India beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets
By ONE Liners Agency
INDIA / SRI LANKA NEWS - MS Dhoni's 91 not out brings Cricket's greatest trophy to India. Gautam Gambhir's 97 helped India defeat Sri Lanka to win ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.
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Sri Lanka 274-6
India 277-4
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Dreams came true after 28 years. It took another generation to make it after Kapil Dev's 1983 championship fever. It was Dhoni's Daredevils, who also completed his 6000 runs in ODIs.
Player of the tournament - Yuvraj Singh
Man of the Match - MS Dhoni
Today's Teams
India: Virender Shewag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel and S Sreesanth.
Sri Lanka: Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (c), Mahela Jayawardena, Thilan Samaraweera, Lasith Malinga, Rangana Herath, Muttiah Muralitharan, Nuwan Kulasekara, Chamara Kapugedera and Thisara Perera.
Umpires: Simon Taufel (AUS) and Aleem Dar (PAK)
TV umpire: Ian Gould (ENG)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL)
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