Sri Lanka qualified for the knockouts with a second-place finish in Group A. It was 223 for 4. India won the tournament, defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in the final at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, thus becoming the first country to win the Cricket World Cup final on home soil. Yuvraj Singh was the 8th highest run scorer and 4th highest wicket taker in 2011 World Cup. Mahela Jayawardene came to the crease when Sri Lanka were 60/2 in the 17th over. Both Gambhir and Dhoni emphasised on preserving the wickets, and later accelerating with a greater flow of boundaries. Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir however did not show any sign of resignation. Taufel had never been able to officiate in a World Cup final because Australia had been qualifying for the finals in the last four editions. In between, of course, Kohli took time off to essay some scintillating flicks off even the best of balls. It was an amazing catch, and the young Delhi batsman walked back for 35. When he came to bat, India needed more than six runs per over with three top … Yuvraj Singh was named Man of the Tournament for good all-round performance with both bat and ball throughout the tournament. Sri Lanka 274 for 6 (Kumar Sangakkara 48, Mahela Jayawardene 103*) lost to India 277 for 4 in 48.2 overs (Gautam Gambhir 97, MS Dhoni 91*) by 6 wickets. The Indian team had been put together with the sole purpose of winning the World Cup for them. The pressure must have got to the officials too. Millions worshipped them. With Jayawardene stroking boundaries with the touch of elegance, Nuwan Kulasekara launched into the bowling with gay abandon. In the 47th over two fours — one apiece from Dhoni and Yuvraj — made it 16 required off 18 balls. More importantly the Indians were 31 for 2. 16:00 IST | 10:30 GMT, India vs England Live Cricket Score and Updates: IND vs ENG 1st Test match Live cricket score at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, IPL 2021 | Gambhir Points Out Difference Between MS Dhoni's CSK and Virat Kohli's RCB, IPL 2021 | Why CSK Would SURELY Bid For Smith During Auction, 'Real Style Icon' - MS Dhoni's NEW 'Clean Shave' Look Impresses Fans, Camp With Yuvraj Singh Prepared me to Face Chin Music: Shubman Gill. The next ball was another slower with the same end result. Along with other considerations, by coming ahead of Yuvraj, Dhoni ensured there would be a right-left batting combination between him and Gambhir, which makes it difficult for the bowlers to get into a rhythm, and necessitates frequent field changes. India beat West Indies in their opening game and they ensured that their victory against the World Champions at Berbice in March 1983 was no flash in the pan.Every subsequent victory was welcomed with the pleasant surprise that flavours the feelings of the one who roots for the giant-killer. In 2015 World Cup, which was won by Australia for a record fifth time, Dhoni couldn't do much with the bat. Against this backdrop, the feat can be compared to a triumph in the psychological counterpart of Coliseum of the ancient Rome. Match referee Jeff Crowe did not hear Sangakkara’s call when the coin was tossed. Apr 2, 2020 Twenty-eight years on from the match that transformed world cricket, India recaptured the crown, and this time they did in their very own backyard Cricket had been catapulted into the forefront of public consciousness where it has remained ever since, the associated glitz, glamour and glitter of gold increasing exponentially with every passing year. Of course, a modern day cricketer must be well equipped to handle pressure. His fifty was up. Murali came back. Gambhir tried to bring up his century with a boundary, but his heaving bat failed to connect with the ball, and he was bowled by Thisara Perera. And with the slung in yorkers of Lasith Malinga and the doosras of Muttiah Muralitharan to deal with, India did have a task on their hands. They won four of their six games, suffered a defeat against Pakistan and against Australia was washed out. And he went on to play an innings that sent his critics scurrying for cover, often under the guise of celebration. One mistake and Dhoni would have poison dipped questions launched at him like millions of simultaneous arrows. India captain MS Dhoni, promoting himself up the order, joined Gambhir and they both added 109 runs, an Indian record in a World Cup final. Both of India's knockout matches were high-pressure contests. Fall of wickets: 1–17 (Tharanga, 6.1 ov), 2–60 (Dilshan, 16.5 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), 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). Asked MS Dhoni to Promote Himself During 2011 World Cup Final: Sachin Tendulkar Tendulkar, Dhoni, Sehwag and the then