INDIA WINS THE WORLD CUP 2011

An extraordinary match between India and Sri Lanka at Mumbai. Starting off with poor run rate, Sri Lanka turned the face of the game during the last 5 overs when they scored more than 60 runs and gave India a tough target of 275 runs. 


During the second innings, the fall of V. Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar at the beginning increased pressure upon the players as well as the crowd. But, an awesome partnership by Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir made the country hopeful. Later, the Indian captain M.S. Dhoni stabilized the run rate with Gambhir followed by Yuvraj Singh. 


Gambhir's wicket was painful as he was just 3 runs away from his Century! However, he still remains the hero for his remarkable innings that held India's score up. 


Remarkable was the moment when the Indian captain hit the ball for a huge 6 and let India keep home the much awaited World Cup.


Sri Lanka: 274/6
INDIA: 277/4

India has a blistering start in World Cup 2011 after defeating Bangladesh by 87 runs at Mirpur, Virender Sehwag scored 175 whereas Virat Kohli was unbeaten at 100 in the opening match.India tied their second match against England in Bangalore on 27th February, Sachin Tendulkar made 120 whereas English skipper Andrew Strauss was applauded for his 158. All round performance by Yuvraj Singh sparkled the crowd in Bangalore. India sealed the victory over Ireland in their third match by 5 wickets. 5 scalps plus unbeaten 50 by Yuvraj Singh was the first man in world cup history to perform this feat.India defeated Netherlands on sluggish track of Feroz Shah Kotla on 9th March, India won with 81 balls to spare, which is their fifth-best in terms of balls remaining, in a World Cup match, now they are focusing on next big match against South Africa at Nagpur on Saturday. India lost their first match in World Cup 2011 by 3 wickets, although their first two partnerships shared 267 runs to the total of 296 but India can't continue this rhythm and for 29 runs, they lost their 9 wickets in 9 overs. South Africa accomplished their task in last over while lost of 3 wickets. MS Dhoni blasted his batsmen for poor performance. Subsequently, India met West Indies in the last league match of the tournament and won the match by 80 runs, with Yuvraj Singh sparkling once again with a brilliant century. The icing on the cake came when India beat Australia in the quarter-final match by 5 wickets at Motera, Ahmedabad. It was Yuvraj Singh once again to the rescue when they needed 74 runs from 75 balls, chasing 260. Yuvraj Singh was awarded the 'Man of the Match', his fourth award in the 2011 World Cup.This win also ended a glorious era of Australian dominance in the World Cup. In a high profile semi-final attended by the prime ministers of both countries, India played Pakistan and beat them by 29 runs. Setting a target of 261, India bowled out Pakistan with a ball to spare. Tendulkar was awarded man of the match for his 85 runs. In the final match, Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first. With the help of century by Jayawardhane, Sri Lanka posted a total of 274. 

The 2011 Indian world cup team comprised: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain / wicketkeeper), Virender Sehwag (vice captain), Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Yusuf Pathan, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Piyush Chawla, Ravichandran Ashwin.

India won by six wickets.

INDIA WON 2011 CRICKET WORLD CUP India won the world cup after 28 years.