Gaji
Final: India vs Sri Lanka |
Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir were involved in a stand of 109 for the fourth wicket - India's highest for any wicket in a World Cup final, surpassing the 88 for the fourth wicket between Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag against Australia at Johannesburg on March 23, 2003. |
Gambhir is the 11th Indian player to complete 4,000 runs in ODIs, aggregating 4073 (ave.40.73), including nine centuries and 25 fifties in 114 games. |
Gambhir's knock is the highest individual score by an Indian in a World Cup Final, surpassing Virender Sehwag's 82 off 81 balls against Australia at Johannesburg on March 23, 2003. |
Dhoni received the Man of the Match for the 14th time in ODIs - his fourth against Sri Lanka. |
Yuvraj aggregated 362 runs at an average of 90.50, including one century and four fifties. |
2011 World cup
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.
BCCI
With Twenty20, the three-hour, 20-overs-a-side version, One-Day internationals and Test matches, cricket is the second most popular sport in the world. The ICC World Cup is the world’s second largest single sporting event, drawing a cumulative television audience of five billion.
God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar height may not be that big, but his stature is the biggest in the Cricketing world. Runs : 32647 (14692 T + 17955 O ), 200s : 7(6 T + 1 O), 100s : 99(51 T + 48 O), 50s : 152(59 T + 93 O)
Muttiah Muralitharan - The record machine
The highest number of wicket in International Cricket in both format Test and One day. 134 Tests: 800 wickets, 337 one day: 515 wickets. The most 5 wickets: 67times a world record. The world record for 10 or more wickets in a test: 22 times.
Yuvraj Singh Runs and Records Cricket World Cup 2011
After Kapil Dev Yuvraj Singh is the second indian player who took more than 10 wickets and scored above 300 runs. Before this Indian all rounder legend Kapil Dev took 12 wickets and scored 303 runs in 1983 cricket world cup.
Australia and their record
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the equal oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877. Australia won the Cricket World Cup 4 times in total; 1987, 1999, 2003 and 2007.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Records - Final
ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Photos - Final
Muttiah Muralitharan ends his international career with a runners-up medal
Anil Kumble, who was part of four unsuccessful World Cup campaigns, is given a chance to hold the trophy
India scraps their way into World Cup final
India 260 for 9 (Tendulkar 85, Riaz 5-46) beat Pakistan 231 (Misbah 56) by 29 runs
Mohali: India hit archrivals Pakistan in a thrashing fashion to script a final face-off with Sri Lanka on Saturday. Chasing 261 to win, Pakistan fell short by 29 runs at Mohali, a result that saw India’s World Cup record stay unbroken (India have won all five encounter against Pak in World Cup).
The victory saw the competition favorites sending a strong advice to the Lankans as Team India set highlights on World Cup immortality.
India Won by 29 runs
Semi Final 2: India vs Pakistan |
Virender Sehwag has batted quite well in the present opposition, aggregate 380 runs at an average of 54.28, counting one century and one fifty, in seven matches. |
Sachin Tendulkar has recorded his 95th fifty in ODIs - his 38th at home. |
Tendulkar is also the top run run-getter in India-Pakistan ODIs, gathering 2474 at an regular of 39.90 in 68 matches, as well as five hundreds and 15 fifties, surpass Inzamam-ul-Haq's tally of 2403 (ave.43.69) in 67 matches. |
Wahab Riaz (5/46) is the first Pakistani bowler to carrier five wickets in an innings at Mohali. |
Sehwag's 38 off 25 balls are his best innings against Pakistan at the World Cup; eclipse the 21 at Centurion on March 1, 2003. |
