India to host 29 WC matches
Published:Tuesday | April 28, 2009 | 1:12 PM
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has increased India\'s allocation of matches for the 2011 World Cup after stripping Pakistan of co-hosting rights following a terror attack last month on the Sri Lanka team.
India will host 29 of the 49 matches, including the final and a semifinal.
Bangladesh will host the tournament opener and two quarterfinals among their eight matches and Sri Lanka will host 12 matches, including a semifinal.
The 10th edition of the World Cup was initially scheduled to be co-hosted by the four South Asian cricket test countries, with Pakistan slated to stage a semifinal among their allocation of 14 matches.
But cricket\'s world governing body removed Pakistan as a host on April 17, six weeks after a dozen heavily armed gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan team convoy en route to a test match at Lahore, Pakistan.
Seven players and a coach were injured in the attack and six police officers and a driver were killed in the ambush near the match venue.