World Cup is back in Asia
IN WHAT can be called a major victory for India as far as hosting events of an extravagant nature is concerned, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have won the bid to host the cricket World Cup 2011.
Announcing the decision on Sunday, the ICC also said the 2015 World Cup would go to Australia and New Zealand, and the 2019 event to England.
I.S. Bindra, who represented Asia, said the theme of the presentation was Cricket First. We simply explained that in this part of the world, cricket is a religion and everything come after that, he said. We went on to explain how all other functions – like marriages, Bollywood movies and other official functions – are sacrificed for the sake of cricket.
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