India coach Gary Kirsten discussed the strategy and agreed. India won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, thus becoming the first country to win the Cricket World Cup final on home soil. India's Yuvraj Singh was declared the man of the tournament. And then, in Murali’s sixth over, Dhoni punched him through the covers for four. The asking rate never too much on the wrong side of six. Indian fans were ecstatic at the win, and at the overall performance of the team through the tournament. Raina takes us through the chase under floodlights. [8], India were making their 3rd appearance in a World Cup final. World Cup 2011 Three sleepless nights before semi-final - Riaz Apr 5, 2011 Wahab Riaz, who picked up his maiden ODI five-for against India in the World Cup semi-final, had spent three nights planning his strategy against India's batsmen ahead of the clash; India crowned world champions Dhoni the greatest Indian captain - Ganguly The sense of reality had disappeared in potholes of near-fundamentalist blindness. Opening batsman Tillekaratne Dilshan was the highest run scorer in the tournament, with Sangakkara being the third highest (the second highest was Sachin Tendulkar of India). When he came to bat, India needed more than six runs per over with three top-order batsmen already dismissed. And losing was no longer an option. Co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, the tournament was the third World Cup to be played in the Indian subcontinent. Jayawardene, meanwhile, continued with his quality batting, ultimately scoring 103 not out from 88 balls in a high-class batting display. In reply, India lost their opener Virender Sehwag to the second ball of the innings, out LBW by Lasith Malinga. Every move of Dhoni had been mercilessly criticised, severely hauled over calumnious flames of downright abuse. Perera’s delivery was just about good length, and the left-hander stepped out towards the leg side, and tried to biff it through the off. The first team to play the World Cup Semi Finals is Pakistan after beating West Indies in the Quarter Finals. The required run-rate was nearly six, it needed to be maintained for 28.2 overs. India was widely rated as having the strongest batting line-up in the tournament, and chose to back this strength throughout the campaign by playing seven batsmen and four bowlers. 1 spot in Test cricket as well. Australia was a strong team and the defending champions, and India had to give a very good performance to restrict Australia to 260 and then successfully chase down the target even as wickets fell regularly. Yuvraj picked 15 wickets including a 5-wicket haul and smashed 362 runs at 90.50 with 1 hundred. Spinner Rangana Herath was also dropped. Dhoni flicked the slower ball to the square-leg for four. [4][5][6] This was the second time in World Cup history that a host nation won the final and the first time to win on their home ground. It stung Sri Lanka. Now, on 97, Gambhir committed hara-kiri. The emphatic victory over England at Manchester (the venue where India began their victory march) exceeded all expectations. Sri Lanka made four changes to their side from the semi-final. And when Jayawardene got strike, he cut between the point and short third-man for four. 09:30 IST | 04:00 GMT, 13 Feb, 2021 With the benefit of hindsight, a loss and a tie in the initial games had been piled up as the sins from which he could get absolution only through a win in the final. In 2011 World Cup, he was the captain of the Indian team and despite not being in the best of form, Dhoni played a match-winning knock in the final against Sri Lanka and sealed the trophy for the Men in Blue with an iconic six over long-on. [9] All of these umpires are highly rated; Taufel has won 5 ICC Umpire of the Year awards, while Dar has won two. World Cup 2011 final: Suresh Raina breaks down India's run chase That the World Cup was won in the company of Sachin Tendulkar was a special moment for the entire team. Sri Lanka won and batted. Sehwag was trapped LBW for a duck on the second ball of the innings. And Dhoni joined Clive Lloyd and Ricky Ponting as captains to win the Man of the Final award. Yuvraj Singh was adjudged player of the tournament for scoring 362 runs and taking 15 wickets. [20], The ratings agencies TAM and aMap respectively recorded that 135 million people in India watched the final live,[5][6] including 67.6 million Indian cable and satellite viewers. Zaheer Khan ran in with a maturity stark in contrast to the verbal aggression of the first over eight years earlier — which had taken 10 balls to complete and enabled Australia get off to a flier. He already had proven spinners in Harbhajan and Yuvraj, and could call upon many other Indian players who can bowl part-time spin (including Sachin Tendulkar, Suresh Raina, and Virender Sehwag). [14][15] Dhoni finished on 91 not out from 79 deliveries. Jeff Crowe was the match referee and Steve Davis the reserve umpire. Sachin Tendulkar was the first on the ground with that most brilliant of smiles worth travelling miles to see. Zaheer’s first spell read 5-3-6-1. Gambhir nearing the nineties. When dangerman Tillakaratne Dilshan was foxed by Harbhajan, with Sri Lanka on 60 for 2 from 16.3 overs, India had reason to be happy. Up went Dhoni’s bat and down it came, resoundingly on his pad. 16:00 IST | 10:30 GMT, 14 Feb, 2021 Zaheer, with 25 from 8 overs so far, was smashed into the stands over mid-wicket. Chamara Kapugedera was sucked into self-destruction by a slower ball from Zaheer. In June 1983, when Mohinder Amarnath trapped Michael Holding leg before wicket, the whole of India erupted in unrehearsed reactions. It was reviewed (without consultation, as in the semi-final), but the decision stuck. The all Asia final was won by India under the captaincy of MS Dhoni and the patronage of Sachin Tendulkar with India making it their second World Cup … Dhoni had led India to the summit in the Twenty 20 World Cup in 2007 and at that moment India held the No. The batsmen were set. Explorer Mike Horn, who had worked with the Indian team during the World Cup preparations, had spoken to me in February 2012. A controversy developed when Kumar Sangakkara called the toss. The fight was on. On these very human souls had been thrust the stature of gods. It would prove very, very costly. It was played in India, Sri Lanka and (for the first time) Bangladesh. The dauntless spunk was eerie. The Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara chose to bat first after winning the toss. [citation needed]. For India, it's been a journey of ups and downs, euphoria and heartbreak. It instantly takes the whole nation down the memory lane when MS Dhoni launched a humongous six off Nuwan Kulasekara to seal the 2011 World Cup trophy. By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. The match was almost in the bag. Yet there he was striding in, the face betraying little emotion. The matches showcased the effective unconventional bowling of pace spearhead Lasith Malinga, restrictive fielding, and the batting prowess of the Sri Lankan top order. Malinga ran in, one last throw of the Lankan dice. There was keen tussle till the end and no team gave an inch. Their great bowler no longer held a threat. The pitch did not really help, and the champion spinner made little impression. Yuvraj had scored heavily all through the tournament before falling for a golden duck in the semi-final. The final generated huge interest. The biggest hurdle was the expectation of a nation unused to sporting greatness, the raging fire of fancy fanned by the media. In the evening he walked out at the fall of the third wicket. The Indians played Muralitharan with respect, the rest as par the merit of the ball. M.S. And the captain? It was a statement made, although aided by a misfield. He writes about the history and the romance of the game, punctuated often by opinions about modern day cricket, while his post-graduate degree in statistics peeps through in occasional analytical pieces. Following Gambhir's dismissal, 52 runs were required off 52 balls. Yuvraj is the first all-rounder to score over 300 runs and pick 15 wickets in a single World Cup The World Cup was not a cricketing tournament but an obsession to the point of national psychosis, a fanaticism stretching across the realms of sporting, political, ethnic and to some extent religious. The Indians had been under a degree of pressure perhaps unmatched ever in the history of sports. The New Zealand semi-final was more keenly contested, but was still won with relative ease by Sri Lanka. Celebrations went on through most of India over the weekend. In two previous World Cups, India had scored just one victory — against unpretentious and unheralded East Africa. Nay, they demanded it as their birthright. Coach Gary Kirsten was also carried around the ground later. At the end of the match, the batting strength of both the teams stood out. Each list contains at least the top five record Team statistics Highest team totals. The victory prompted several firework displays and celebrations throughout India. [13], India had a shaky start, with Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar both dismissed early by Lasith Malinga, leaving them struggling at 31 for two. After the pain of 1996, the heartbreak of 2003 and the humiliation of 2007, India regained the World Cup in 2011 after 28 long years. It had been done once before — 28 long years ago. 4 years later, when Virat Kohli had taken his first steps towards super-stardom, he was out