| Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | Toss Sri Lanka, elected to bat first | Season 2010/11 | Series result India won the 2010/11 ICC Cricket World Cup | Match number ODI no. 3148 |
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| Event 2011 Cricket World Cup | Venue Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India | Player of the match MS Dhoni |
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| Official logo | Dates 19 February – 2 April 2011 | Host(s) India Sri Lanka Bangladesh | Champions India (2nd title) | Runners-up Sri Lanka |
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India 277/4 vs Sri Lanka 274/6 | Final | ICC.
India will host the finals of the 2011 World Cup while Bangladesh will host the opening ceremony. This was decided in London following a meeting between the respective boards. In April, the ICC awarded the hosting rights to India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
| Most Runs | Players Mat SR | Tillakaratne Dilshan(SL) 9 90.74 | Sachin Tendulkar (INDIA) 9 91.98 | Kumar Sangakkara(SL) 9 83.78 |
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| The World Cup Trophy | Administrator International Cricket Council (ICC) | Current champion England (1st title) | Most successful Australia (5 titles) | Most runs Sachin Tendulkar (2,278) |
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On This Day: MS Dhoni’s India clinched T20 World Cup with memorable triumph over Pakistan. On 24 September 2007 , India scripted a new era in the history of sports.
April 2, 2011 , 10 years ago, MS Dhoni and his men gave a billion Indian cricket fans plenty of joy as India trumped Sri Lanka in the World Cup final at the packed Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai to end their 28-year-old title drought.
| Pos Player Career Best Rating | 1 Babar Azam 873 v England, 13/07/2021 | 2 Virat Kohli 911 v England, 12/07/2018 | 3 Rohit Sharma 885 v Sri Lanka, 06/07/2019 | 4 Ross Taylor 841 v Bangladesh, 05/06/2019 |
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So, Sachin Tendulkar was the Highest Run scorer for India In the 2011 Cricket World Cup & overall 2nd highest Run scorer in the 2011 World Cup. Like every World Cup in this World Cup also Sachin amazed us with his magnificent batting.
MS Dhoni , the Indian captain in the 2011 edition, hit the winning runs as he slammed a six over long-on against Sri Lanka’s Nuwan Kulasekara, steering India to a second World Cup title.
It was played in India, Sri Lanka, and (for the first time) Bangladesh. India won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, thus becoming the first country to win the Cricket World Cup final on home soil. India’s Yuvraj Singh was declared the man of the tournament.
| India Pakistan | 50 overs 49.5 overs |
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