Cricket World Cup 2011 – Grand Finale

Finally, India has won the Cricket World Cup 2011 in the final against Sri Lanka… India has proved their strength to be Champion in batting, bowling & fielding as well! Chasing for target of 275, lost 2 early wickets of Sehwag & Sachin but Gautam Gambhir & MS Dhoni played an excellent innings to reach the target quite comfortably. India won the cricket world cup after 28 years and the celebration was on the heights of madness around the country! So Congrats to Team India for this great achievement in history of World Cricket!

India vs Sri Lanka, Final
Sat, Apr 02 2011, 14:30 - Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
India won by 6 wkts
Man of the Match; MS Dhoni Scored 91 Runs in 79 Balls

Overview of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

Host(s) - India
              Sri Lanka
              Bangladesh
Champions - India (2nd title)
Participants - 14 (from 104 entrants)
Matches played - 49
Man of the Series - Yuvraj Singh - India
Most runs - Tillakaratne Dilshan (500) – Sri Lanka
Most wickets - Shahid Afridi (21) - Pakistan
                          Zaheer Khan (21) - India

Friends, with end of this post its end of Cricket World Cup 2011 from my side… Now, waiting for IPL in few days!