimbabwe | Pallekelle |
| 33 | 14 Mar 2011 | Bangladesh vs Netherlands | Chittagong |
| 34 | 15 Mar 2011 | South Africa vs Ireland | Kolkata |
| 35 | 16 Mar 2011 | Australia vs Canada | Bangalore |
| 36 | 17 Mar 2011 | England vs West Indies | Chennai |
| 37 | 18 Mar 2011 | Sri Lanka vs New Zealand | Mumbai |
| 38 | 18 Mar 2011 | Ireland vs Netherlands | Kolkata |
| 39 | 19 Mar 2011 | Australia vs Pakistan | Colombo |
| 40 | 19 Mar 2011 | Bangladesh vs South Africa | Dhaka |
| 41 | 20 Mar 2011 | Zimbabwe vs Kenya | Kolkata |
| 42 | 20 Mar 2011 | India vs West Indies | Chennai |
| 43 | 23 Mar 2011 | First Quarter Final | Dhaka |
| 44 | 24 Mar 2011 | Second Quarter Final | Colombo |
| 45 | 25 Mar 2011 | Third Quarter Final | Dhaka |
| 46 | 26 Mar 2011 | Fourth Quarter Final | Ahmedabad |
| 47 | 29 Mar 2011 | First Semi Final | Colombo |
| 48 | 30 Mar 2011 | Second Semi Final | Mohali |
| 49 | 2 April 2011 | Final | Mumbai |
Australia has won the last three consecutive World Cups in 2007, 2003 and 1999 and will be keen to maintain their title, but there is expected to be fierce competition, particularly from host nations India and Sri Lanka.
