However, instead of each team playing each other home and away – thereby competing in 18 games each, the league has announced that each side will play against five teams home and away, two teams at home only, and the remaining two teams away only.

Which team plays which opponents (home and away / home only / away only) will be determined by a random draw, which will take place at 11:00 am on Sunday, 9 January 2011, before the start of day two of the IPL Player Auction

The season will commence as originally scheduled on Friday, 8 April 2011, and will conclude with the IPL final on Saturday, 28 May 2011. Below posted is the finalized schedule for IPL cricket games 2011

The final fixtures of ICC Cricket World cup 2011 has been announced with India taking Bangladesh in the opening match. India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will be the hosts with Mumbai hosting the final of the Cricket world cup 2011 game. It seems ICC took lessons from 2007 world cup and has divided the teams in two groups so that big teams qualify.

Cricket World Cup 2011 Groups:

Group A – Sri Lanka, Australia, Canada, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan and Zimbabwe.

Group B - India and Bangladesh, England, Ireland, Netherlands, West Indies and South Africa.

Cricket World Cup 2011 Fixtures:

Feb 19, 2011 Bangladesh vs India , 1st ODI Match Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Feb 20, 2011 New Zealand vs Kenya , 2nd ODI Match MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Feb 20, 2011 Sri Lanka vs Canada , 3rd ODI Match Hambantota Cricket Stadium, Hambantota

Feb 21, 2011 Australia vs Zimbabwe , 4th ODI Match Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

Feb 22, 2011 England vs Netherlands , 5th ODI Match Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur

Feb 23, 2011 Pakistan vs Canada , 6th ODI Match Hambantota Cricket Stadium, Hambantota

Feb 24, 2011 South Africa vs West Indies , 7th ODI Match Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Feb 25, 2011 Australia vs New Zealand , 8th ODI Match Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur

Feb 25, 2011 Bangladesh vs Ireland , 9th ODI Match Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Feb 26, 2011 Pakistan vs Sri Lanka , 10th ODI Match R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Feb 27, 2011 India vs England , 11th ODI Match Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Feb 28, 2011 Canada vs Zimbabwe , 13th ODI Match Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur

Feb 28, 2011 West Indies vs Netherlands , 12th ODI Match Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Mar 1, 2011 Sri Lanka vs Kenya , 14th ODI Match R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Mar 2, 2011 England vs Ireland , 15th ODI Match M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Mar 3, 2011 Pakistan vs Canada , 17th ODI Match R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Mar 3, 2011 South Africa vs Netherlands , 16th ODI Match Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali

Mar 4, 2011 New Zealand vs Zimbabwe , 18th ODI Match Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

Mar 4, 2011 Bangladesh vs West Indies , 19th ODI Match Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Mar 5, 2011 Australia vs Sri Lanka , 20th ODI Match R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Mar 6, 2011 India vs Ireland , 21st ODI Match M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Mar 6, 2011 South Africa vs England , 22nd ODI Match MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Mar 7, 2011 Canada vs Kenya , 23rd ODI Match Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Mar 8, 2011 Pakistan vs New Zealand , 24th ODI Match Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy

Mar 9, 2011 India vs Netherlands , 25th ODI Match Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Mar 10, 2011 Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe , 26th ODI Match Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy

Mar 11, 2011 West Indies vs Ireland , 27th ODI Match Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali

Mar 11, 2011 Bangladesh vs England , 28th ODI Match Jahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong

Mar 12, 2011 India vs South Africa , 29th ODI Match Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur

Mar 13, 2011 New Zealand vs Canada , 30th ODI Match Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Mar 13, 2011 Australia vs Kenya , 31st ODI Match M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Mar 14, 2011 Pakistan vs Zimbabwe , 32nd ODI Match Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy

Mar 14, 2011 Bangladesh vs Netherlands , 33rd ODI Match Jahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong

Mar 15, 2011 South Africa vs Ireland , 34th ODI Match Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Mar 16, 2011 Australia vs Canada , 35th ODI Match M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Mar 17, 2011 England vs West Indies , 36th ODI Match MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Mar 18, 2011 Sri Lanka vs New Zealand , 37th ODI Match Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Mar 18, 2011 Ireland vs Netherlands , 38th ODI Match Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Mar 19, 2011 Pakistan vs Australia , 39th ODI Match R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Mar 19, 2011 Bangladesh vs South Africa , 40th ODI Match Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Mar 20, 2011 Zimbabwe vs Kenya , 41st ODI Match Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Mar 20, 2011 India vs West Indies , 42nd ODI Match MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Mar 23, 2011 TBC vs TBC , 1st Quarter Final ODI Match Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Mar 24, 2011 TBC vs TBC , 2nd Quarter Final ODI Match R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Mar 25, 2011 TBC vs TBC , 3rd Quarter Final ODI Match Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Mar 26, 2011 TBC vs TBC , 4th Quarter Final ODI Match Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

Mar 29, 2011 TBC vs TBC , 1st Semi Final ODI Match R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Mar 30, 2011 TBC vs TBC , 2nd Semi Final ODI Match Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali

Apr 2, 2011 TBC vs TBC , The Final ODI Match Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

India play first test match against South Africa at Sahara supersport park stadium in Centurion from 16th to 20th December and then boxing day test match at Kingsmead in Durban from decades old prosperous date of 26th December. Third and final test match begins 2nd January at Newlands ground in Cape town. India then move to soccer world cup venue of Moses Mabhida Stadium to play one off twenty20 international on 9th January. India will start their ODi series from 12^th of January 2011 at Kinsmead, Durban. The 2^nd ODI will be played on 15^th of January ay Johannesburg. Third, Fourth and Fifth one day matches will be played on 18^th, 21st and 23^rd of January at Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Centurion respectively.

Schedule: India vs South Africa 2010/11 (Ind vs SA)

16-20 Dec 2010
1st test match
Supersport park in Centurion

26-30 Dec 2010
2nd test match
Kingsmead in Durban

2-6 Jan 2011
3rd test match
Newlands in Capetown

9 January 2011
Only Twenty20
Moses Mabhida in Durban

13 Janaury 2011
1st one dayer
Kingsmead in Durban

15 January 2011
2nd one dayers
Wanderers in Johannesburg

18 Janaury 2011
3rd one dayer
Newlands in Capetown

21 January 2011
4th one dayer
St George’s, Port Elizabeth

23 Janaury 2011
5th one dayer
Supersport park in Centurion

Match Schedule Details:

Nov 4, 2010
04:00
India vs New Zealand, 1st Test
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

Nov 12, 2010
04:00
India vs New Zealand, 2nd Test
Green Park, Kanpur

Nov 20, 2010
04:00
India vs New Zealand, 3rd Test
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur

Nov 28, 2010
03:30
India vs New Zealand, 1st ODI
Nehru Stadium, Guwahati

Dec 1, 2010
09:00
India vs New Zealand, 2nd ODI
Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali

Dec 4, 2010
09:00
India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI
Rajiv Gandhi Int. Stadium, Hyderabad

Dec 7, 2010
09:00
India vs New Zealand, 4th ODI
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Dec 10, 2010
09:00
India vs New Zealand, 5th ODI
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Champions League T20 2010 – Teams:

The CLT20 teams are divided into two groups A and B, from where top two teams will be selected for the semi-finals.

Group A:

Chennai Super Kings

Chevrolet Warriors

Victorian Bushrangers

Wayamba Elevens

Central Districts Stags

Group B:

Mumbai Indians

Highveld Lions

Southern Redbacks

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Guyana

Champions League T20 2010 – Schedule:

Detailed Schedule: