ICC world Cup 2011

"Tendulkar has carried the

burden of the nation for 21

years. It is time we carried

him on our shoulders."

Virat Kohli

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2011 ICC Cricket World Cup •The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup

•Played in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.•Tournament was played between 19 February and 2 April

Cricket World Cup – 2011Tenth ODI Cricket World Cup was played between 14 International Teams. England, India, New Zealand, Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indias,Zimbabwe, South Africa, Bangladesh, Canada, Kenya, Netherlands and Ireland participated for the 10th Cricket World Cup tournament.

Total 49 games were played at 13 different venues of India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

World Cup 2011 Facts and FiguresHost Country : India, Sri Lanka and BangladeshTeams : 14 (England, India, New Zealand, Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indias, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Bangladesh, Canada, Kenya, Netherlands, Ireland)Games : 49Venues : 13Format : Four groups of four teams, top two from each proceeded to the Super Eights, from which the semi-finalists were chosen and two winner teams of semi-finals progresses to Final.

Winner : IndiaRunners-up : Sri LankaPrize money(winner) : US $ 5.00mPrize money(Runners-up) : US $ 2.24mMan of the match (Final) : MS Dhoni (India)

Indian Squad for 2011 CWC

14 Nation 42 Days49 Matches

New History begins to write on

‘19 February 2011’

India vs Bangladesh

Virender Sehwag began the the tournament with a blistering 175 runs

Sachin Tendulkar (28 runs) innings came to an abrupt end due to an unfortunate run out

Determined to cement his place in the side, Virat Kohli slammed an unbeaten century off 83 balls

Munaf Patel was India's leading wicket-taker with a four-for to his credit

India won by 87 runs

India Bangladesh

370/4 (50 overs) 283/9 (50 overs)

February 27,

2011 at

Bangalore

Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar struck his fifth century in World Cups and his 98th on the international stage

Yuvraj Singh found his form with the

bat scoring 58 off 50 balls against

England

Gautam Gambhir's well-made half century in the company of Tendulkar helped the hosts get off to a steady start

India bowling captain Zaheer Khan (3 wkts) got India back in the game with the wickets of Strauss and Bell

BUT

On 6 March 2011

India vs Ireland

Ireland India 207 (47.5 overs) 210/5 (46 overs)

India won by 5 wickets

On 9 March 2011

India vs Netherlands

Zaheer Khan was the

leading wicket-taker,

Zuiderent, Borren and

Bukhari being his victims

Yuvraj Singh picked the key wickets of Ryan ten Doeschate and Wesley Barresi

Yuvraj Singh played

a patient knock of 51

runs off 73 balls to

take India to victory

Netherlands India

189 (46.4 overs) 191/5 (36.3 overs)

India won by 5 wickets

On 9 March 2011

India vs South Africa

Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar (111 runs) was on song as he hit his 99th international hundred, his second of the tournament

Virender Sehawg

smashed 73 off 66 balls

to give India a fiery

start along with

Tendulkar

Zaheer Khan claimed his

usual victim, Graeme

Smith, whom he sent back

for 16 runs

South Africa won by 3 wickets

On 20 March 2011

India Vs West Indies

Batting at No.

3, Virat Kohli

scored 59 off

76 balls

Chennai boy Ashwin became the first spinner to open the bowling for India in a World Cup game

Yuvraj Singh

walked away with

his third Man-of-

the-Match award

thanks to his

innings of 113 and

two wickets

Zaheer Khan was the pick of the bowlers, claiming three wickets for 26 runs

India won by 80 runs

On 24 March 2011

Quarter-final

Australia vs India

R Ashwin showed his

mettle by claiming the

wickets of Ponting and

Shane Watson

Sachin Tendulkar bowled two overs giving away just nine runs

Zaheer Khan picked the key wicket of Michael Hussey and also dismissed Cameron White

Sachin Tendulkar (53 runs) departed after scoring his 94th ODI half-century

Gautam Gambhir (50 runs) was run-out after

being involved in a few mix-ups with Yuvraj

Singh

Back in the squad, Suresh

Raina (34* runs) won the

match for India with Yuvraj

Singh

India won by 5 wickets

On 30 March 2011

Semi-Final

MS Dhoni spins the coin as the semi-final gets underway

Sachin Tendulkar reached 85 runs after surviving quite a few close calls

Suresh Raina added valuable runs late in the innings

The Prime Ministers

of India

and Pakistan share a

thought

during the game

MS Dhoni celebrates after taking the catch that dismissed Mohammad Hafeez

India won by 29 runs

India Pakistan vs 260/9 (50 overs) 231 (49.5 overs)

Fans in Srinagar celebrate an Indian wicket, India v Pakistan

On 2 April 2011

Final

The chief protagonists of the final share a light-hearted moment before the game

Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene put on a fluent 62 for the third wicket

Mahela Jayawardene celebrates one of the game's best centuries

Gautam Gambhir dives to make his ground

Gautam Gambhir

threw his wicket

away three runs

short of a World

Cup ton

MS Dhoni watches the winning six sail over the boundary as Yuvraj Singh raises his arms in triumph

Fireworks go off

Muttiah Muralitharan gets a standing ovation from the

Indian team as he goes to collect his medal

champions celebrate

Player of the Tournament Yuvraj Singh

MS Dhoni with the World Cup

trophy and his Man of the

Match award from the final

The End