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‘Probably the worst thing’: Gambhir reacts on India’s 2011 World Cup final victory

01 Apr 2021

[caption id="attachment_127772" align="alignleft" width="313"] Sangakkara looks on as India celebrate the victory: Rewind to 2011 World Cup final in Mumbai which the hosts won by six wickets on 2 April[/caption] “Probably the worst thing,” said Gautam Gambhir when he reacted on the matter that India’s 2011 World Cup final team, that played against Sri Lanka, never playing together ever again. Today (2) is the tenth anniversary of the Indian World Cup 2011 win made against Kumar Sangakkara-led Sri Lanka on 2 April 2011 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The story of the match has always been intertwined with India’s remarkable achievement, which highlighted their rise to the top in the world game in the recent decade, as well with the high-level fixing controversies rose in Sri Lanka following the hot encounter. India won that final by six wickets under lights with Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni emerging an all-time Indian sporting hero for his match-winning 79-ball unbeaten knock of 91 that culminated with a massive six over mid-wicket off Nuwan Kulasekara. Gambhir, who scored 97 runs in the match, has told local media yesterday (1) that “perhaps it was the worst thing that all the XI (India) players who played in the 2011 World Cup final never teamed up again in the future”. “India’s win over Sri Lanka in the final of the 2011 ODI World Cup was an absolute team effort. Firstly, the bowling unit comprising of Zaheer Khan, Suriyakumaran Sreesanth, Harbhajan Singh, and Munaf Patel, and also Yuvraj Singh, did exceedingly well to restrict Sri Lanka below 300 on a belter of a pitch at the Wankhede,” one news report in India recalled yesterday. Click the following link to watch the highlights of the 2011 WC Final: https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2049027 “Then, despite the openers, Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar getting out early on, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and Yuvraj Singh all made useful contributions with the bat to help India chase down the total of 274 with ease.” Unfortunately, the XI players from India who played in the memorable final, never played together again after that for the national team. “I know that’s probably the worst thing. Bhajji (Harbhajan) once told me that. Probably the better person to ask the question is the erstwhile Coach (Duncan Fletcher who took over immediately after Gary Kirsten’s departure at the end of the World Cup), the Captain (Dhoni), and the selectors (Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Co.),” Gambhir has told news agency PTI. “I don’t think this has happened in international ODI cricket history that a team that won a World Cup never played a single match together again,” he further added.

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