10 Years of 2011 World Cup Win: A recap of Team India’s memorable performances in the tournament

On this day, in 2011, India defeated Sri Lanka in the final to win the Cricket World Cup in front of a pumped-up Wankhede crowd in Mumbai.

Dhoni smashed a SIX to win India the WC in 2011. “Dhoniiiiiiiiiii finishes off in style! A magnificent strike into the crowd. India lift the World Cup after 28 years. The party starts in the dressing room and it's the Indian Captain who has been absolutely magnificent in the night of the final” - these words from Ravi Shastri still reverberates in the Indian fans’ ears.

With 482 runs in nine games, Tendulkar scored the most runs for India and finished as the tournament’s second highest run-scorer. He scored 2 tons and 2 fifties, including the 85 off 115 he scored vs PAK in the SF.

With 21 wickets in nine matches, Zaheer Khan finished as the joint-highest wicket-taker in the tournament along with PAK’s Shahid Afridi.

Virender Sehwag’s 175 off 140 in India’s opening encounter against Bangladesh remained the highest individual score by a batsman in the 2011 World Cup.

Yuvraj picked up 5 for 31 and scored an unbeaten 75-ball 50 during India vs Ireland in the 2011 World Cup, becoming the first cricketer ever to claim a 5-wicket haul and score a half-century in the same World Cup match.

The Indian team hammered 370 for 4 in 50 overs, which remained the highest total registered by a team in the 2011 World Cup. India won the match by 87 runs.

With their six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the final of the 2011 World Cup, the MS Dhoni-side became the first-ever team to win the prestigious trophy on home soil. Four years later, Australia replicated the feat by winning the 2015 WC at home by beating NZ in the final at the MCG.