India won world cup 2011
Sri Lanka cricket team finished No.2 in the world after losing to India by six wickets in the final of the ICC World cup tournament concluded in Mumbai 2nd April 2011.
Electing to bat first, Sri \lanka made a challanging 274 for 6 in 50 overs with Vice captain Mahela jayawardene making a bblistering century.Sri |lanka was in full command when paceman Lasith |malinga removed both the Indian openers Virendra sehwag and sachin tendulkar cheaply with only 31 runs on the board in the seventh over.
Gautham Gambhir played a brave innings and resurrected the Indian innings,scoring 97 runs off 122 balls before he was bowled by Thisara perera.
This was the first time that two Asian cricketing nations featured in the final in the tournment's 36years history. Both countries had won the Cricket World cup once in 1983 and Srilanka in 1996.
Sri Lanka cricket team finished No.2 in the world after losing to India by six wickets in the final of the ICC World cup tournament concluded in Mumbai 2nd April 2011.
Electing to bat first, Sri \lanka made a challanging 274 for 6 in 50 overs with Vice captain Mahela jayawardene making a bblistering century.Sri |lanka was in full command when paceman Lasith |malinga removed both the Indian openers Virendra sehwag and sachin tendulkar cheaply with only 31 runs on the board in the seventh over.
Gautham Gambhir played a brave innings and resurrected the Indian innings,scoring 97 runs off 122 balls before he was bowled by Thisara perera.
This was the first time that two Asian cricketing nations featured in the final in the tournment's 36years history. Both countries had won the Cricket World cup once in 1983 and Srilanka in 1996.
