Bangladesh to Host 2011WC Opening Ceremony

Banglatiger84 · #1 July 8, 2006, 04:12 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/5160396.stm

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Indian fans will hope to see a repeat of their team's 1983 win
India will stage the Cricket World Cup final for the first time in 2011, the organisers have agreed.

They were confirmed as co-hosts of the event with Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at this week's International Cricket Council conference in London.

Pakistan hosted the final the last time the World Cup was played in Asia 10 years ago.

But Pakistan and Sri Lanka will stage semi-finals in 2011, with the opening ceremony taking place in Bangladesh.

"It has been decided that all four should evenly play a part in hosting the major events of the tournament," said Pakistan Cricket Board director Abbas Zaidi.

The Asian bid was preferred to a joint application from Australia and New Zealand for the 2011 showpiece.

And officials have already expressed their determination to make it the best World Cup in the tournament's history.

"Traffic will come to a stop in the four countries in 2011. There will be more than a billion (TV) viewers in the sub-continent, and another billion in the rest of the world," India's Inderjit Singh Bindra has said.

India will stage 22 matches, Pakistan 16, Sri Lanka nine and Bangladesh six.

Among the potential venues for the final would be Eden Gardens in Calcutta, which has a capacity of 90,000, the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai (Bombay), the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, or the Feroz Shaha Kotla in Delhi.

Sovik · #2 July 8, 2006, 04:22 AM

good news, lets hope we make a good opening ceremony

HawkEye000 · #3 July 8, 2006, 05:51 AM

and it's great that we are getting the opening match too (with Bangladesh playing in it) and I hope Bnagladesh beats whoever they will be playing then...

sunny747 · #4 July 8, 2006, 05:59 AM

big honor for us..........damn it...need to wait another 5 years.....

abdulw11 · #5 July 8, 2006, 06:08 AM

Thats great! Hope they make it a good show.

oracle · #6 July 8, 2006, 07:03 AM

wow!!-opening ceremony. I guess the U-19 championship made a lasting impression on the diciosion makers. Credit must go to the organizers for this. Wonder where this is going to take place?

thebest · #7 July 8, 2006, 09:05 AM

Oh yea; Opening ceremony. We have too much money to spend on trivial issues.

SMHasan · #8 July 8, 2006, 10:37 AM

Great great news for us! Wonderful!Its a great honour for us and believe that the world will be looking at us on that day.

SMHasan · #9 July 8, 2006, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by thebest
Oh yea; Opening ceremony. We have too much money to spend on trivial issues.

Never mind thebest, ICC will be providing a portion of the expense for the opening ceremony. And we are not going to develope the country by overnight if we dont invest some money for this event, are we? We have already lost millions of taka for corruptions, so what is wrong organizing this event? I will say it is an investment rather than an expense.

If you look at todays newspapers then you will see Biman officials are spending huge amount of money for their foreign tour for no reason. Should I say anything? Shame.

layperson · #10 July 8, 2006, 11:39 AM

Great news !!! Holding the ceremony successfully will lift our image and hosting the world cup would mean a boost to our economy albeit a small one due to the number of matches.

Shafi · #11 July 8, 2006, 12:19 PM

It's very prestigeous to get this oppurtunity to host the world cup. Not only it'll brighten our image, it'll also give us some cultural boost in world culture.

Frost · #12 July 8, 2006, 01:01 PM

Simply great news! I'm confident that Bangladesh will come with an excellent openning ceremony. I hope by then we'll becoming an excellent cricket team as well.

akabir77 · #13 July 8, 2006, 03:09 PM

oh no again shubro devs cricket cricket song....

israr · #14 July 8, 2006, 03:22 PM

will it be in the 60000 capacity of Mirpur stadium

6alltheway · #15 July 8, 2006, 05:39 PM

nice, lets see what BD can pull off.

Hasib · #16 July 8, 2006, 10:43 PM

Great! It will be interesting what our team wold be like in 2011... Also by hosting the opening ceremony its a great opportunity to showcase our country...hopefuly it will be a good tourism boost too.

shaoun · #17 July 9, 2006, 12:19 AM

very happy to hear that we are hosting the opening ceremony and the first match. i hoped we would get to host the final but i guess thats too far out of reach for us. specially when india and pakistan are also co-hosting the world cup with us. now i just hope that we can be a contender to win the world cup by 2011. i think its very possible to take our team to that level in next 5 years. but we are still far away from reaching that level.

fuzzy · #18 July 9, 2006, 06:47 AM

its a dream came true for us guys. i still can't believe every1in the world will watch ban on TV.
we gonna shows how beautiful our motherland is.
i hope james sings his " amar sonar bangla " not da national anthem.
guys y don't we contribute 2 this such a big event.
lets write a song for our cricket team. song that u like hear on da the day.
song that tells about our team, write in english or bangla or a mix. make it da best song ever.

thanks guys

Sam · #19 July 9, 2006, 07:05 AM

It's really a great news, but it was expected. The opening ceremony should be in BNS, of course.
First: it's a prestigious event, which will take place in the bigger stadium and at the centrer of the city.
Second: the pitches of Mirpur Stadium should not be damaged by the performers before the important WC matches.
Third: We want the BNS back for Cricket, and let it be step no.1, if not more.
Fourth: This will make the event for everyone, irrespective of forms of sports and will be looked as a matter of pride for the whole nation.

Rabz · #20 July 9, 2006, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by akabir77
oh no again shubro devs cricket cricket song....

i second that..
pls not shuvro dab dab again...

but on the thread subject note.. yes..its a great honour for our country to host the opening ceremony of the World Cup..

looks like the think tanks of our cricket world has finally managed to do something good.. so congrats to them as well...

hopefully it should be a ceremony to remember by..

Cant wait for WC'11

too bad i'll turn 30 by then...

Hatebreed · #21 July 9, 2006, 11:36 AM

This is great news for BD, I just hope BCB will do a good job at planning and executing this event. Also good to know BD will be playing in the first match, let's hope our team will improve by then and win.

Bancan · #22 July 9, 2006, 11:41 AM

im excited but not so sure abt this. all of u guys saw those programs in BNS for independence day or victory day. they are not that good. i know its bigger but, bd people dont think outside the box, especially those people in the office. So i have doubts in my mind how well they can pull it off!

Shakalaka · #23 July 9, 2006, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by thebest
Oh yea; Opening ceremony. We have too much money to spend on trivial issues.

Well, little less money will go to politician's pocket atleast. Then again, khaleda-hasina will make sure they can rip off the ICC fund also. that is for sure.

sonarbangla · #24 July 9, 2006, 06:05 PM

hahahaha.. they are giving Bangladesh a chance to hosting the most expensive portion of the entire tournament eh? whats so nice about it?!if they really wanna give us something , let us hold the final match in our country... let India take the opening ceremony part.

israr · #25 July 10, 2006, 11:34 AM

where will the opening ceremony take place. BNS is out of the question.
please answer