International Cricket Council Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat today said that the opening ceremony of the 2011 cricket World Cup will take place in Bangladesh on February 19, 2011. “We have decided that the opening ceremony and the opening game will take place on February 19, 2011 which is a Saturday in Bangladesh. We had a preliminary discussions about the number of matches to be played over 15 venues,” Lorgat said after the meeting of the 2011 World Cup Central Organising Committee