India is a country of thousand religions but the common faith that all follow is cricket.

Although just a sport, billon hearts beat in

sync whenever their team is in a contest and today, they won the world cup. What Diwali? what is Holi? On 2 April 2011, Indians

celebrated their biggest festival, dancing on streets till sun returned from west, giving high fives to whom they've never seen

before (or ever will), chanting one slogan.. Indiaaa, India!

This ain't a story that can be summarized into few sentences or even in some paragraphs. This story is worthy of extra large space

that fans can relive the glorious moment in years to come and hence, in following, Itsonlycricket.com brings you step by step script

that unfolded over 42 days and was finally snatched by India, beating 13 other teams, becoming the first team to win a cricket

world cup at home :-

The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India,Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. It was Bangladesh's first time

co-hosting a World Cup. The World Cup was also supposed to be co-hosted by Pakistan, but in the wake of the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national

cricket team in Lahore, the International Cricket Council(ICC) decided to strip Pakistan of its hosting rights.[1] The headquarters of the organising

committee were originally situated in Lahore, but have now been shifted to Mumbai.[2]Pakistan was supposed to hold 14 matches, including one semi-

final. [3] Eight of Pakistan's matches (including the semi-final) were awarded to India, four to Sri Lanka and two to Bangladesh.[4]

All matches in the World Cup were accorded One Day International status, with all matches being played over 50 overs. Fourteen national cricket

teams competed in the tournament, including ten full members and four associate members.[5] The World Cup took place between February and 2nd

April 2011, with the first match played on 19 February 2011 with co-hosts India and Bangladesh facing off at the Sher-e-Bangla National

Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka.[6] The opening ceremony was held on 17 February 2011 atBangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, two days before the

start of the tournament,[7]with the final on 2 April 2011 between India and Sri Lanka at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

The tournament was won by India who defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final. India became the first nation to win a World Cup final on home
soil.[8] Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored an unbeaten 91 in the final and was adjudged the man of the match. India's Yuvraj Singh was
declared the man of the tournament. The biggest upset of the torunament was the defeat of England by Ireland.[9] Ireland's Kevin O'Brien scored a
century in just 50 balls (and a total of 113 off 63 balls), the fastest World Cup century, while Ireland made the highest successful run chase in World
Cup history beating Sri Lanka's 313 against Zimbabwe at New Plymouth in New Zealand in 1992

8Sri Lanka's one-day international captain Kumar Sangakkara has resigned from the job three days after defeat to India

Singh has confirmed Sachin Tendulkar was the "special person" he owes red hot World Cup form to

Mahela Jayewardene hit an unbeaten 103 off 88 balls as Sri Lanka set India a stiff target of 275 runs to win

New Delhi/Mumbai, April 3 [PTI] : It’s raining crores for the World Cup-winning Indian cricket team who also have been gifted residential plots, as state
governments on Sunday vyed with each other to reward the victorious players.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced a Rs one crore award for each member of theIndian team.
Coach Gary Kirsten and other support staff members will get Rs 50 lakh each as reward for their contribution, while the selectors will be given Rs 25
lakh each, BCCI President Shashank Manohar said.

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit announced a award of Rs two crore for captain MS Dhoni and Rs one crore each for four Delhi players after their
historic victory.

“The Chief Minister has decided to honour the Indian captain MS Dhoni by awarding him Rs 2 crore and also decided to give one crore each to
Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli and Ashish Nehra for winning the coveted World Cup after 28 years,” a Delhi government official said.

Dikshit congratulated the team for its spectacular performance.

India defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in the World Cup final in Mumbai last night to lift the coveted trophy which they last won in 1983 under Kapil
Dev.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa announced his government would honour the victorious cricket players with a residential plot each from
the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA).

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhrayal Nishank promised a residential plot or a house in Mussoorie hill station for Dhoni and Sachin
Tendulkar, who has been a regular visitor there with his family.

He also announced that a stadium will be built in the state to be named after Dhoni.

Gujarat Government announced its highest sports honour Eklavya Award for Yousuf Pathan and Munaf Patel. The award carries Rs one lakh and a
citation.

