WC 2011 Final Scorecard: India vs Sri Lanka

India emerged winner against Sri Lanka in the battle for 2nd World Cup championship between both of them.

Match Facts

Match 49
Captains: Dhoni (Ind) Sangakkara (SL)
Toss: SL
Result: Ind def SL by 4 wkts
MOM: Dhoni
Player of the tournament: Yuvraj Singh
6s: 4 (2 each from both teams)
100: 103 by Mahela
50s: 2 (Ind)
100 plus partnerships: 109 4th wkt Gambhir and Dhoni (Ind)
50 plus partnerships:
83 3rd wkt Gambhir and Kohli (Ind)
66 6th wkt Mahela and Kulasekara (SL)
62 3rd wkt Sangakkara and Mahela (SL)
57 4th wkt Mahela and Samaraweera (SL)
54* 5th wkt Dhoni and Yuvraj (Ind)

Records

India won 2nd World Cup.
SL lost 2nd consecutive WC final.
India won 3rd World Cup match against SL.
Dhoni is the only captain to have won Twenty20 and World Cup, both.
Gambhir completed his 4000 ODI runs.
Dhoni completed his 6000 ODI runs.
Afridi is the best bowler of the tournament.
Dilshan is the highest scorer of the tournament.
Sangakkara is the best wicketkeeper of the tournament.
Mahela is the best fielder of the tournament.
Shane Watson hit the biggest six of the tournmanet (104m)

Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)

Tharanga c Sehwag b Khan 2
Dilshan b Harbhajan Singh 33 runs 3 4s
Sangakkara c Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh 48 runs 5 4s
Jayawardene not out 103 runs 13 4s
Samaraweera lbw b Yuvraj Singh 21 runs 2 4s
Kapugedera c Raina b Khan 1
Kulasekara run out 32 runs 1 four 1 six
Perera not out 22 runs 3 4s 1 six
Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 6, nb 2) 12
Total (50 overs) 274/6

Fall of wickets

1-17 (Tharanga, 6.1 ov), 2-60 (Dilshan, 16.3 ov), 3-122 (Sangakkara, 27.5 ov), 4-179 (Samaraweera, 38.1 ov), 5-182 (Kapugedera, 39.5 ov), 6-248 (Kulasekara, 47.6 ov)

Bowling

Zaheer Khan 10 ov 3 maiden 60/2
Sreesanth 8 ov 52/0
Munaf Patel 9 ov 41/0
Harbhajan Singh 10 ov 50/1
Yuvraj Singh 10 ov 49/2
Tendulkar 2 ov 12/0
Kohli 1 ov 6/0

India innings (target: 275 runs from 50 overs)

Sehwag lbw b Malinga 0
Tendulkar c Sangakkara b Malinga 18 runs 2 4s
Gambhir b Perera 97 runs 9 4s
Virat Kohli c & b Dilshan 35 runs 4 4s
Dhoni not out 91 runs 79 balls 8 4s 2 6s
Yuvraj Singh not out 21 runs 2 4s
Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 8) 15
Total (48.2 overs) 277/4

Fall of wickets

1-0 (Sehwag, 0.2 ov), 2-31 (Tendulkar, 6.1 ov), 3-114 (Kohli, 21.4 ov), 4-223 (Gambhir, 41.2 ov)

Bowling

Malinga 9 ov 42/2
Kulasekara 8.2 ov 64 0 7.68
Perera 9 ov 55/1
Randiv 9 ov 43/0
Dilshan 5 ov 27/1
Muralitharan 8 ov 39/0