Prior to this match, India and Sri Lanka had met each other seven times in World Cup history with Sri Lanka ahead with four wins and two defeats and one game ending in a no-result. Sri Lanka was appearing in their third World Cup final breakthrough winners against Australia in 1996 they finished as runners up (also to Australia) in the previous World Cup in 2007. Previously, they won the final in 1983, and lost in 2003. India were making their 3rd appearance in a World Cup final. The 2011 final was the first to feature two teams from the same continent, and the first time that two co-hosts contested the final. It was the first time the city has hosted a World Cup final, and was the second final to be hosted by India, after the 1987 final held at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The match was the tenth World Cup final and was hosted at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. There were 14 participating teams, which included four associate members of the ICC- Kenya, Canada, Ireland and Netherlands. The ICC ruled out Pakistan citing security reasons. Co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, the tournament was the third World Cup to be played in the Indian subcontinent.
The competition took place between 19 February and 2 April 2011. The 2011 Cricket World Cup was the tenth World Cup, organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). 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. The match was watched by about 42,000 spectators at the venue and about 135 million viewers on television in India. Dhoni was declared the "man of the match" for scoring 91 runs, while his compatriot Yuvraj Singh was awarded the "man of the tournament". India chased down the total and won the match by six wickets in the 49th over. Gambhir got out for 97 runs in the 42nd over. 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. The next set of batsmen, Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli, added 83 runs in 15 overs before the latter got out in the 22nd over. In reply, India lost their opener Virender Sehwag to the second ball of the innings, out LBW by Lasith Malinga. The pair took Sri Lanka's total to 274 runs at the close of the innings. 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. Sangakkara added 62 runs with Mahela Jayawardene before being dismissed for 48 runs. The team scored slowly until the 17th over when they lost both their openers. The Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara chose to bat first after winning the toss. Sri Lanka had won all but one completed match, against Pakistan. India had won all but two matches to that point, losing to South Africa and tying with England in the group stage.
India became the first country to win Cricket World Cup in their own country.īoth teams had progressed through three stages to reach the final.
India won the match by six wickets-its second World Cup win after the 1983 tournament-and became the third team to have won the title more than once, after Australia (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and later 2015) and the West Indies (19). The culmination of the tenth edition of the World Cup, it was the first time that two Asian teams had faced each other in an ODI World Cup final. The 2011 Cricket World Cup Final was a One Day International (ODI) match played between India and Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India on Saturday 2 April 2011.
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