Hey there,
Title says all. It was a memorable night for all the Bangladeshis. FYI India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh are jointly hosting this 10th edition of Cricket World Cup. Bangladesh had the pleasure to hold the Opening. Our Capital City Dhaka is very well furnished for the occassion. The Opening Ceremony took place tonight @6 PM local time & it was a fantastic 2:30 hrs program. The inaugural match between Bangladesh & India will be on the pitch on 19th. This was how the stadium look like at the Gala -
It was a show of culture, history & lots of music. This is how all the Skippers of 14 teams entered the stadium -
The ride is called "Rickshaw" here which needs no fuel at all & kinda 3-wheeler edition of bi-cycle.
Channel 9 Report: ICC Cricket World Cup Opening Ceremony held at Dhaka registered a rating of 9.69 by IMG just behind the Beijing Olympics (9.78). Even the FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony just received a rating of 9.58 !!
Cricinfo Report: Passionate Bangladesh provides perfect opening
Awesome showdown, Bangladesh!
International Cricket Council (ICC) prepared a video to inspire tourism in Bangladesh: Admission going on in our school of happiness. I insist you to watch this video; I bet you'll find our country amazingly beautiful.
Last of all, Canadian Superstar Bryan Adams was here. He rocked at the end with only three of his numbers. It was short as he'll perform in an accoustic concert tomorrow. Here's a part of by him at the Gala -
Thanks all. Lets hope if Bangladesh wins against India in the opening game :)
Here's the full fixtures of the World Cup. It's less than a megabyte & it's MS excel file. So putting only the scores is enough, all the rest of the calculations (Net run rate, group standings, who will proceed in the further rounds, who will play whom etc) will be done by the file itself.
Discuss all your thoughts & comments about Cricket World Cup 2011 here.
@Koshai @Sleven
Koshai - Don't make me cry :P Yeah that vertical pitch cricket went awesome. Tigers should keep their heads up on 19th.
Sleven - Yeah superb.
@biZZy : Sorry i didn't saw earlier that u already posted this. Other wise i wud have posted something else. Anywz good job. BD ROCKS.
@monkeyfeed - lol no prob BD rocked that was most important. I'm always quick :P
Everytime i see openings like this all that pops in my head is MONEY CASH $!
@CaseyD - Don't think about money when you want to make it successful one.
Cricket has limited exposure in the USA. I have one friend-at-work who is from Barbados who ~tries~ to explain it to me! Bryan Adams: rocker!
@UserBanner - Yes, it's less famous in that part of the world. They like rather Baseball which we don't.
Cricket, the one sport I don't understand even after reading wikipedia....
The whole ceremony made my day!!! I cant express my feelings (I am trying to be emotional although I have a difficulty doing that). The ad, the aeriel cricket and Bryam Adams were awesome. I hope the Tigers will roar on Feb 19th.