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After a long period of twenty-eight since Kapil Dev brought the World Cup in 1983, the new generation of Dhoni Daredevils has made India proud by winning the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 against Sri Lanka.
This has been a memorable winning for the country India. M.S Dhoni played a wonderful inning today in Mumbai at the right time when the team required his support. He ended the tournament with a huge six and winning the cup for India.
MS Dhoni has completed his 6000 One Day International Runs and the runs scored today were most important of those. As a captain he has shown his skills and performed very well with bat as well.
Tonight is the night awaited by all the Indians across the world and here it comes in a very superb way.
Sachin Tendulkar and all the players of team India has played marvelous innings throughout the tournament and has helped the team India to hold the cup. The moment of celebration is in India lots of crackers are going all around.
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) & Clinched the WC for 2nd yime after 28 Years long break.
- 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 |
| 6.1 83.6 mph, caught at slip! And Zaheer hasn't conceded a run yet. Zaheer pitches the ball on a length around off, forcing Tharanga to prod because of his line as well as the pressure he's created, the ball nips away from the left-hander off the pitch and Tharanga edges it. The chance flies quickly to Sehwag's right at first slip and he takes it before falling to the ground 17/1 |
| TM Dilshan | b Harbhajan Singh | 33 | 87 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 67.34 |
| 16.3 53.2 mph, gone! Harbhajan gets Dilshan! It was a very leg-side delivery and Dilshan went for the sweep, got a bit of glove on the ball and it's lobbed back on to his leg and deflected on to the stumps! Oh dear, what a disappointment for Dilshan but full credit to Harbhajan for building that pressure. 60/2 |
| KC Sangakkara (c)† | c †Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh | 48 | 102 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 71.64 |
| 27.5 54.0 mph, gone! Caught behind trying to cut! Yuvraj pushed this one across Sangakkara, whose eyes lit up as he went hard at the shot and got an edge through to Dhoni, who made no mistake. What a massive blow that is, Sangakkara was starting to look really good. And golden-arm Yuvraj does it again! 122/3 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | not out | 103 | 159 | 88 | 13 | 0 | 117.04 |
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| TT Samaraweera | lbw b Yuvraj Singh | 21 | 53 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 61.76 |
| 38.1 52.2 mph, Yuvraj has a leg-before appeal turned down by umpire Taufel, and straightaway implores his captain to go for the review, Thilan went outside off stump on his knee for the big sweep, missed the delivery that went straight on with the angle, the question will be whether that hit him in line with off stump, it did, and is taking out middle stump, it is a rare occasion when umpire Taufel has to overturn his decision, this is one of them, and it is Yuvraj Singh for India again, he pushed Dhoni to go for the review 179/4 |
| CK Kapugedera | c Raina b Khan | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
| 39.5 73.7 mph, the Zaheer slower ball, at 118.8 kph, consumes Kapu, he goes forward in a weak push that ends up in the air for a simple chance to Raina, at short extra cover, Zaheer just holds his arms aloft 182/5 |
| KMDN Kulasekara | run out (†Dhoni) | 32 | 41 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 106.66 |
| 47.6 Khan to Jayawardene, India get a wicket, but it is Kula, they tried to steal a run down the leg side, but Dhoni was spot-on with the under-arm lob 248/6 |
| NLTC Perera | not out | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 244.44 |
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| Extras | (b 1, lb 3, w 6, nb 2) | 12 |
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| Total | (6 wickets; 50 overs; 246 mins) | 274 | (5.48 runs per over) |
| Did not bat : SL Malinga, S Randiv, M Muralitharan |
| Fall of wickets : 1-17 (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) |
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| Z Khan | 10 | 3 | 60 | 2 | 6.00 | (1w) |
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6.1 to Tharanga, 83.6 mph, caught at slip! And Zaheer hasn't conceded a run yet. Zaheer pitches the ball on a length around off, forcing Tharanga to prod because of his line as well as the pressure he's created, the ball nips away from the left-hander off the pitch and Tharanga edges it. The chance flies quickly to Sehwag's right at first slip and he takes it before falling to the ground 17/1 39.5 to Kapugedera, 73.7 mph, the Zaheer slower ball, at 118.8 kph, consumes Kapu, he goes forward in a weak push that ends up in the air for a simple chance to Raina, at short extra cover, Zaheer just holds his arms aloft 182/5 |
| S Sreesanth | 8 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 6.50 | (2nb) |
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| MM Patel | 9 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 4.55 | (1w) |
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| Harbhajan Singh | 10 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 5.00 | (1w) |
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16.3 to Dilshan, 53.2 mph, gone! Harbhajan gets Dilshan! It was a very leg-side delivery and Dilshan went for the sweep, got a bit of glove on the ball and it's lobbed back on to his leg and deflected on to the stumps! Oh dear, what a disappointment for Dilshan but full credit to Harbhajan for building that pressure. 60/2 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 10 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 4.90 |
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27.5 to Sangakkara, 54.0 mph, gone! Caught behind trying to cut! Yuvraj pushed this one across Sangakkara, whose eyes lit up as he went hard at the shot and got an edge through to Dhoni, who made no mistake. What a massive blow that is, Sangakkara was starting to look really good. And golden-arm Yuvraj does it again! 122/3 38.1 to Samaraweera, 52.2 mph, Yuvraj has a leg-before appeal turned down by umpire Taufel, and straightaway implores his captain to go for the review, Thilan went outside off stump on his knee for the big sweep, missed the delivery that went straight on with the angle, the question will be whether that hit him in line with off stump, it did, and is taking out middle stump, it is a rare occasion when umpire Taufel has to overturn his decision, this is one of them, and it is Yuvraj Singh for India again, he pushed Dhoni to go for the review 179/4 |
