http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in final: ICC World Cup 2011
MS Dhoni guided his team to a historic victory after overcoming Sri Lanka by six wickets in the final of the ICC World Cup 2011, at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The hosts chased down the target of 275 runs in 48.2 overs as the crowd at the venue erupted
with joy.
India didn’t get off to an ideal start today, as they lost their star opening pair of Sachin Tendulkar and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virender-Sehwag-c95429 early. Sehwag was sent back to the pavilion on just the second delivery of the innings without adding a single run to the total.
Soon after, the Master Blaster was undone by Sri Lankan pace ace Lasith Malinga, to complicate matters further for the home team. The veteran batsman, who was probably playing his last World Cup match, failed to make a big impression today. He got out after
adding 18 runs to the total off 14 balls.
This brought http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virat-Kohli-c95424 together in the middle. The pair didn’t lose their patience and batted sensibly. They kept on rotating the strike, which kept the scoreboard ticking. Both batsmen put together 83 runs for the third wicket
and guided their team to a safe position.
However, Kohli got out after scoring 35 runs from 49 balls with the help of four fours. His downfall brought the Indian captain MS Dhoni to the crease, who had a best score of 34 in World Cups prior to this match.
Both Gambhir and Dhoni made sure that India didn’t lose any more wickets and they guided their team to a match-winning position with a brilliant 109-run stand for the fourth wicket. The left-handed batsman was then dismissed, scoring a valiant knock of 97
runs from 122 balls. He deserved a century, but would have been pleased with his performance.
However, the Indian captain didn’t lose his focus and remained unbeaten until the end with a superb knock of 91 runs off 79 balls. He struck eight fours and two massive sixes in his blistering knock, which earned him the player-of-the-match award.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yuvraj-Singh-c98364, who scored an unbeaten 21 today, was named as player-of-the-series for his all-round effort in the Mega Event.
The Sri Lankan bowling was below par in today’s match. Only Lasith Malinga looked threatening with the new ball, as he picked up two wickets.
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