With the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament at the door, cricketing fever is rising by the degrees. While cricket fans have their eyes set on the Bangladesh squad's ability to put up a valiant display, they have their eyes on other teams and players also. Our celebrities of the country are not immune from the general excitement. This is what they had to say:

Moments of ICC World Cup 2015 opening ceremony at Christchurch, New Zealand and Melbourne, Australia on February 12, 2015

The opening ceremony for the ICC World Cup 2015 is held at Christchurch and Melbourne. Both the cities were draped and decorated in festive colours as the biggest show for cricket began with a spectacular show of fireworks and colourful flags.

In the inaugural match, Kane Williamson of New Zealand and Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka may steal the focus.

Indian opener Rohit Sharma smashed 150 against Afghanistan in their final World Cup warm-up match Tuesday, helping the holders register their first win in Australia since they landed in November.

BCB is organising three concerts in Khulna, Chittagong and Mirpur to spread 'positive vibes' and 'gain support' for Bangladesh team in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

As a Bangladeshi, cricket runs in our blood and nothing short of the end of the world can get in our way when it comes to this beautiful sport. We stay up till 3am and swear to never watch another match when we lose by 3 runs but we always find ourselves glued to the sofa every time the Tigers step onto the pitch.

In 2011, MS Dhoni helped end a 28-year wait for India and gifted Sachin Tendulkar something he had craved throughout his career - to be called a World Cup champion

Overview World Cup 2011

Beating an Australian team is never an easy job, least of all in a knockout match in a World Cup. In 2011, Yuvraj Singh was determined to do it

The day in 2003 that Andy Flower and Henry Olonga took a political, and potentially dangerous, stand against the Zimbabwe government

Overview World Cup 2007

Batting with a squash ball in your glove can be an uncomfortable experience, but not for Adam Gilchrist

The 2007 World Cup was the pinnacle of my career. I only played a handful of Tests, 30-odd one-dayers, went on a few good tours, and that was about it

Mahela Jayawardene's classic 2011 hundred did not deserve to be the only one of six in World Cup finals to not have been good enough to earn the maker's side the trophy

Overview World Cup 2003

Australia went into the 2003 World Cup final against India unbeaten in the tournament, and by the end of the match he proved how well they had reinvented themselves, despite the absence of key players

He lived the match a year in advance, and when he finally walked out to bat against Pakistan in 2003, he produced a classic

Pidge does his take on Veni, Vidi, Vici against West Indies at Old Trafford in 1999

Shane Warne's heroics helped Australia tie the teams' 1999 semi-final, possibly the greatest ODI of them all