The 2011 World Cup, to be jointly hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, is expected to cost between $40 and 50 million.

The figure was worked out at a preliminary meeting of the 2011 World Cup sub-committee looking into operations planning and event budgeting here, said tournament director and Cricket Board’s Chief Administrative Officer, Prof Ratnakar Shetty.

The preliminary meeting, in which two representatives of the International Cricket Council - including its Gene