DTVHINDIOn This Day in 2011: When Team India won the World Cup 13 years ago, Dhoni-Gambhir pair did wonders in the final.
Under the captaincy of MS Dhoni, Team India won the World Cup after 28 years. 2011 World Cup (Image Credit- Twitter) 2 April 2011, hardly any Indian cricket fan will be able to forget this date. On the same day, India won the World Cup title for the second time by defeating Sri Lanka in the final match of the ICC Cricket World Cup. Team India had created history by ending the 28-year victory drought under the captaincy of Dhoni. When Team India won the World Cup in 2011, fans across the country came out on the streets to celebrate the victory. People were bursting firecrackers on their rooftops, while some people were dancing with drums on the streets. Were celebrating India’s victory. In this historic victory of Team India, all the players of the team including MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir played an important role. Let us tell you that 2011 World Cup was Sachin Tendulkar’s last World Cup and in such a situation, every player and fans wanted that Team India should win that title for Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin performed brilliantly with the bat in that World Cup and was the top run scorer for India in that tournament. Sachin-Sehwag were flops in the final match Actually, in the final match of India vs Sri Lanka World Cup 2011, Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, the Sri Lankan team scored 274 runs losing 6 wickets thanks to Mahela Jayawardene’s century. Chasing the target of 275 runs, the Indian pair of Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar entered the field. The fans had a lot of expectations from these two that they would give the team a good start in this big match, but after just 2 balls, India got a big shock and there was silence in the entire Wankhede Stadium, because Sehwag was dismissed by Malinga without opening the account. Got out LBW. After this, Sachin Tendulkar also left after scoring 14 runs. But due to the brilliant innings of Gautam Gambhir and MS Dhoni, India won by six wickets with 10 balls remaining. Team India regained its dominance after 28 years. India captain MS Dhoni was awarded man of the match for his unbeaten, match-winning innings of 91 runs off 79 balls. At the same time, Gautam Gambhir also played an important inning of 97 runs. After the match, the Indian players carried Sachin Tendulkar, who was playing his last World Cup, on their shoulders and took him around the entire ground. The final was watched by approximately 558 million people worldwide. The memories of that victory are still fresh in the minds of Indian fans.
