India clubbed with South Africa, England in cricket World Cup
October 7th, 2009 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANSJohannesburg, Oct 7 (IANS) India have been clubbed with South Africa and England among seven countries in Group B for the 2011 cricket World Cup.
West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland and Netherlands are the other teams in the group, it was announced by International Cricket Council (ICC) here Wednesday.
The group A has defending champions Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada, Kenya.
The groups were confirmed in the ICC Board meeting here.
India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will host the event. Pakistan were stripped of the co-hosting rights because of the security concerns in the country.
India will host 29 of the tournament’s 49 matches, including a semi-final and the final. Sri Lanka will stage the other semi-final.
The ICC Board also approved the schedule for the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup, which will take place in New Zealand in January 2010.
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