On this day 6 years back India reclaimed World cup 2011 for the 2nd time since 1984. India beat Sri Lanka in the Finals by 6 wickets to reclaim the world cup title. This was the 10th ICC Cricket World Cup and was played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on 2 April 2011. India became the third nation to have won the World Cup more than once, along with Australia and the West Indies. This was the first World Cup where both the finalists were Asian teams. This was the second time in World Cup history that a host nation won the World Cup Final and the first time to win on their home ground. Sri Lanka was a co-host when it won the 1996 Cup, but the final match was played in Lahore, Pakistan.
Match Officials:
The on-field umpires were Simon Taufel of Australia and Aleem Dar of Pakistan, with Ian Gould being the third (TV) umpire. All of these umpires are highly rated; Taufel has won 5 ICC Umpire of the Year awards, while Dar has won two Taufel had never been able to officiate in a World Cup final because Australia had been qualifying for the finals in the last four editions. Jeff Crowe was the match referee and Steve Davis was the reserve umpire.
Player of the match – MS Dhoni (India)
Player of the series – Yuvraj Singh (India)
Final Score Card of both teams:
| Sri Lanka Innings (50 Overs) | R | SR | B | |
| WU Tharanga | c Sehwag b Khan | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| TM Dilshan | b Harbhajan Singh | 33 | 67.34 | 49 |
| KC Sangakkara*† | c †Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh | 48 | 71.64 | 67 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | not out | 103 | 117.04 | 88 |
| TT Samaraweera | lbw b Yuvraj Singh | 21 | 61.76 | 34 |
| CK Kapugedera | c Raina b Khan | 1 | 20 | 5 |
| KMDN Kulasekara | run out (†Dhoni) | 32 | 106.66 | 30 |
| NLTC Perera | not out | 22 | 244.44 | 9 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 3, w 6, nb 2) | 12 | ||
| Total | (6 wickets; 50 overs; 246 mins) | 274 | ||
Did not bat: SL Malinga, S Randiv, M Muralitharan
| India innings (target: 275 runs from 50 overs) | R | SR | B | |
| V Sehwag | lbw b Malinga | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| SR Tendulkar | c †Sangakkara b Malinga | 18 | 128.57 | 14 |
| G Gambhir | b Perera | 97 | 79.5 | 122 |
| V Kohli | c & b Dilshan | 35 | 71.42 | 49 |
| MS Dhoni*† | not out | 91 | 115.18 | 79 |
| Yuvraj Singh | not out | 21 | 87.5 | 24 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 6, w 8) | 15 | ||
| Total | (4 wickets; 48.2 overs; 230 mins) | 277 | ||
Did not bat: SK Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, MM Patel, S Sreesanth
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Ireland, who had been the best performing Associate nation since the last World Cup, won the tournament, beating Canada in the final.
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Ireland, who had been the best performing Associate nation since the last World Cup, won the tournament, beating Canada in the final.