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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 - Australia vs Pakistan, R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Match 40 Match Result: Pakistan beat Australia by 4 wickets Man of the match: Umar Akmal(PAK) Toss won by: Australia Status : Match Ended Batted First : Australia Batted Second : Pakistan Australia: 176 for 10 in 46.4 overs R/R: 3.77 Australia Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Shane Watson b Umar Gul 9 16 1 0 Brad Haddin (W) c Kamran Akmal b Wahab Riaz 42 80 3 1 Ricky Ponting (C) c Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Hafeez 19 33 2 0 Michael Clarke b Abdul Razzaq 34 48 2 0 Cameron White run out (Misbah-ul-Haq) 8 18 0 0 Michael Hussey c Misbah-ul-Haq b Abdur Rehman 12 22 0 0 Steven Smith b Shahid Afridi 25 32 1 0 Mitchell Johnson c Kamran Akmal b Abdul Razzaq 0 3 0 0 Jason Krejza b Umar Gul 7 19 0 0 Brett Lee c Misbah-ul-Haq b Umar Gul 5 8 1 0 Shaun Tait not out 0 1 0 0 Extras :    15  (b - 0, w - 10, nb - 0, lb - 5, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/12 (Shane Watson 4.3 ov.), 2/75 (

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Bangladesh vs South Africa, Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Match 39 Toss won by: South Africa Status : South Africa beat Bangladesh by 206 runs Batted First : South Africa Batted Second : Bangladesh Man of the match : L Tsosobe (RSA)   South Africa: 284 for 8 in 50.0 overs R/R: 5.68 South Africa Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Hashim Amla b Abdur Razzak 51 59 6 0 Graeme Smith (C) st Mushfiqur Rahim b Mahmudullah 45 68 4 0 Jacques Kallis c & b Shakib Al Hasan 69 76 5 1 JP Duminy c Mushfiqur Rahim b Rubel Hossain 17 22 1 0 Faf du Plessis c Tamim Iqbal b Rubel Hossain 52 52 4 1 Morne van Wyk (W) b Shakib Al Hasan 5 5 0 0 Johan Botha run out (Rubel Hossain) 12 6 2 0 Robin Peterson not out 22 9 4 0 Wayne Parnell b Rubel Hossain 0 1 0 0 Lonwabo Tsotsobe not out 4 2 1 0 Imran Tahir Extras :    7  (b - 0, w - 4, nb - 0, lb - 3, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/98 (Graeme Smith 20.4 ov.), 2/107 (Hashim Amla 22.3 ov.), 3/

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, Match 38 Match Result: Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 112 runs Man of the match: K Sangakkara (SRI) Toss won by: Sri Lanka Status : Match Ended Batted First : Sri Lanka Batted Second : New Zealand Sri Lanka: 265 for 9 in 50.0 overs R/R: 5.3 Sri Lanka Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Upul Tharanga run out (Tim Southee) 3 7 0 0 Tillakaratne Dilshan c Jacob Oram b Tim Southee 3 15 0 0 Kumar Sangakkara (C) (W) b Nathan McCullum 111 128 11 2 Mahela Jayawardena lbw b Tim Southee 66 90 6 0 Angelo Mathews not out 41 35 4 0 Thilan Samaraweera c Brendon McCullum b Scott Styris 5 8 0 0 Chamara Silva c & b Nathan McCullum 3 5 0 0 Nuwan Kulasekara c Martin Guptill b Tim Southee 1 6 0 0 Lasith Malinga c Brendon McCullum b Jacob Oram 6 4 0 1 Muttiah Muralidaran run out (Martin Guptill) 7 3 0 1 Ajantha Mendis not out 0 2 0 0 Extras :    19  (b - 0, w - 12, nb - 3, lb - 4, Penalty - 0) Fal

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Netherlands vs Ireland, Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Match 37 Match Result: Ireland beat Netherlands by 6 wickets Man of the match: Paul Stirling (IRE) Series Status: Toss won by: Ireland Status : Match Ended Batted First : Netherlands Batted Second : Ireland Netherlands: 306 for 10 in 50.0 overs R/R: 6.12 Netherlands Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Eric Swarczynski c Niall O'Brien b Trent Johnston 1 4 0 0 Wesley Barresi lbw b Paul Stirling 44 49 4 2 Tom Cooper c William Porterfield b Boyd Rankin 5 5 1 0 Ryan ten Doeschate c John Mooney b Paul Stirling 106 108 13 1 Alexei Kervezee c Kevin O'Brien b John Mooney 12 16 2 0 Peter Borren (C) c William Porterfield b John Mooney 84 82 10 0 Atse Buurman (W) run out (Niall O'Brien) 26 30 4 0 Mudassar Bukhari run out (John Mooney) 11 8 0 1 Pieter Seelaar run out (John Mooney) 0 1 0 0 Adeel Raja run out (Ed Joyce) 0 0 0 0 Bernard Loots not out 0 0 0 0 Extras :    17  (b - 1