Mumbai, April 3 [PTI] : Less than 24 hours after creating history by winning the World Cup at the Wankhede stadium, the triumphant Indian team led
by Mahendra Singh Dhoni was felicitated by President Pratibha Patil at Raj Bhavan here on Sunday.

ater, they posed for a picture with the President, Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan, state Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and International
Cricket Council chief Sharad Pawar.

The President, who had watched the rip-roaring final at the stadium last evening, shook hands with all the team members as Dhoni introducing each
member to her.

President Patil watched the World Cup final held at Wankhede Stadium here on Saturday with her Sri Lankan counterpart M Rajapaksa. India
defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final.

“In the last 3-4 years, we have done well in shooting, badminton, lawn tennis, hockey and football as well. We are growing as a sporting nation. But
cricket is special because of the infrastructure. It started with the 1983 win. And two big players Anil Kumble and Sachin Tendulkar came on the scene
followed by Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid.

“It is due to them we are getting a lot of money and respect. We are trying to pass it to the next generation.

Playing was not easy as there was a lot of anxiety. Nowadays the pressure we go through is a lot. Sometimes the players don’t even eat because of
the anxiety,” he explained.

Dhoni praised Yuvraj Singh’s man of the tournament effort.

Group A
 Teams P W L NR T Points NRR
Pakistan 6 5 1 0 0 10 +0.758
Sri Lanka 6 4 1 1 0 9 +2.582
Australia 6 4 1 1 0 9 +1.693
New Zealand 6 4 2 0 0 8 +1.135
Zimbabwe 6 2 4 0 0 4 +0.030
Canada 6 1 5 0 0 2 -1.987
Kenya 6 0 6 0 0 0 -3.042

Group B

Teams P W L NR T Points NRR

South Africa 6 5 1 0 0 10 +2.026
India 6 4 1 0 1 9 +0.90
England 6 3 2 0 1 7 +0.072
West Indies 6 3 3 0 0 6 +1.066
Bangladesh 6 3 3 0 0 6 -1.361
Ireland 6 2 4 0 0 4 -0.696
Netherlands 6 0 6 0 0 0 -2.045

CC Cricket World Cup 2011 will be the 10th World Cup. Prior to the ICC Cricket World
Cup 2011, 9 Cricket World Cups have been organized by ICC. Australia have emerged
winner on the most occasions – 4. Closely following is West Indies, who won the
inaugural and the very next World Cup. All the Indian Subcontinent teams – India,
Pakistan and Sri Lanka have won 1 World Cup each. Australia won in 1987, 1999, 2003
and 2007. West Indies won on 1975 (the first World Cup) and 1979. India won the World
Cup in 1983, Pakistan won the World Cup in 1992 and Sri Lanka won in 1996.
Bangladesh have first chance for hosting this type of big event. any way ICC declare ODI cricket
world cup logo for 2011.in this World cup ICC and BCCI will strongly watch about copy right of Live
Streaming and Live score of Cricket match world cup after complain of official broadcasters. ESPNSTAR
is the official broadcaster of ICC.
there will be 49 matches will be played in this world cup out them 29 in India(8 grounds), 12 in
Srilanka(3 grounds), and 8 in Bangladesh(2 grounds). Pakistan’s 14 matches transferred India(8) ,
Srilanka (4) and Bangladesh(2).
Cricket World Cup 2011 teams: Cricket World Cup 2011 teams include 4 times winner
Australia, 2 times winners West Indies, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, New Zealand, Netherlands, Canada, Ireland, England and
Kenya. Groups in which Cricket World Cup 2011 teams are divided:

Group A – Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya.

Group B – India, South Africa, England, Bangladesh, West Indies, Netherlands and
Ireland.

