Pakistan Wins Twenty20 Cricket World Cup

Shahid Afridi of Pakistan receives the man of the match award after beating Sri Lanka in their the final ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup match at Lord's, in London, on June 21, 2009. COPAA congratulates the Pakistan Team on its resounding victory in the Twenty20 World Cup against Sri Lanka at Lords in London.
COPAA congratulates the Pakistan Team and the People of Pakistan. The Pakistan team by its latest success has brought name and fame to Pakistan and has given it the worldwide image of a progressive and sports loving nation. COPAA appeals to the government of Pakistan to provide more funds for the development of cricket as a national sport in Pakistan and give maximum aid and encouragement to Pakistan's energetic cricket associations for expanding the base of cricket in the country and the emergence of dedicated supporters of the game.
Pakistan's latest triumph in cricket will give a boost to the national cricket team and enhance Pakistan's reputation in the many countries where cricket is played as a national game. This victory will be a powerful moral booster to those Pakistanis who are rendering creditable services to the IDPs and all those adversely affected by the current affairs in the northwest part of Pakistan.
Cricket here in the US it is a thriving sport, and the cricket fields at Woodley boast pitches that have been played upon by the famous as the late Omar Qureshi and PM Zulifaqar Ali Bhutto, to recently as Asif Mohommad, Rizwan-us-Zaman and Harris Khan.
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Indian Squad For Twenty20 – T20 World Cup 2009

Indian Squad for Twenty20 World Cup in England is named. However, its only the preliminary and squad is subject to some changes if need be.

There is no surprise and MS Dhoni will be captain for the second edition as well. He takes all credit in surprising cricket mad Indian fans by a win in South Africa in 2007 against Australia. No wonder the game instantly became popular here in the sub continent.
About 30 members are named in the preliminary squad and this will be trimmed to 15 members before the event. In the 30; however, seniors such as explosive in form batsman Virender Sehwag and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh find spot. There is a surprise inclusion in Lakshmipathy Balaji who was off limelight for more than 3 years after some shine with his bowling. The team of 30 look like this:
Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Murali Vijay, Ajinkya Rahane, Naman Ojha, Subramaniam Badrinath, Robin Uthappa, Ravindra Jadeja, Manoj Tiwary, Virat Kohli, Wriddhiman Saha, Amit Mishra, Abhishek Nayar, Rudra Pratap Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin, Lakshmipathy Balaji and Dhawal Kulkarni.
The final 15 members are guessable by anyone who follows Indian cricket international and domestic circuits closely.

ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2007

The 2007 ICC World Twenty20 was a Twenty20 cricket tournament which took place in South Africa from September 11 to September 24, 2007. It was the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship. Twelve teams took part in the thirteen-day tournament, comprising the ten Test playing nations as well as Kenya and Scotland, the latter teams having qualified by reaching the final of the 2007 WCL Division One tournament. India won the tournament beating Pakistan in the final.

The Australia Cricket Team celebrate with the World Cup trophy

The Australia Cricket Team celebrate with the World Cup trophy.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

The dream came true for cricket lovers in Chittagong on Monday as the port city was awarded two group stage matches of the ICC 2011 World Cup by the International Cricket Council (ICC) yesterday.
The Chittagong Divisional Stadium will host Bangladesh's first round matches against England, on March 11, and Netherlands, on March 14, while the remaining six games for the hosts including two quarterfinals will be held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur here in Dhaka.
And as confirmed previously, the opening ceremony of the 14-nation showpiece event will also be held in Bangladesh, at the Banga-bandhu National Stadium on February 17. The tournament opener between Bangladesh and India will be held on February 19 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.
The other first round matches scheduled for Mirpur are Bangladesh v Ireland (February 25), Bangladesh v West Indies (March 4) and Bangladesh v South Africa (March 19). Besides, this venue will play host to the first and third quarterfinals on March 23 and 25 respectively.
World Cup Cricket 2011 Schedule

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