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#1 2011, Final, Mumbai

India v Sri Lanka - 2011 ICC World Cup Final

Sri Lanka and India co-hosted the ICC World Cup in 2011 along with Bangladesh. The two teams dominated the group stages and then won the quarter-final and semi-final to qualify for the final of the grand event. India had not won the World Cup in the last 28 years whereas Sri Lanka had last lifted the trophy way back in 1996.

The Wankhede Stadium of Mumbai played the host to this grand finale, where the visiting captain won the toss and chose to bat first. Mahela Jayawardene scored a brilliant hundred to guide his team to 274/6 in 50 overs. In reply, India lost both their openers early as the young Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir tried to stabilize the innings.

Gambhir played a match-winning knock of 97 runs before departing in the 42nd over of the match. Skipper MS Dhoni and man of the tournament Yuvraj Singh did the remaining job to help India become the first ever team to win the World Cup on its own home turf.