Match Date Teams Venue

1 19 Feb India vs Bangladesh Dhaka
2 20 Feb New Zealand vs Kenya Chennai
3 20 Feb Sri Lanka vs Canada Hambantota
4 21 Feb Australia vs Zimbabwe Ahmedabad
5 22 Feb England vs Netherlands Nagpur
6 23 Feb Pakistan vs Kenya Hambantota
7 24 Feb South Africa vs West Indies New Delhi
8 25 Feb Australia vs New Zealand Nagpur
9 25 Feb Bangladesh vs Ireland Dhaka
10 26 Feb Sri Lanka vs Pakistan Colombo
11 27 Feb India vs England Bangalore
12 28 Feb West Indies vs Netherlands New Delhi
13 28 Feb Zimbabwe vs Canada Nagpur
14 1 Mar Sri Lanka vs Kenya Colombo
15 2 Mar England vs Ireland Bangalore
16 3 Mar South Africa vs Netherlands Mohali
17 3 Mar Pakistan vs Canada Colombo
18 4 Mar New Zealand vs Zimbabwe Ahmedabad
19 4 Mar Bangladesh vs West Indies Dhaka
20 5 Mar Sri Lanka vs Australia Colombo
21 6 Mar India vs Ireland Bangalore
22 6 Mar England vs South Africa Chennai
23 7 Mar Kenya vs Canada New Delhi
24 8 Mar Pakistan vs New Zealand Pallekelle
25 9 Mar India vs Netherlands New Delhi
26 10 Mar Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe Pallekelle
27 11 Mar West Indies vs Ireland Mohali
28 11 Mar Bangladesh vs England Chittagong
29 12 Mar India vs South Africa Nagpur
30 13 Mar New Zealand vs Canada Mumbai
31 13 Mar Australia vs Kenya Bangalore
32 14 Mar Pakistan vs Zimbabwe Pallekelle
33 14 Mar Bangladesh vs Netherlands Chittagong
34 15 Mar South Africa vs Ireland Kolkata
35 16 Mar Australia vs Canada Bangalore
36 17 Mar England vs West Indies Chennai
37 18 Mar Sri Lanka vs New Zealand Mumbai
38 18 Mar Ireland vs Netherlands Kolkata
39 19 Mar Australia vs Pakistan Colombo
40 19 Mar Bangladesh vs South Africa Dhaka
41 20 Mar Zimbabwe vs Kenya Kolkata
42 20 Mar India vs West Indies Chennai
43 23 Mar First Quarterfinal Dhaka
44 24 Mar Second Quarterfinal Colombo
45 25 Mar Third Quarterfinal Dhaka
46 26 Mar Fourth Quarterfinal Ahmedabad
47 29 Mar First Semifinal Colombo
48 30 Mar Second Semifinal Mohali
49 02 Apr FINAL Mumbai

Year Venue/place Winner 1st Runner Up

1975 England West Indies Australia
1979 England West Indies England
1983 England India WestIndies
1989 India Australia England
1992 Australia Pakistan England
1996 India SriLanka Australia
1999 England Australia Pakistan
2003 South Africa Australia India
2007 West Indies Australia Sri Lanka

beating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets, scripting the biggest chase in world cup finals history.
India beat Pakistan
5th time in world cup, winning by 29 run margin at Mohali. Tendulkar top scored with 85, riding on luck but plotting India's march
into final
Sri Lanka beat NZ, reach final
by 5 wickets. Captain Kumar Sangakkara was named man of the match while Tillakaratne Dilshan top scored.

Bangladesh had caused India out of previous world cup and now as co-host they were once again the opposition in inaugural
match of the tournament. After a magnificent opening ceremony, it was time for blue team to seek revenge and Virender Sehwag
lead the way, scoring brutal 175 off just 140 balls. Indians smashed record 371 electing to bat to make a resounding beginning to
their campaign. Virat Kohli scored a century on his world cup debut. Visitors bowling was exposed in the second innings as
Bangladesh raced upto 284, raising question on how they'll cope up against other major sides.
Oops, English tie up
Sachin Tendulkar, playing in his 6th world cup, desperately wanted to put forward a
performance to remember and England bowling suited his style. It was an attacking
innings from little master as he smashed 5 sixes in his 115 ball 120 to entertain,
propelling home team to 338 but match wasn't finished yet. English captain Andrew
Strauss lead the chase with a robust 158 from 144 balls and almost single handedly
kept visitors in the game, making mockery of Indian bowling, until he got out.

Batting powerplay was called for which brought couple of quick wickets for Zaheer
Khan swing the match back in balance before Ajmal Shahzad hit a six off first ball he
faced and now, 11 runs were required off last over. England made 10, a single off
last ball and we had the first tie between the two nations in history of one day
cricket. This was the new most watched match ever in history of cricket but the
record was soon to be broken!