for 1, again to another left-arm pacer Mitchell Johnson. Every small stutter along the way, of every member of the outfit, was crucified in the media — print, electronic, television and social. The end was in sight. And they found the gaps in the most meticulously set fields. [13] Sri Lankan opener Tillakaratne Dilshan was bowled by Harbhajan Singh when a delivery carried on to the stumps after deflecting off his gloves. The singles kept coming, and occasionally the field was pierced for boundaries. As the television screens, a good proportion of them black and white, tuned in to watch the national heroes take on the might of the West Indies, few expected Kapil Dev to lift the Prudential World Cup. Every stroke was impeccable and followed the coaching manual to perfection. ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, Final; Sri Lanka (274-6) v India (277-4). Two overs later he had driven one down the ground and square cut another for boundaries. [7], The match was the tenth World Cup final and was hosted at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. It’s time we carried him.”. Besides, he read the doosra of the mighty Muralitharan better than any other man in the middle order. Chamara Kapugedera, who was playing his first World Cup match, was caught off a deceptive slower ball by Zaheer Khan. The third ball he faced was short, and was pulled away in front of mid-wicket for four. Yuvraj Singh was the new batsman and along with Dhoni took India to victory, and Dhoni sealed the match hitting a six off Nuwan Kulasekara, when only 4 runs were required off 11 balls. The ICC ruled out Pakistan citing security reasons. ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, Final; Sri Lanka (274-6) v India (277-4). Sri Lanka had belted their way to 274. In the final against Sri Lanka, chasing 275, Dhoni promoted himself up the batting order, coming before an in-form Yuvraj Singh. Off-spinner Suraj Randiv and batsman Chamara Kapugedera were flown in from Sri Lanka to strengthen the side. Barely a smile, with which he uprooted one stump as souvenir. The other Indian players were out on the field as well, hugging each other, in the shared joy of success. The master was looking in supreme touch. But, now they were subjected to one of the most aesthetically pleasing demonstrations of destruction. The fourth slot was taken by different bowlers in different matches, including Sreesanth, Nehra, leg-spinner Piyush Chawla, or off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. In the 2011 World Cup semi-final against Pakistan, when he was still a novice, Kohli fell for 9 to left-arm pacer Wahab Riaz. Ashish Nehra, left-arm medium pacer, had suffered a finger fracture while fielding in that match, and he was replaced by another pacer, Sreesanth. When it finally happened, there was a sweet delight of the unexpected. With the final adding several dimensions of pressure to the chase, this was going to take some catching. “I have been asked this question many times, on what happened when I was on 97. MS Dhoni (91) scored a huge six on the long-on boundary. Kohli drove hard and Dilshan stuck out his hand. Malinga got Sehwag second ball, wrapped on the pads, rooted to the crease. Although wickets kept falling at one end, Jayawardene scored 103 runs in 88 balls; he was involved in a partnership of 66 runs with Thisara Perera. Every boundary hit was a statement in class. MS Dhoni was named Man of the Match for his powerful and match-winning batting display under pressure. The ball kept sailing all the way and landed into the crowd . On this day, he was silent, scorching and sharp. cwc19 31 Jan 19 00:36 India win the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 with Dhoni’s match winning six. India and their semi-final opponents, Pakistan, have historically been rivals, and there was immense public pressure on both teams with the match attended by the Prime Ministers of both countries. After some days of deliberation, Kumar Sangakkara, the Sri Lankan captain, announced on 5 April that he was resigning from the post of captain of the One Day International and Twenty20 sides in the long-term interest of the team. But at the other end, Jayawardene went on and on, as if on a different strip, ground and zone. Dhoni was declared the "man of the match" for scoring 91 runs, while his compatriot Yuvraj Singh was awarded the "man of the tournament". He won the re-toss and decided to bat. With billions of feet raised to stamp on his head at anything remotely resembling failure, with the baiters gnashing their teeth at his heels all through the progress to the finals, he looked his familiar detached self — the same image that had given rise to the nickname ‘Captain Cool’. 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