A total of 14 cricket teams are going to participate in the upcoming World Cricket Tournament scheduled to kick off on February 19, 2011 in Bangladesh also co-organised by India and Sri Lanka. The participating teams will join the mega arrangement in two groups.
The teams are: Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada, Kenya, India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland and Netherlands. These teams are split into two groups. Each team will compete with 7 teams in a group.
Group A : Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya.
Group B: India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland and Netherlands.