An Irish escape
Ireland, a promising new team of last edition, had already made a name for
themselves by beating England in previous match, riding on Kevin O'Brien's fastest
world cup century and now they eyed
another upset.

Known for their fighting spirit and smart

work in field, Indians weren't taking
things lightly against this non test
playing nation and luck didn't favor
them either as toss went in against and
Irish elected to bat. Zaheer Khan once
again provided crucial break through
with the new ball but captain William
Porterfield and wicket keeper Niall
O'Brien had no trouble raising century
stand, setting the platform for a total
they could hope to defend. Sadly,
Yuvraj Singh's slowish left arm spin
foxed middle order and they were
wrapped up 13 balls before their quota
of overs.

Indian chase of 208 was anything but a cake walk. Ireland bowled and fielded like
pros, specially 18 year old George Dockrell, and kept home fan's hearts beating
gingerly. Yuvraj Singh made a rare double of five wickets and a fifty in a same
world cup match to see Indian ship home with give balls to spare.

Netherlands' set a side

Trick to easy wins over smaller teams is to
bowl first and chase down whatever they get.
This was the policy Indians adopted against Netherlands and it paid off with Zaheer Khan
once again taking 3 wickets besides couple of scalps for Piyush Chawla and Yuvraj Singh.
Netherlands had blasted English bowling in their opening game but today none of their
batters made an impression.

Points table was getting tangled up for top 4 spots for quarter finals and hence Indians
wanted a brisk win to up their net runrate chasing 190 but it wasn't to be. Dutch offspinner
Pieter Seelaar dismissed top 3, including pinch hitter Yusuf Pathan and then captain Peter
Borren claimed young Virat Kohli. Yuvraj Singh once again stood firm and drove India
home in association with skipper MS Dhoni at other end. with give wickets in hand.

India now were almost certain of second round provided they didn't lose next two matches
with exceptionally big margins.

Only defeat, to Proteas

How a high flying craft crashes momentarily was an example that happened in this
Ahmedabad encounter as India, marching on superb opening stand between Virender
Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar when a total in excess off 400 seemed possible failed to
reach even 300. Indians lost last 9 wickets
for just 29 runs and now they had a match in
their hands to save.

Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis knew they

didn't had to over attack in this less than run
a ball chase and they concentrated on
preserving wickets. AB de Villiers received
plenty of words from exited Indian bowlers
but he let his bat do the talking with an
accelerating half century. Now on, once
again, it was a matter of lower middle order
to bat out the overs and reach the target
which Robin Petersen did admirably. giving
India their first and only defeat of this world
cup 2011. Question were once again raised
on Indian team selection and lack of wicket
taking bowlers but captain MS Dhoni dodged all of them.

Windies wobble
Middle order collapse in two games in a row had dented Indian hopes to finish as top team in group B and there were even outside
chances of them not making it through to quarterfinals had they lost this last league match to Caribbean team by a big margin. In
absense of Virender Sehwag, Indians recalled southpaw Suresh Raina and included R Ashwin ahead of Piyush Chawla who was
proved costly in last two games. Electing to bat, Yuvraj Singh showed Indians the way with a century following his hattrick of half
centuries in previous games but Ravi Rampaul's career best fifer restricted India to an unsafe target of 269.

West Indies, riding on in-form Devon Smith, made a strong reply and soon it was upto Ramnaresh Sarwan to play out the overs to
see his team through. Sadly, none of last 7 batsmen got past double figures and match was finished 7 overs earlier. India qualified
as second best team in group B.

Aussies sent home

This highly anticipated quarterfinal match began in subdued manner as both team
shadow boxed, giving no inch but not attacking either to gather initiative. Under
pressure captain Ricky Ponting took the center stage and scored a cautious but
career saving century although tight bowling from R Ashwin and Yuvraj Singh limited
them to only 260 despite a 26 ball 38 from David Hussey in last few overs.

