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Chennai Superkings Captain – MS Dhoni        Coach – S Fleming           Ground – MA Chidambaram Stadium Chennai Squad Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain & wicketkeeper), Srikanth  Anirudha, Wridhiman Saha (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Murali Vijay, Subramaniyam Badrinath, Shadab Jakati, George Bailey, Doug Bollinger, Dwayne Bravo, Faff Du Plessis, Ben Hilfenhaus, Michael Hussey, Joginder Sharma, Suraj Randiv, Nuwan Kulasekhara, Yo Mahesh, Albie Morkel, Abhinav Mukund, Suresh Raina (VC), Tim Southee, Scott Styris, Sudeep Tyagi, Kuththurshi Vasudevan, Ganapathi Vignesh Best Performance in IPL – Champions 2010, Runners Up 2008, Semi finalists 2009 Strengths ·          Dhoni’s midas touch, everything he touches turns into Gold ·          Were IPL as well as Champions league winners, team is full of confidence ·          Super strong batting line up. Explosive batsmen in MS Dhoni, Hussey, Vijay and Morkel ·          Dependable middle order consists of Badrinath, Mukund  and Raina ·  

What a game! What a tournament! Finally, India break all myths about Hosts not winning World Cups etc. Sreesanth's luck showing him way into the team twice (and not performing either times, I don’t blame him, he’s a good bowler, just wasn’t his days) and then Yuvraj's absolute splendor with the bat and ball. Sachin's final call came up with Dhoni's awesome leadership. Don't forget the presence of Rajini (Rajinikanth) and Ghajini (Aamir Khan) at the finals. When the two DEMIGODS of India (Sachin & Rajini) are in the same stadium who can dare take away the cup from us? Overall, spectacular effort by Team India. Besides, Our Pakistani brothers and Sri Lankan machans also did great! It was an Asian dominated tournament that was able put a brake on the great Australian express. Once again, Well done India, Sri Lanka and congratulating all the other sides for putting up a healthy competition and taking it till the end. This is our Winning Eleven ....

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 - Sri Lanka vs England, R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, 4th Quarter Final Match Result: Sri Lanka beat England by 10 wickets Man of the match: T Dilshan (SRI) Toss won by: England Status : Match Ended Batted First : England Batted Second : Sri Lanka England: 229 for 6 in 50.0 overs R/R: 4.58 England Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Andrew Strauss (C) b Tillakaratne Dilshan 5 19 0 0 Ian Bell c Thilan Samaraweera b Angelo Mathews 25 32 3 0 Jonathan Trott c Mahela Jayawardena b Muttiah Muralidaran 86 115 2 0 Ravi Bopara lbw b Muttiah Muralidaran 31 56 1 0 Eoin Morgan c Angelo Mathews b Lasith Malinga 50 55 4 0 Graeme Swann lbw b Ajantha Mendis 0 1 0 0 Matt Prior (W) not out 22 19 2 0 Luke Wright not out 1 3 0 0 Tim Bresnan James Tredwell Chris Tremlett Extras :    9  (b - 0, w - 6, nb - 0, lb - 3, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/29 (Andrew Strauss 8 ov.), 2/31 (Ian Bell 9 ov.), 3/95 (Ravi Bopara 27 ov.), 4/186 (E

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