ODI World Cup 2011: Under the captaincy of MS Dhoni, India won their second ODI title by defeating Sri Lanka in the final in 2011 on this day. Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli handled the innings when Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar were dismissed cheaply while chasing 275 runs. After this, MS Dhoni played an unbeaten innings of 91 runs and took Team India to victory. Then he became Dhoni’s Winning Six and became iconic.

Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and decided to bat first. The team was able to score 274 from Mahela Jayawardene’s century (103). Zaheer Khan and Yuvraj Singh took 2-2 wickets. After this, while chasing the target, Virender Sehwag was out on the second ball of the first over by Lasith Malinga.

Fans were stuck as Sachin was dismissed

On the first ball of the 7th over, Malinga also dismissed Sachin Tendulkar (18) cheaply. On 31, after losing both the openers, the breath of Team India and fans was stuck. But Gautam Gambhir first shared an 83 -run partnership with Virat Kohli (35). He then shared a 109 -run partnership with MS Dhoni. India had come to a good condition when he was seriously out. Gambhir played a brilliant innings of 97 runs in 122 balls.

Happy Birthday @msdhoni,

Re-light his winning six that clinched India the @cricketworldcup Title in 2011! pic.twitter.com/apdkx8w5dh

– ICC (@ICC) July 7, 2018

MS Dhoni’s winning six, Indian players cried

MS Dhoni carried forward the innings with Yuvraj Singh after a partnership with Gambhir. Dhoni had scored 91 runs in 79 balls, he hit a winning six off Nuvan Kulasekara. After 28 years, India won the second ODI World Cup. Diwali was celebrated in India on this night, people were celebrating victory on the streets of the entire country. After winning the finals, Indian veterans could not stop their tears. He started crying on the field itself. The eyes of veterans like Sachin, Gambhir, Harbhajan, Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh were moist in happiness.

The anchor of India’s innings @Gautamgambhir Saved his best for the 2011 final. #CWC11REWIND pic.twitter.com/Lll3bij1nm

– ICC Cricket World Cup (@CrickTWorldCup) April 2, 2021

Sachin – 482 runs.
Gambhir – 393 runs.
Sehwag – 380 runs.
Yuvraj – 362 Runs & 15 wickets.
Kohli – 282 Runs.
MS Dhoni – 91* in Final.
Raina – 34* vs Aus, 36 in Semis.
Zaheer – 21 wickets.
Munaf – 11 wickets.
Harbhajan – 9 wickets.

– India Won World Cup on this day in 2011. pic.twitter.com/lkuadhmg7p

– Mufaddal Vohra (@Mufaddal_vohra) April 1, 2025

India’s playing 11 in 2011 World Cup final

Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Sreesanth.