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 The ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 will be jointly hosted by Bangladesh, India  and Sri Lanka. The World Cup will take place between February and early April  2011, with the first match to be played on 19 February 2011 Dhaka. The opening ceremony will be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 17 February 2011,  two days before the start of the tournament. The venue for the opening  ceremony is Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka (pictured above.) The Cricket-Culture is not a new phenomenon in Bangladesh. As elsewhere in the South Asia, the game itself was first introduced to this region by the British nearly two centuries ago. However, cricket remained mostly a recreational game. The common people did not generally play it because of the complicated nature of the game. Dhaka has been a test venue since 1954-55 with the opening match played between India and Pakistan. Following independence of Bangladesh in 1971, cricket has continued to grow, and common mass quickly adapted to the game. The Marylebone Cricket Club’s (MCC) tour in 1976/77 helped to build the enthusiasm, over 40,000 people attending the representative match at Dhaka. In 1977, Bangladesh became an Associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the Cricket’s world Governing Body. The standard of cricket quickly rose in the 1980s, and soon Bangladesh was the top ICC associate country in the region, winning all Asian Cricket Council’s (ACC) tournaments. This gave them the opportunity to play in the Asia Cup, against teams like India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The Third Asia Cup took place in Bangladesh in 1988 with India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka participating as well as the host country. In 1997, Bangladesh won the ICC Trophy in Malaysia, qualifying for its first ever world cup appearance. Soon after, Bangladesh, along with Kenya was granted full One Day International Status (ODI) status by the ICC. Bangladesh posted its first ODI win against Kenya in India in 1998. In October of 1998, Bangladesh hosted the first ever "Mini World Cup", a knock-out basis ODI tournament featuring all the test playing nations. In 1999, in their maiden appearance at the World Cup in England, Bangladesh defeated fellow ICC associate Scotland, and then pulled off a victory against tournament favorites Pakistan. As a reward of bright performance in ICC and World Cup, Bangladesh was given the status of the 10th test playing nation on the 26th June, 2000. Bangladesh won its first test over Zimbabwe in 2005.

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The ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 will be jointly hosted by Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. The World Cup will take place between February and early April 2011, with the first match to be played on 19 February 2011 Dhaka.

The opening ceremony will be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 17 February 2011, two days before the start of the tournament. The venue for the opening ceremony is Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka (pictured above.)

The Cricket-Culture is not a new phenomenon in Bangladesh. As elsewhere in the South Asia, thegame itself was first introduced to this region by the British nearly two centuries ago. However,cricket remained mostly a recreational game. The common people did not generally play itbecause of the complicated nature of the game.

Dhaka has been a test venue since 1954-55 with the opening match played between India andPakistan. Following independence of Bangladesh in 1971, cricket has continued to grow, andcommon mass quickly adapted to the game. The Marylebone Cricket Club’s (MCC) tour in

1976/77 helped to build the enthusiasm, over 40,000 people attending the representative match atDhaka. In 1977, Bangladesh became an Associate member of the International Cricket Council(ICC), the Cricket’s world G overning Body.

The standard of cricket quickly rose in the 1980s, and soon Bangladesh was the top ICC associatecountry in the region, winning all A sian Cricket Council’s (ACC) tournaments. This gave themthe opportunity to play in the Asia Cup, against teams like India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. TheThird Asia Cup took place in Bangladesh in 1988 with India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka participatingas well as the host country.

In 1997, Bangladesh won the ICC Trophy in Malaysia, qualifying for its first ever world cupappearance. Soon after, Bangladesh, along with Kenya was granted full One Day International

Status (ODI) status by the ICC. Bangladesh posted its first ODI win against Kenya in India in1998.

In October of 1998, Bangladesh hosted the first ever "Mini World Cup", a knock-out basis ODItournament featuring all the test playing nations. In 1999, in their maiden appearance at theWorld Cup in England, Bangladesh defeated fellow ICC associate Scotland, and then pulled off avictory against tournament favorites Pakistan. As a reward of bright performance in ICC andWorld Cup, Bangladesh was given the status of the 10th test playing nation on the 26th June,2000. Bangladesh won its first test over Zimbabwe in 2005.

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Recently, Bangladesh scored 4-0 one day series win defeating a test playing country, NewZealand followed by a series win against Zimbabwe.