Sachin Tendulkar and Gautam Gambhir set the foundation for the chase but Aussies,
the winners of last 3 world cups and already set a record of 34 WC match wins in a
row, weren't prepared to give up. Fast bowlers rallied around and Indians were at the
brink of panic but Yuvraj Singh was up to the task once again. His unbeaten half
century made sure he won his 4th man of the match award consecutively. Suresh
Raina's inclusion ahead of Yusuf Pathan for his better batting technique worked too
as he scored unbeaten 34 off 28 in pressure situation. India were now among the last
4 teams standing in hunt for the cup.

Arch rivals Pakistan in semis

This was the 5th time India played Pakistan in world cupand they had a record to
preserve, of not losing to them ever in cricket's biggest tournament. and they
achieved it, thanks to some fine fielding and poor show from visitors.

PCA stadium in Mohali was turned into a filmy/political arena as this match began
where Indians won the toss and Virender Sehwag gave'em a start to remember but
Sachin Tendulkar played a scratchy innings, scoring 85 nervous runs after Pakistani
fielders dropped 4 catches offered. Young left arm seamer Wahab Riaz ripped apart
the middle order to limit Indians to a score they had successfully defended in last
game.

Mohammad Hafeez and Misbah-ul-Haq were top two scorers for Pakistan in the chase
and they too were the reason for them to fall 30 run short. Hafeez played a very poor
shot after getting set and without pressure of increasing runrate while Misbah-ul-Haq
batted utterly slowly, decelerating run rate. Indians rejoiced all night but the job
wasn't finished just yet.

Final vs Sri Lanka

2nd April 2011, Wankhede stadium, Mumbai. In this 10th edition, either India or Sri
Lanka were set to win their only the second world cup.

The toss debacle

ICC has complicated the way of toss, including match referee who gives the coin to
home captain and visiting skipper calls a side. This time, we had comedy of errors as
Kumar Sangakkara didn't call (or he did but Referee didn't hear) and coin was tossed
for the second time, a very rare happening in game of cricket where a lot depends on
toss. Indian captain may have protested but it seemed like he wanted to give the
advantage to visitors. Second time, Sri Lanka won and elected to bat.

Solid Sangakkara
Upul Tharanga and Tillakaratne Dilshan were the highest scoring openers in the
tournament but today, captain Kumar Sangakkara set the pattern, driving Indian
bowlers elegantly and guiding Dilshan who looked overwhelmed by the occassion.

Miraculous Jayawardene
Mahela Jayawardene had sacrificed his captainship after losing final of last world cup
but his no.4 position was a wicket home team had to get to be able to chase a
reasonable total. They couldn't, and Jayawardene scored a superb century, assisting
Thilan Samarweera, Nuwan Kulasekara and Thisara Perera and pushing Lankan total
past 270 run mark. With their high profile bowling artillery, visitors were expected to
defend their potent target provided they got early
wickets which indeed came their way.

Gritty Gambhir
Up against the biggest chase to win a world cup final,
India lost Sehwag off the second ball and then Sachin
Tendulkar edged Lasith Malinga for 18 off 15. Indian
fans started to lose hope but youngsters Gautam
Gambhir and Virat Kohli proved their worth with a
crucial stand for the 3rd wicket. Kohli couldn't continue
but Gambhir did, reaching his half century and got
almost to a rare century in final before a rash shot
brought about his downfall.

Dhoni Conquers
With two offspinners bowling, Indian captain promoted himself up the order ahead of in-form Yuvraj Singh knowing the fact that
he's a better player of spin bowling and it worked, maintaining left-right hand combination at the crease. He raised a vital century
stand from a position Lankans looked like racing away with the cup with Gambhir and then accelerated just enough to seal the
game for his country. India became the first team to win the world cup in front of home crowd.

MS Dhoni was named man of the match while Yuvraj Singh was man of the series.

Tendulkar with trophy

In his 6th world cup, this was probably the last chance for Sachin Tendulkar to get hold of cricket's biggest trophy and he certainly
was happy having achieved it. Tendulkar finished as the second highest scorer in the tournament and now has more runs than any
other batsman in world cup career.

Tendulkar was rumored to quit one day cricket had India lost this final match but since they won it, we may see a little more of
little champion in this 50 over format, if not again in 2015 edition!

