Cricket World Cup 2011 Gala opening

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Bangladesh on 17 February evening created a new history with an electrifying opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 at the magnificent Bangaban-dhu National Stadium as the frenzy around the world cup reaches fever pitch.
The gala ceremony manifested aestheticism of host Bangladesh's traditional heritage and culture along with traditional culture of co-hosts India and Sri Lanka.
The 135-minute opening ceremony of the mega sports event started at 6:15 pm.
Cerebrated Canadian rock star Bryan Adams and India's star singer Sonu Nigam rendered songs alongside renowned Bangladeshi singers Sabina Yasmin, Runa Laila and Momtaz to the ecstasy of millions of people around the cricket-loving world.
Bangladeshi pop stars including Arnob, Mila and Balam gave a kick-start to the colourful opening ceremony with a 45-minute pre-show that featured a song penned specifically for the occasion.

BD face to Pakistan today on last practice match

Bangladesh play their last practice match of the ICC Cricket World Cup’ 2011 against Pakistan today (15.02.20011) at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. The day-night basis match will starts at 2:30 pm (BD Time) at the renovated Stadium. Both the teams made their practices yesterday (14.02.2011) for today’s practice match. 

 Siddons to field extra bowlers

Bangladesh head coach Jamie Siddons focused on to get the things rights irrespective of the match result when they would take on Pakistan in their last warm-up match on Tuesday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. Despite the win against Canada with ease, Siddons reckoned still there was much more things which should be settled before their World Cup kick-starts. With the world knocking around the corner and Bangladesh would have to face off red-hot favourite India in the opening match, it would be a last opportunity for the Australian coach to sort out the problems of the side. 

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011-Schedules & Results

#	Date & Time	Match	Venue	Result
1	19 Feb,2011 08:30 AM GMT	IND vs BAN	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur	To be played
2	20 Feb,2011 04:00 AM GMT	NZ vs KEN	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	To be played
3	20 Feb,2011 09:00 AM GMT	SL vs CAN	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota	To be played
4	21 Feb,2011 09:00 AM GMT	AUS vs ZIM	Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, Motera	To be played
5	22 Feb,2011 09:00 AM GMT	ENG vs NED	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur	To be played

Tigers’ performance, Tamim Iqbal happy

Tamim Iqbal, Bangladesh opener and vice captain expressed satisfaction over the performance of the Tigers after the nine-wicket win over Canada at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on 12.02.20011 Tamim said, “I think the bowling department was very good today. We also fielded well, so the overall performance was quite satisfying. However, we will try to improve as it is a continuous process.”

The Bangladesh vice captain was particularly impressed with the effort of Shafiul Islam. “I am impressed with Shafiul, he bowled with true venom. He got Davison out with a slower that he had mastered in recent times. So, we can say that our fast bowlers are picking up wickets in the right time,” said Tamim.

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