India become cricket world champions for second time

India won the ICC World Cup 2011 and became the world champions for 2nd time after beating Sri Lanka India is the first team who won a cricket world cup at home ground after defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on Saturday. Yuvraj Singh named man of the tournament and Dhoni declared man of the match. Chasing a total of 275 runs, responsible innings of Gambhir (97) and skipper Dhoni (91*) took India home. India lost Tendulkar and Sehwag early in the run-chase. But, Kohli and Gambhir built a partnership of more than 80 runs before Kohli fell at 114, scoring 35 runs. Then, Gambhir bowled out by Perera at 97, and a total of 223 runs. But, Dhoni and Yuvraj’s 52 runs partnership guided India to a convincing 6-wicket victory against Sri Lanka in 48.2 overs. Earlier, Jayawardene’s century took Sri Lanka to 275 against India in the final of the World Cup on Saturday. Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat in the crucial match being played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Sri Lanka lost its opener Tharanga early in the innings but Dilshan and skipper Sagakkara provided some momentum before Dilshan fell at 60, scoring 33 runs. Then, Sangakkara and Jayawadene took their team to cross 100 runs. The skipper bowled out at 122, scoring 48 important runs. Jayawardene shared half-century partnerships with Kumar Sangakarra and Thilan Samaraweera. Jayawardene’s unbeaten 103 runs along with Kulasekara’s 32 and Perera’s thrilling 22 made it possible to set a defendable target of 275 runs against India. Zaheer Khan and Yuvraj picked 2 wickets each, but Sreesanth, a late addition to the team, was expensive.