Gary Kirsten quits

The man behind the show, South African Gary Kirsten, was lauded was one of the best coach to have served Indian cricket team
but since he has a young family back in his country, Gary had already announced he won't renew his contract. Before Indians start
looking for their new coach, it was time to pay tribute to the man who helped them achieve the cup after 28 long years.

Indians were 17 for 5 wkts and then 78 for 7 while batting first against debutants Zimbabwe in that 1983 world cup match
at Tunbridge. Kapil Dev made 175 not out, with 6 sixes and 16 fours in all and that still remains as one of the best batting efforts
in this once in a four year biggest cricket tournament..

Following are some batting records in all cricket world cups so far, and all of them will be updated if anyone of them get broken
during the 2011 world cup to be played in India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh.

Most runs cricket world cup tournaments :

The answer is obviously Sachin Tendulkar. Easily the best batsmen modern cricket World has seen, and as this remarkable career
comes to its climax - Tendulkar's records will always speak loudly how genius this little master was. Tendulkar has made over 2k
runs in total.

Second batsmen to make most runs is Ricky Ponting who has 1700+ runs from 46 games. 2011 edition proved to be more fruitful
for Tendulkar than Ponting. Brian Lara retired with 1225 world cup runs.

Most runs by a batsman in world cup career.

Batsman (Country) Runs Mts Inns Best Srate 100s 50s

Sachin Tendulkar (India) 2278 45 44 152 55.94 6 15

Ricky Ponting (Australia) 1743 46 42 140* 45.86 5 6

Brian Lara (West Indies) 1225 34 33 116 86.26 2 7

Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) 1165 38 37 120 34.26 3 6

Jacques Kallis (South Africa) 1148 36 32 128* 45.92 1 9

Adam Gilchrist (Australia) 1085 31 31 149 36.16 1 8

Javed Miandad (Pakistan) 1083 33 30 103 43.32 1 8

Stephen Fleming (New Zealand) 1075 33 33 134* 35.83 2 5

Herschelle Gibbs (SA) 1067 25 23 143 56.15 2 8

Arvinda de Silva (Sri Lanka) 1064 35 32 145 36.68 2 6

Vivian Richards (West Indies) 1013 23 21 181 55.88 4 3

Saurav Ganguly (India) 1006 21 21 183 52.84 4 3

Mark Waugh (Australia) 1004 22 22 130 52.84 4 4

Mathew Hayden (Australia) 987 22 21 158 51.94 3 2

Most runs by a batsman in one world cup tournament.

Batsman (Country) Runs WC Mts Inns Best Srate 100s 50s 4s 6s

Sachin Tendulkar (India) 673 2003 11 11 152 89.25 1 6 75 4

Mathew Hayden (Australia) 659 2007 11 10 158 101.07 3 1 69 18

M Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) 548 2007 11 11 115* 85.09 1 4 40 10

Ricky Ponting (Australia) 539 2007 11 9 113 95.39 1 4 53 11

Sachin Tendulkar (India) 523 1996 7 7 137 87.16 2 3 57 7

Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka) 500 2011 9 9 144 62.50 2 2 61 4

Scott Styris (New Zealand) 499 2007 10 9 111* 83.16 1 4 45 6

Jacques Kallis (South Africa) 485 2007 10 9 128* 80.83 1 3 40 6

Mark Waugh (Australia) 484 1996 7 7 130 80.66 1 3 40 6

Sachin Tendulkar (India) 482 2011 9 9 120 53.55 2 2 52 8

Graham Gooch (England) 471 1987 8 8 115 58.87 1 3 45 0

Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) 467 2007 11 11 115 46.70 2 2 47 14

Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) 465 2011 9 8 111 93.00 1 3 44 5

Sourav Ganguly (India) 465 2003 11 11 112* 58.12 3 0 30 15

Rahul Dravid (India) 461 1999 8 8 145 65.85 2 3 49 1

Martin Crowe (New Zealand) 456 1992 9 9 100* 114.00 1 4 45 6

Adam Gilchrist (Australia) 453 2007 11 11 149 45.30 1 2 58 10

Highest Individual scores in cricket world cup : UAE were at the receiving end when generally slow batsman - Gary Kristen
decided to break free. At Rawalpindi in that 1996 World Cup - Gary Kristen hit 13 fours and 4 sixes to make 188 not out against
the minnow team. This broke Kapil Dev's age old record of highest cricket WC score.

