ICC ODI WC 2011 Final: team india In 2011, after defeating Sri Lanka in the final, it won the title after 28 years under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Actually, this final match is remembered for the brilliant innings of Gautam Gambhir and MS Dhoni, where Gambhir played an unbeaten inning of 97 runs and Dhoni made an important contribution in the victory by playing an unbeaten inning of 91 runs.

But today very few people would know that in this final match, the God of Cricket, legend Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli had also bowled and both had spent runs at an economy of 6-6. However, both the greats did not get any wicket.

How was Sachin-Virat’s bowling?

Batting first in this final match, Sri Lanka scored 274 runs losing 6 wickets in 50 overs. While batting for Sri Lanka, Mahela Jayawardene played the highest unbeaten inning of 103 runs. While bowling for Team India, Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan took 2 wickets each and Harbhajan Singh took 1 wicket.

Whereas Sachin Tendulkar had bowled 2 overs in the match, during which he had spent 12 runs. Whereas Virat Kohli had bowled 1 over, in which Kohli had spent 6 runs and both of them did not get any wicket.

Who was the player of the match?

Team India captain MS Dhoni was chosen player of the match in the final match. Dhoni batted brilliantly in the match and played an unbeaten inning of 91 runs on 79 balls. During his innings he hit 8 fours and 2 sixes. Till date, the fans have not been able to forget the moment when Dhoni swung the bat after hitting a six.