{"id":21513,"date":"2013-07-30T12:31:51","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T10:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/india-to-launch-title-defence-against-pakistan\/"},"modified":"2013-07-30T12:31:51","modified_gmt":"2013-07-30T10:31:51","slug":"india-to-launch-title-defence-against-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/india-to-launch-title-defence-against-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"India to launch title defence against Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=11466\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11466\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11466 \" alt=\"Indian cricketers pose with the trophy after victory in the Cricket World Cup 2011 final. Photo: ICC \/ Getty Images\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/217e2_49618.jpg\" width=\"380\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Indian cricketers pose with the trophy after victory in the Cricket World Cup 2011 final. Photo: ICC \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/ireland-qualifies-for-cricket-world-cup-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">ICC Cricket World Cup<\/a> 2015 will be held in Australia and New Zealand from February 14 to March 29.<\/p>\n<p>India will begin its title defence against traditional rival Pakistan in Adelaide on February 15, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced today.<\/p>\n<p>India, which won the 2011 event when it defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in the final in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Mumbai\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=18.975,72.8258333333spn=0.1,0.1q=18.975,72.8258333333 (Mumbai)t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Mumbai<\/a>, will complete its group fixtures against Zimbabwe at <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Eden Park\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=-36.875,174.744722222spn=0.01,0.01q=-36.875,174.744722222 (Eden%20Park)t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Eden Park, Auckland<\/a>, on March 14.<\/p>\n<p>In the group, India will also play South Africa (in Melbourne on February 22), Qualifier 4 (in Perth on February 28), West Indies (in Perth on March 6) and <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/ireland-qualifies-for-cricket-world-cup-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ireland<\/a>* (in Hamilton on March 10).<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead to the tournament, India captain <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/chanderpaul-clarke-amla-and-cook-within-spitting-distance\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mahendra Singh Dhoni<\/a> said: \u201cIt only seems like yesterday that we won the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 in front of a passionate and supportive home crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorld Cup is a very special event for every cricketer because it only takes place every four years. Having tasted success in Mumbai in 2011, we\u2019ll be working very hard to retain it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m keenly looking forward to the tournament and confident that we\u2019ll do well.<\/p>\n<p>Our recent victory in the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 has provided the team with a lot of confidence, and I am sure this experience will help us in our preparations for the World Cup in 2015.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Full details on the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 and tournament qualification are available here.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnaindia.com\/sport\/1867347\/report-icc-world-cup-2015-india-to-open-title-defence-against-pakistan-on-february-15\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/217e2_189322362_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnaindia.com\/sport\/1867347\/report-icc-world-cup-2015-india-to-open-title-defence-against-pakistan-on-february-15\" target=\"_blank\">ICC World Cup 2015: India to open title defence against Pakistan on February 15<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtual-strategy.com\/2013\/07\/29\/icc-cricket-world-cup-2015-launch-be-broadcast-worldwide\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/217e2_189277595_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtual-strategy.com\/2013\/07\/29\/icc-cricket-world-cup-2015-launch-be-broadcast-worldwide\" target=\"_blank\">ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Launch to be Broadcast Worldwide<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dawn.com\/news\/1032955\/india-begin-2015-wc-defence-with-pakistan-clash\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/217e2_189319857_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/dawn.com\/news\/1032955\/india-begin-2015-wc-defence-with-pakistan-clash\" target=\"_blank\">India begin 2015 WC defence with Pakistan clash<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/217e2_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian cricketers pose with the trophy after victory in the Cricket World Cup 2011 final. Photo: ICC \/ Getty Images The ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 will be held in Australia and New Zealand from February 14 to March 29. India will begin its title defence against traditional rival Pakistan in Adelaide on February 15, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[3258,830,885],"class_list":{"0":"post-21513","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-mysport","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-sport","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21513\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}