Champions - World Cup 2011, Team India Shows World why They are Champions

Champions - World Cup 2011, Team India Shows World why They are Champions

The final show looking back at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 and India's thrilling six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in a closely-fought final in Mumbai.

28 years after Kapil Dev lifted the Prudential World Cup, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni did the honours in front of a packed Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. This after he led the chase for 275 runs as India won the 2011 Cricket World Cup final by six wickets.



India Win The ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

SATURDAY, 02 APRIL 2011 22:49

Source: ISPORT BUREAU (www.sport.in)

Brilliant performances by Gautam Gambhir(97) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni(91*) helped India chase 274 set by Sri Lanka to win the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Indian needed 4 runs from the last 11 balls when Dhoni hit a six to win the match and end a 28 year wait for a second World Cup becoming the only third team after West Indies and Australia to win more than 1 World Cup. In the end India scored 277 for 4 wickets and won the match with 10 balls to spare.

India started off badly losing Virendra Sehwag for a nought on the second ball of the innings with no runs on the board, Sachin soon departed on 18 runs leaving India at 31-2. Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli led the fightback and further by Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh.

Earlier in the day, Sri Lanka made a slow start but finished with a flourish boosted by a century by Mahela Jayawardena who was 103 not out from 88 balls, helped by the captain Kumar Sangakkara and Kulasekara who made 48 and 32 runs respectively.

Full Scoreboard

Sri Lanka 274/6 (50 ov)

India 277/4 (48.2 ov)

India won by 6 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)

* ICC Cricket World Cup - Final
* Played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
* 2 April 2011 – day/night (50-over match)


Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR
WU Tharanga c Sehwag b Khan 2 30 20 0 0 10.00
TM Dilshan b Harbhajan Singh 33 87 49 3 0 67.34
KC Sangakkara*† c †Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh 48 102 67 5 0 71.64
DPMD Jayawardene not out 103 159 88 13 0 117.04
TT Samaraweera lbw b Yuvraj Singh 21 53 34 2 0 61.76
CK Kapugedera c Raina b Khan 1 6 5 0 0 20.00
KMDN Kulasekara run out (†Dhoni) 32 41 30 1 1 106.66
NLTC Perera not out 22 10 9 3 1 244.44
Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 6, nb 2) 12

Total (6 wickets; 50 overs; 246 mins) 274 (5.48 runs per over)
Did not bat SL Malinga, S Randiv, M Muralitharan
Fall of wickets1-17 (Tharanga, 6.1 ov), 2-60 (Dilshan, 16.3 ov), 3-122 (Sangakkara, 27.5 ov),4-179 (Samaraweera, 38.1 ov), 5-182 (Kapugedera, 39.5 ov), 6-248 (Kulasekara, 47.6 ov)


Bowling O M R W Econ
Z Khan 10 3 60 2 6.00 (1w)
S Sreesanth 8 0 52 0 6.50 (2nb)
MM Patel 9 0 41 0 4.55 (1w)
Harbhajan Singh 10 0 50 1 5.00 (1w)
Yuvraj Singh 10 0 49 2 4.90
SR Tendulkar 2 0 12 0 6.00 (3w)
V Kohli 1 0 6 0 6.00


India innings (target: 275 runs from 50 overs) R B 4s 6s SR
V Sehwag lbw b Malinga 0 2 0 0 0.00
SR Tendulkar c †Sangakkara b Malinga 18 14 2 0 128.57
G Gambhir b Perera 97 122 9 0 79.50
V Kohli c & b Dilshan 35 49 4 0 71.42
MS Dhoni*† not out 91 79 8 2 115.18
Yuvraj Singh not out 21 24 2 0 87.50
Extras (b 1, lb 6, W 8) 15
Total (4 wickets; 48.2 overs) 277 (5.73 runs per over)
Did not bat SK Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, MM Patel, S Sreesanth
Fall of wickets1-0 (Sehwag, 0.2 ov), 2-31 (Tendulkar, 6.1 ov), 3-114 (Kohli, 21.4 ov), 4-223 (Gambhir, 41.2 ov)


Bowling O M R W Econ
SL Malinga 9 0 42 2 4.66 (2w)
KMDN Kulasekara 8.2 0 64 0 7.68
NLTC Perera 9 0 55 1 6.11 (2w)
S Randiv 9 0 43 0 4.77
TM Dilshan 5 0 27 1 5.40 (1w)
M Muralitharan 8 0 39 0 4.87 (1w)
Match details
Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat
Player of the match Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and SJA Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire IJ Gould (England)
Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire SJ Davis (Australia)

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