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Indian team under MS Dhoni went on to lift the World Cup trophy for the second time after 28 years on their home soil itself and stunned world cricket after a debacle they faced in the previous World Cup edition. This World Cup has been a very special one for all the Indian fans who still get goosebumps thinking about the final game at Wankhede Stadium which happened on 2nd April.
Here in this article, we will see Team India's glory in lifting the World Cup trophy in that edition.
India in the 2011 Men's ODI World Cup:
Played - 9
Won - 7
Lost - 1
Tied - 1
Team India's results at the 2011 World Cup:
- Beat Bangladesh by 87 runs in Mirpur
- Tied against England in Bengaluru
- Beat Ireland by 5 wickets in Bengaluru
- Beat Netherlands by 5 wickets in Delhi
- Lost to South Africa by 3 wickets in Nagpur
- Beat West Indies by 80 runs in Chennai
- Beat Australia by 5 wickets in Ahmedabad (Quarter-Finals)
- Beat Pakistan by 29 runs in Mohali (Semi-Finals)
- Beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in Mumbai-WS (Finals)
ICC ODI World Cup 2011 Points Table (Group-B):
| Teams | Played | Won | Lost | Tied | Points |
| South Africa | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| India | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| England | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| West Indies | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Bangladesh | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Ireland | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
The top four sides from this group qualified to play in the quarter-finals of the 2011 World Cup. Both West Indies and Bangladesh teams ended at the same 6 points, but West Indies had better NRR than Bangladesh hence they finished ahead of them in the table.
India's Squad for the 2011 World Cup:
MS Dhoni (C & Wk), Virender Sehwag (VC), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Sreesanth, Ashish Nehra, Piyush Chawla, Ravichandran Ashwin
Most runs for India in 2011 WC:
Sachin Tendulkar - 482 (9 inns)
Gautam Gambhir - 393 (9 inns)
Virender Sehwag - 380 (8 inns)
Most wickets for India in 2011 WC:
Zaheer Khan - 21 (9 inns)
Yuvraj Singh - 15 (9 inns)
Munaf Patel - 11 (8 inns)
