Indian cricket's most iconic moments at the Wankhede

#1 India's World Cup win, 2011

It had been 28 long years since India had last won the World Cup. They made it to the finals in 2003 but were defeated by Australia. This time it was Sri Lanka, who stood between India and the trophy. No team had won the World Cup on their home soil and if India had to win it, they had to recreate history along with it.

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first in this big match. India started off well with the ball. Both of the Sri Lankan openers were back in the hut when the scorecard read 60. The run-rate too was well in check. Zaheer Khan looked in excellent rhythm.

Kumar Sangakkara was caught by MS Dhoni off Yuvraj Singh's bowling, although Mahela Jayawardene continued to battle, even as wickets kept falling at the other end. India seemed to have choked the flow of runs. It was a sudden counter-attack by Jayawardene, Nuwan Kulasekara and Thisara Perera that took them to 274-6. The momentum was with Sri Lanka at the half-way mark.

India had a forgettable start to their innings as they were 2 down for 31. Lasith Malinga had scalped the wickets of both Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar. The crowd was shocked and silenced. Tendulkar had a message for the young Virat Kohli, who walked in to bat.

Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir started re-building the innings. They added 83 valuable runs between them before Dilshan caught Kohli off his own bowling. At the fall of Kohli's wicket, the Indian skipper, MS Dhoni walked in. There were surprised faces in the stadium, as the captain himself had come ahead of an in-form Yuvraj Singh.

Gambhir and Dhoni then started building a partnership. The Indian innings gained momentum as the duo played some adventurous shots. Gambhir was bowled when he was three runs short of his century. Yet, he had done his job.

India required four more runs when the Indian skipper hit the very famous six off Nuwan Kulasekara. The entire country erupted in joy.

India winning it at home made this moment all that more special. The greatness of this achievement can be sensed in these lines by Sunil Gavaskar - "When I die, the last thing I want to see is the six that Dhoni hit in the 2011 World Cup final".