Sourav Ganguly also features in this record with his 183 runs against Sri Lanka at Taunton in 1999 World Cup. Rahul Dravid made
145 at the other end that day.
Highest score by a batsman in one day internationals overall.

Highest Individual scores by a batsman in one day World cups.

Batsman (Country) Runs Balls 4s 6s Versus Venue Dt/Mon/Yr

Gary Kirsten (SA) 188* 159 13 4 UAE Rawalpindi 16 Feb 1996

Sourav Ganguly (India) 183 158 17 7 Sri Lanka Taunton 26 May 99

Vivian Richards (WI) 181 125 16 7 Sri Lanka Karachi 13 Oct 1987

Kapil Dev (India) 175* 138 16 6 Zimbabwe Tunbridge 18 Jun 1983

Virendra Sehwag (India) 175 140 14 5 Bangladesh Mirpur 19 Feb 2011

Craig Wishart (Zim) 172* 151 18 3 Namibia Harare 10 Feb 2003

Glenn Turner (NZ) 171* 201 16 2 East Africa Edgbaston 7 Jun 1975

Andrew Hudson (SA) 161 132 13 4 Holland Rawalpindi 5 Mar 1996

Imran Nazir (Pak) 160 121 14 8 Zimbabwe Kingston 21 Mar 2007

Andrew Strauss (Eng) 158 145 18 1 India Bengaluru 27 Feb 2011

Mathew Hayden (Aus) 158 143 14 4 West Indies North Sound 27 Mar 2007

Sachin Tendulkar (India) 152 151 18 0 Namibia Pieterzburg 23 Feb 2003

Adam Gilchrist (Aus) 149 104 13 8 Sri Lanka Barbados 28 Apr 2007

AB de Villiers (SA) 146 130 12 5 West Indies St George's 10 Apr 2007

Arvinda de Silva (SL) 145 115 14 5 Kenya Kandy 6 Mar 1996

Rahul Dravid (India) 145 129 17 1 Sri Lanka Taunton 26 May 99

Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) 144 131 16 1 Zimbabwe Pallekele 10 Mar 2011

Andrew Symonds (Aus) 143* 125 18 2 Pakistan Johannesburg 11 Feb 2003

Herschelle Gibbs (SA) 143 141 19 3 New Zealand Johannesburg 16 Feb 2003

David Haughton (Zim) 142 137 13 6 New Zealand Hyderabad 10 Oct 1987

Scott Styris (NZ) 141 125 3 6 Sri Lanka Bloemfontein 10 Feb 2003

Sachin Tendulkar (India) 140* 101 16 3 Kenya Bristol 23 May 99

Ricky Ponting (Aus) 140* 121 4 8 India Johannesburg 23 Mar 2003

Vivian Richards (WI) 138* 157 11 3 England Lord's 23 Jun 1979

Most centuries in Cricket world cups

6 is the most number of centuries made by a batsman in world cup career and Sachin Tendulkar is yet again the leader. Ricky
Ponting has 5 century in world cup while Sourav Ganguly and Mark Waugh have 4 each but the name most surprizing is Rameez
Raja who has 3 centuries.

Former Pakistani opener and now a well known cricket commentator - Rameez Raja finished 1987 World Cup with a century
against England and then started 1992 World Cup with two centuries against West Indies and New Zealand... no wonder why
Pakistan won that World Cup in Australia/New Zealand in 1992. Mathew Hayden, Vivian Richards, Saeed Anwar and Sanath
Jayasuriya also have 3 centuries in world cup.

Most century in one world cup tournament by a batsman

Sourav Ganguly in 2003 = 4, vs Namibia, Sri Lanka, Kenya (2).
Mark Waugh in 1996 = 4, vs New Zealand, India, Kenya & Zimbabwe.
Sachin Tendulkar in 2003 = 3, vs Kenya, Sri Lanka, Kenya and Namibia.
Rmeez Raja in 1987 = 3, vs England, West Indies and New Zealand.
Saeed Anwar in 2003 = 3, vs India, New Zealand and Zimbabwe.

