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What a game, what a tournament and finally India break all myths about Hosts not winning World Cups etc. Sreesanth's luck giving him way into the team twice and then Yuvraj's absolute splendor with bat and ball. Sachin's final call came up with Dhoni's awesome leadership. Don't forget the presence of Rajinikanth, when the DEMIGODS (Sachin & Rajini) from India are in the same stadium who can take away the cup from us? Getty Images via cricketnext.com Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Sri Lanka vs India, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, Final Match Result: India beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets Man of the match: MS Dhoni (IND) Man of the Tournament : Yuvraj Singh (IND) Series Status: India win the 2011 Cricket World Cup Toss won by: Sri Lanka Status : Match Ended Batted First : Sri Lanka Batted Second : India Sri Lanka: 274 for 6 in 50.0 overs R/R: 5.48 Sri Lanka Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Upul Tharanga c Virender Sehwag b Zaheer Khan 2 20 0 0 Till

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Pakistan vs India, Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, 2nd Semi Final Match Result: India beat Pakistan by 29 runs Man of the match: S Tendulkar (IND) Series Status: India play Srilanka in Mumbai on April 2 2011 in the ICC Cricket World Cup Final Toss won by: India Status : Match Ended Batted First : India Batted Second : Pakistan India: 260 for 9 in 50.0 overs R/R: 5.2 India Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Virender Sehwag lbw b Wahab Riaz 38 25 9 0 Sachin Tendulkar c Shahid Afridi b Saeed Ajmal 85 115 11 0 Gautam Gambhir st Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Hafeez 27 32 2 0 Virat Kohli c Umar Akmal b Wahab Riaz 9 21 0 0 Yuvraj Singh b Wahab Riaz 0 1 0 0 MS Dhoni (C) (W) lbw b Wahab Riaz 25 42 2 0 Suresh Raina not out 36 39 3 0 Harbhajan Singh st Kamran Akmal b Saeed Ajmal 12 15 2 0 Zaheer Khan c Kamran Akmal b Wahab Riaz 9 10 1 0 Ashish Nehra run out (Kamran Akmal) 1 2 0 0 Munaf Patel not out 0 0 0 0 Extras :    18  (b - 0,

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, 1st Semi Final Match Result: Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 5 wickets Man of the match: K Sangakkara (SRI) Series Status: Toss won by: New Zealand Status : Match Ended Batted First : New Zealand Batted Second : Sri Lanka New Zealand: 217 for 10 in 48.5 overs R/R: 4.44 New Zealand Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Martin Guptill b Lasith Malinga 39 65 3 0 Brendon McCullum (W) b Rangana Herath 13 21 1 1 Jesse Ryder c Kumar Sangakkara b Muttiah Muralidaran 19 34 2 0 Ross Taylor c Upul Tharanga b Ajantha Mendis 36 55 1 0 Scott Styris lbw b Muttiah Muralidaran 57 77 5 0 Kane Williamson lbw b Lasith Malinga 22 16 3 0 Nathan McCullum c Kumar Sangakkara b Lasith Malinga 9 9 0 1 Jacob Oram c Mahela Jayawardena b Tillakaratne Dilshan 7 9 1 0 Daniel Vettori (C) not out 3 3 0 0 Tim Southee c Kumar Sangakkara b Ajantha Mendis 0 3 0 0 Andy McKay b Ajantha Mendis 0 2 0 0 Extras :    12  

Tuesday March 29 1st Semi-Final - New Zealand v Sri Lanka R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Wednesday March 30 2nd Semi-Final - India v Pakistan Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - New Zealand vs South Africa, Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, 3rd Quarter Final Match Result: New Zealand beat South Africa by 49 runs Man of the match: J Oram (NZ) Series Status: Toss won by: New Zealand Status : Match Ended Batted First : New Zealand Batted Second : South Africa New Zealand: 221 for 8 in 50.0 overs R/R: 4.42 New Zealand Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Martin Guptill c Johan Botha b Dale Steyn 1 14 0 0 Brendon McCullum (W) c & b Robin Peterson 4 4 0 0 Jesse Ryder c sub b Imran Tahir 83 121 8 0 Ross Taylor c Jacques Kallis b Imran Tahir 43 72 1 1 Scott Styris b Morne Morkel 16 17 3 0 Kane Williamson not out 38 41 1 1 Nathan McCullum c JP Duminy b Dale Steyn 6 18 0 0 Jacob Oram b Morne Morkel 7 6 1 0 Daniel Vettori (C) b Morne Morkel 6 4 1 0 Luke Woodcock not out 3 3 0 0 Tim Southee Extras :    14  (b - 4, w - 6, nb - 0, lb - 4, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/5 (Brendon McCullum 2.1 o

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Australia vs India, Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, Motera, 2nd Quarter Final Match Result: India beat Australia by 5 wickets Man of the match: Y Singh (IND) Toss won by: Australia Batted First : Australia Batted Second : India Australia: 260 for 6 in 50.0 overs R/R: 5.2 Australia Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Shane Watson b Ravichandran Ashwin 25 38 5 0 Brad Haddin (W) c Suresh Raina b Yuvraj Singh 53 62 6 1 Ricky Ponting (C) c Zaheer Khan b Ravichandran Ashwin 104 118 7 1 Michael Clarke c Zaheer Khan b Yuvraj Singh 8 19 0 0 Michael Hussey b Zaheer Khan 3 9 0 0 Cameron White c & b Zaheer Khan 12 22 0 0 David Hussey not out 38 26 3 1 Mitchell Johnson not out 6 6 0 0 Jason Krejza Brett Lee Shaun Tait Extras :    11  (b - 0, w - 9, nb - 0, lb - 2, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/40 (Shane Watson 10 ov.), 2/110 (Brad Haddin 22.5 ov.), 3/140 (Michael Clarke 30.4 ov.), 4/150 (Michael Hussey 33.3 ov.), 5