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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 - 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

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - England vs West Indies, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, Match 36 Match Result: England beat West Indies by 18 runs Man of the match: Tredwell (Eng) Toss won by: England Status : Match Ended Batted First : England Batted Second : West Indies England: 243 for 10 in 48.4 overs R/R: 4.99 England Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Andrew Strauss (C) c Chris Gayle b Andre Russell 31 39 3 1 Matt Prior (W) b Andre Russell 21 21 3 0 Jonathan Trott c Chris Gayle b Devendra Bishoo 47 38 7 0 Ian Bell b Kemar Roach 27 48 1 0 Eoin Morgan c Devon Thomas b Devendra Bishoo 7 13 0 0 Ravi Bopara b Andre Russell 4 16 0 0 Luke Wright c Andre Russell b Devendra Bishoo 44 57 5 0 James Tredwell run out (Kieron Pollard) 9 20 0 0 Tim Bresnan not out 20 27 2 0 Graeme Swann b Andre Russell 8 8 1 0 Chris Tremlett c Devon Thomas b Kemar Roach 3 7 0 0 Extras :    22  (b - 1, w - 15, nb - 2, lb - 4, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/48 (Matt Prior 9.1 ov.)