| SR Tendulkar | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6.00 | (3w) |
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| V Kohli | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6.00 |
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| INDIA innings (target: 275 runs from 50 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
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| V Sehwag | lbw b Malinga | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 0.2 80.0 mph, Given out lbw, and immediately reviewed. Looks like a goner on replay! Back of a length delivery on middle stump, Sehwag was rising on the toes on leg stump line as it skidded through. He was on the hop as he closed the face and looked to flick. Misses the shot. Was there an inside edge? No evidence of that. Was that high? Not really - hit him under the roll. It's hitting middle. Three reds. Superb start for Sri Lanka! Sehwag top-scored for India in the 2003 final. Fair to say, he won't be the top scorer today. 0/1 |
| SR Tendulkar | c †Sangakkara b Malinga | 18 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 128.57 |
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| 6.1 88.8 mph, The ball that silenced a billion. Most of Wankhede is silent. Some of it is very noisy, and has Sri Lankan flags waving away in a frenzy. Sachin's World Cup is over. No 100th 100 today. Malinga gets another over, another go at a wicket, and he responds with a wicket. It's that patent back of a length ball outside off and as always, Malinga got it to go away. Sachin tried the same shot, last ball of the previoius Malinga over, trotting across and looking for the steer through the off side. This time he edged it, and though it was dying on Sanga, he wasn't going to put it down. He dives to the right and comes up with the biggest wicket of the World Cup. 31/2 |
| G Gambhir | b Perera | 97 | 122 | 9 | 0 | 79.50 |
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| 41.2 79.6 mph, No 100. "Needless shot," says Ravi Shastri on air and you can't argue with that. It was the shot for the crowds. He rushed down the track, got outside leg and went for the slog. Misses. Clatter! What a knock it has been so far, though. Under pressure, Gautam has delivered. BUt has he let the door slightly ajar now with that shot? He had the chance to slam it shut on the opposition but he has given them a whiff now. Wankhede crowd stands to applaud this knock in a World-cup final chase. 223/4 |
| V Kohli | c & b Dilshan | 35 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 71.42 |
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| 21.4 51.6 mph, Dilshan! He's taken a blinder off his own bowling! Kohli drives and tries to get it back past the bowler, towards long-on, but Dilshan just sticks his right hand up in the air, almost in front of the non-striker's face, and plucks a magnificent catch! Could that be a decisive moment? It could very well be! 114/3 |
| MS Dhoni*† | not out | 91 | 79 | 8 | 2 | 115.18 |
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| Yuvraj Singh | not out | 21 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 87.50 |
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| Extras: | (b 1, lb 6, w 8) | 15 |
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| 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 wickets : 1-0 (Sehwag, 0.2 ov), 2-31 (Tendulkar, 6.1 ov), 3-114 (Kohli, 21.4 ov), 4-223 (Gambhir, 41.2 ov) |
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| SL Malinga | 9 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 4.66 | (2w) |
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0.2 to Sehwag, 80.0 mph, Given out lbw, and immediately reviewed. Looks like a goner on replay! Back of a length delivery on middle stump, Sehwag was rising on the toes on leg stump line as it skidded through. He was on the hop as he closed the face and looked to flick. Misses the shot. Was there an inside edge? No evidence of that. Was that high? Not really - hit him under the roll. It's hitting middle. Three reds. Superb start for Sri Lanka! Sehwag top-scored for India in the 2003 final. Fair to say, he won't be the top scorer today. 0/1 6.1 to Tendulkar, 88.8 mph, The ball that silenced a billion. Most of Wankhede is silent. Some of it is very noisy, and has Sri Lankan flags waving away in a frenzy. Sachin's World Cup is over. No 100th 100 today. Malinga gets another over, another go at a wicket, and he responds with a wicket. It's that patent back of a length ball outside off and as always, Malinga got it to go away. Sachin tried the same shot, last ball of the previoius Malinga over, trotting across and looking for the steer through the off side. This time he edged it, and though it was dying on Sanga, he wasn't going to put it down. He dives to the right and comes up with the biggest wicket of the World Cup. 31/2 |
| KMDN Kulasekara | 8.2 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 7.68 |
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| NLTC Perera | 9 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 6.11 | (2w) |
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41.2 to Gambhir, 79.6 mph, No 100. "Needless shot," says Ravi Shastri on air and you can't argue with that. It was the shot for the crowds. He rushed down the track, got outside leg and went for the slog. Misses. Clatter! What a knock it has been so far, though. Under pressure, Gautam has delivered. BUt has he let the door slightly ajar now with that shot? He had the chance to slam it shut on the opposition but he has given them a whiff now. Wankhede crowd stands to applaud this knock in a World-cup final chase. 223/4 |
| S Randiv | 9 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 4.77 |
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| TM Dilshan | 5 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 5.40 | (1w) |
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21.4 to Kohli, 51.6 mph, Dilshan! He's taken a blinder off his own bowling! Kohli drives and tries to get it back past the bowler, towards long-on, but Dilshan just sticks his right hand up in the air, almost in front of the non-striker's face, and plucks a magnificent catch! Could that be a decisive moment? It could very well be! 114/3 |
| M Muralitharan | 8 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 4.87 | (1w) |
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| 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) |
After the match:
Gambhir said, “
This World Cup is for Sachin Tendulkar”.
Sachin said, “
Proudest moment of my life”.
BCCI has given 1 crore rupees to all the players of the Indian Team.
This has been a glorious win for India.
Chak De India!!!
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