India v Sri Lanka
India won by 6 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)
- Played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
- 2 April 2011 - day/night (50-over match)
"CONGRATULATIONS INDIA"
MATCH DETAILS
| Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat Series India won the 2010/11 ICC Cricket World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the match MS Dhoni (India) Player of the series Yuvraj Singh (India) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and SJA Taufel (Australia) TV umpire IJ Gould (England) Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand) Reserve umpire SJ Davis (Australia) SCORECARD
Did not bat: SL Malinga, S Randiv, M Muralitharan Fall of Wickets: 1-17 (17 WU Tharanga, 29 mins), 2-60 (43 TM Dilshan, 58 mins), 3-122 (62 KC Sangakkara, 43 mins), 4-179 (57 TT Samaraweera, 8 mins), 5-182 (3 CK Kapugedera, 1 min), 6-248 (66 KMDN Kulasekara, 41 mins)
Did not bat: SK Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, S Sreesanth, MM Patel Fall of Wickets: 1-0 (0 V Sehwag, 3 mins), 2-31 (31 SR Tendulkar, 29 mins), 3-114 (83 V Kohli, 67 mins), 4-223 (109 G Gambhir, 89 mins)
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India were crowned World Cup champions for the second time after they beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in the final at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni played a captain’s innings as he weighed in with an unbeaten 91 off 79 balls as India, chasing 275 for victory, reached 277 for four with 10 balls of their innings remaining.
India, the 1983 champions, had looked in early trouble as they slipped to 31 for two with Virender Sehwag (0) and Sachin Tendulkar (18) both dismissed by paceman Lasith Malinga.
Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli (35) started India’s recovery with a third-wicket partnership of 83 before Kohli was superbly caught and bowled by off-spinner Tillakaratne Dilshan to leave the home side on 114 for three.
Gambhir and Dhoni then took charge of the match with a well-paced fourth-wicket partnership of 109.
Both batsmen looked unflustered at the crease as they seemingly picked up runs at will. Gambhir, who was dropped by Nuwan Kulasekara at long-off with his score on 30, made his way to 97 off 122 deliveries before he was bowled by seamer Thisara Perera.
Dhoni, who had struggled for runs during the tournament, shrugged off his patchy form as he raced to his fifty off 52 balls.
He eventually struck eight fours and two sixes during his masterful innings and it was fitting that he struck the winning runs when he lofted a six over long-on.
Malinga was the most successful Sri Lanka bowler on show and he ended with figures of two for 42 while off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, playing his last international match, finished wicketless while his eight overs cost 39 runs.
SUPERB CENTURY
Mahela Jayawardene had earlier crafted a superb century as Sri Lanka posted 274 for six.
Jayawardene hardly played a rash stroke and his innings was based more on proper cricket strokes and timing than brute strength but the elegant right-hander still scored very quickly to end not out on 103 off just 88 balls.
The 33-year-old batsman struck 13 fours while compiling his 14th one-day international ton as Sri Lanka launched a savage attack towards the back-end of their innings.
Ninety-one runs were scored off the last 10 overs with 63 of the runs coming off the last five overs, when Sri Lanka utilised their batting powerplay.
Jayawardene was ably supported by Thisara Perera with the left-hander ending not out on 22 off just nine balls thanks to three fours and a six.
Sri Lanka started slowly, with just nine runs scored off the first five overs. Left-arm quick Zaheer Khan was the star with the ball at the start of the innings with an opening spell of 5-3-6-1 and he had Upul Tharanga (2) caught at first slip by a diving Sehwag.
Dilshan (33) was bowled off his glove by off-spinner Harbhajan Singh before Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara added 62 runs for the third wicket.
Sangakkara looked set for a big score but he edged a long-hop from left-arm spinner Yuvraj Singh to keeper Dhoni to be dismissed for 48.
Thilan Samaraweera (21) was trapped leg-before by Yuvraj before Zaheer had Chamara Kapugedera (1) caught at short extra cover as Sri Lanka slipped to 182 for five.
But Nuwan Kulasekara (32) and Jayawardene settled matters with a sixth-wicket partnership of 66 to set the platform for the late assault.
Zaheer, after having figures of 7-3-16-2, ended with two for 60 off 10 overs after suffering at the hands of Perera while Yuvraj picked up two for 49.
GRACIOUS IN DEFEAT
Sangakkara, gracious in defeat, said his team were disappointed at missing out on a second World Cup title but proud to go down to a team that deserved victory more.
"I am very proud of everyone in the team, especially Mahela (Jayawardene) who rose up to the occasion and put up a great hundred," he said
"When you look at this Indian team anything less than 350 is not enough. It has been a great tournament for us. The way India played they deserved the tag of favourites.
"Both Sri Lanka and India will be proud with the way they have played."
Sangakkara said that the only way his team could have stopped India from winning was to take seven wickets quickly.
A grinning Tendulkar, who was hoisted onto the shoulders of his teammates after the victory was achieved, said it was the proudest moment of his life.
"It's terrific to be part of this team, a great honour," he said.
Virat Kohli summed up the feelings of his team, saying of Tendulkar "He has carried the burden of the nation for 21 years so it's time we carried him on our shoulders."
Teams
India - Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt, wk), Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Munaf Patel.
Sri Lanka - Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara (capt, wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Chamara Kapugedera, Thilan Samaraweera, Thisara Perera, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Suraj Randiv.
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