• BCCI announces Rs. 1 Crore award for each member of the team.
• Rs. 2 Crore for Dhoni and Rs. 1 Crore for 4 Delhi Players by Delhi Government.
• Uttarakhand CM promises land or house in Mussoorie for Dhini & Sachin
• A stadium to be built and named after Dhoni by Uttarakhand Government.
• Shrirampur council announce Rs. 1 Lakh for Zaheer Khan.
• Maharashtra Government announces Rs. 1 Crore for Sachin and Zaheer
• Team will be given Railway passes to travel by First Class for lifetime.
• Rs. 1 Crore each to Harbhajan and Yuvraj by Punjab Government.
• Gujrat Government announces Eklavya award for Yusuf & Munaf.
• Jharkhand Government to confer Honorary Doctorate Degree on Dhoni.
• Land for Cricket Academy, School for Dhoni in Jharkhand.
• Yuvraj Singh to be gifted an Audi Car for his overall performance in World Cup.
• Rajkot Builder to gift plots of land to the entire team.
• Karnataka Government announces Housing sites to all players of the team.
• Best Sportsperson award to Sehwag and Nehra by Haryana Government.

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ICC Cricket World Cup - final
India v Sri Lanka
India won by 6 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)

• ODI no. 3148 | 2010/11 season

• Played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

• 2 April 2011 - day/night (50-over match)

Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR

WU Tharanga c Sehwag b Khan 2 30 20 0 0 10.00
TM Dilshan b Harbhajan Singh 33 87 49 3 0 67.34
KC Sangakkara*† c †Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh 48 102 67 5 0 71.64
DPMD Jayawardene not out 103 159 88 13 0 117.04
 TT Samaraweera lbw b Yuvraj Singh 21 53 34 2 0 61.76
CK Kapugedera c Raina b Khan 1 6 5 0 0 20.00
KMDN Kulasekara run out (†Dhoni) 32 41 30 1 1 106.66
NLTC Perera not out 22 10 9 3 1 244.44
Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 6, nb 2) 12

Total (6 wickets; 50 overs; 246 mins) 274 (5.48 runs per over)
Did not bat SL Malinga, S Randiv, M Muralitharan
Fall of wickets1-17 (Tharanga, 6.1 ov), 2-60 (Dilshan, 16.3 ov), 3-122 (Sangakkara, 27.5 ov),4-179 (Samaraweera, 38.1 ov), 5-182
(Kapugedera, 39.5 ov), 6-248 (Kulasekara, 47.6 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
Z Khan 10 3 60 2 6.00 (1w)
S Sreesanth 8 0 52 0 6.50 (2nb)
MM Patel 9 0 41 0 4.55 (1w)
Harbhajan Singh 10 0 50 1 5.00 (1w)
Yuvraj Singh 10 0 49 2 4.90
SR Tendulkar 2 0 12 0 6.00 (3w)
V Kohli 1 0 6 0 6.00

India innings (target: 275 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR

V Sehwag lbw b Malinga 0 2 2 0 0 0.00
SR Tendulkar c †Sangakkara b Malinga 18 21 14 2 0 128.57
G Gambhir b Perera 97 187 122 9 0 79.50
V Kohli c & b Dilshan 35 69 49 4 0 71.42
MS Dhoni*† not out 91 128 79 8 2 115.18
Yuvraj Singh not out 21 39 24 2 0 87.50
Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 8) 15

Total (4 wickets; 48.2 overs; 230 mins) 277 (5.73 runs per over)
Did not bat SK Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, MM Patel, S Sreesanth
Fall of wickets1-0 (Sehwag, 0.2 ov), 2-31 (Tendulkar, 6.1 ov), 3-114 (Kohli, 21.4 ov), 4-223 (Gambhir, 41.2 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
SL Malinga 9 0 42 2 4.66 (2w)
KMDN Kulasekara 8.2 0 64 0 7.68
NLTC Perera 9 0 55 1 6.11 (2w)
S Randiv 9 0 43 0 4.77
TM Dilshan 5 0 27 1 5.40 (1w)
M Muralitharan 8 0 39 0 4.87 (1w)
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)