List of Centuries in 2011 World Cup (Tenth World Cup Cricket)

Sachin Tendulkar

1. 175 (Balls:140 6's:5 4's:14) by Virender Sehwag ( India) Vs Bangladesh
   at Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka on 19-Feb-2011
2. 100* (Balls:83 6's:2 4's:8) by Virat Kohli ( India) Vs Bangladesh
   at Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka on 19-Feb-2011
3. 100 (Balls:81 6's:1 4's:9) by Mahela Jayawardene ( Sri Lanka) Vs Canada
   at Hambantota Cricket Stadium, Hambantota on 20-Feb-2011
4. 119 (Balls:110 6's:3 4's:9) by Ryan ten Doeschate ( Netherlands) Vs England
   at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur on 22-Feb-2011
5. 107* (Balls:105 6's:2 4's:8) by AB de Villiers ( South Africa) Vs West Indies
   at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi on 24-Feb-2011
6. 120 (Balls:115 6's:5 4's:10) by Sachin Tendulkar ( India) Vs England
   at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on 27-Feb-2011
7. 158 (Balls:145 6's:1 4's:18) by Andrew Strauss ( England) Vs India
   at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on 27-Feb-2011
8. 113 (Balls:63 6's:6 4's:13) by Kevin O'Brien ( Ireland) Vs England
   at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on 02-Mar-2011
9. 113 (Balls:130 6's:0 4's:8) by Hashim Amla ( South Africa) Vs Netherlands
   at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali on 03-Mar-2011
10. 134 (Balls:98 6's:4 4's:13) by AB de Villiers ( South Africa) Vs Netherlands
    at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali on 03-Mar-2011
11. 131* (Balls:124 6's:7 4's:8) by Ross Taylor ( New Zealand) Vs Pakistan
    at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy on 08-Mar-2011
12. 133 (Balls:141 6's:0 4's:17) by Upul Tharanga ( Sri Lanka) Vs Zimbabwe
    at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy on 10-Mar-2011
13. 144 (Balls:131 6's:1 4's:16) by Tillakaratne Dilshan ( Sri Lanka) Vs Zimbabwe
    at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy on 10-Mar-2011
14. 107 (Balls:133 6's:1 4's:11) by Devon Smith ( West Indies) Vs Ireland
    at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali on 11-Mar-2011
15. 111 (Balls:101 6's:3 4's:8) by Sachin Tendulkar ( India) Vs South Africa
    at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur on 12-Mar-2011
16. 101 (Balls:109 6's:2 4's:12) by Brendon McCullum ( New Zealand) Vs Canada
    at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on 13-Mar-2011
17. 106 (Balls:108 6's:1 4's:13) by Ryan ten Doeschate ( Netherlands) Vs Ireland
    at Eden Gardens, Kolkata[g] on 18-Mar-2011
18. 101 (Balls:72 6's:2 4's:14) by Paul Stirling ( Ireland) Vs Netherlands
    at Eden Gardens, Calcutta[g] on 18-Mar-2011
19. 111 (Balls:128 6's:2 4's:12) by Kumar Sangakkara ( Sri Lanka) Vs New Zealand
    at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on 18-Mar-2011
20. 113 (Balls:123 6's:2 4's:10) by Yuvraj Singh ( India) Vs West Indies
    at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on 20-Mar-2011
21. 104 (Balls:118 6's:1 4's:7) by Ricky Ponting ( Australia) Vs India
    at Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad on 24-Mar-2011
22. 108* (Balls:115 6's:2 4's:10) by Tillakaratne Dilshan ( Sri Lanka) Vs England
    at Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on 26-Mar-2011
23. 102* (Balls:122 6's:1 4's:12) by Upul Tharanga ( Sri Lanka) Vs England
    at Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on 26-Mar-2011
24. 103* (Balls:88 6's:0 4's:13) by Mahela Jayawardene ( Sri Lanka) Vs India
    at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on 02-Apr-2011

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Cricket World Cup 2011 - records

Highest Totals: India's mammoth 370 for 4 in the first match of the 2011 World Cup against Bangladesh at Dhaka was the highest total in the tournament closely followed by New Zealand's 358-6 against Canada in Mumbai. The other three in the top-five highest totals are: South Africa 351-5 vs Netherlands, India 338 against England and England 338-8 against India.

Largest Victories - By Runs: South Africa's 231-run thrashing of Netherlands and West Indies's 215-run thumping of the same team occupy the top two positions in this category. The other three results that make the top-five list are: Sri Lanka's 210-run win over Canada, South Africa's 206-run win over Bangladesh and Pakistan's 205-run win over Kenya.

Largest Victories - By Wickets: New Zealand (against Kenya and Zimbabwe), Pakistan (against West Indies) and Sri Lanka (against England) all won by 10 wickets. Sri Lanka and West Indies defeated Kenya and Bangladesh by nine wickets respectively.

Most Runs: Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan, who scored 500 runs, including two centuries and two half-centuries, at an average of 62.50 and strike rate of 90.74 finished as the top run-scorer in the 2011 World Cup. He is followed by Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar (482 runs), Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara (465 runs), Jonathan Trott (422 runs), Upul Tharanga (395 runs), Gautam Gambhir (393 runs), Virender Sehwag (380 runs), Yuvraj Singh (362 runs), AB de Villiers (353 runs) and Andrew Strauss (334 runs).

High Scores: Dashing Indian opener Virender Sehwag's 140-ball 175 against Bangladesh was the highest individual score by a batsman in the 2011 World Cup. Andrew Strauss's magnificent 158 against India; Tillakaratne Dilshan's 144 against Zimbabwe; AB de Villiers's 134 vs Netherlands and Upul Tharanga's 133 against Zimbabwe round off the top-five list.

Highest partnerships by runs: The top 10 in this category are: Upul Tharanga and Tillakaratne Dilshan (282 vs Zimbabwe and 231* vs England), Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers (221 vs Netherlands), Virender Sehwag and Virat Kohli (203 vs Bangladesh), Shane Watson and Brad Haddin (183 vs Canada), Tatenda Taibu and Craig Ervine (181 vs Canada), Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene (179 vs Canada), William Porterfield and PR Stirling (177 vs Netherlands), Andrew Strauss and Ian Bell (170 vs India) and Jonathan Trott and Ian Bell (167 vs Ireland).

Most Fifties: Yuvraj Singh (1 century and 4 half-centuries) and Jonathan Trott (five half-centuries) both had five scores of 50+ in the tournament. Sachin Tendulkar and Tillakaratne Dilshan, who both scored two centuries and two half-centuries each, were joined by Kumar Sangakkara (1 century and 3 half-centuries) and Gautam Gambhir as well as Brad Haddin, who both scored four 50s each, in this category.

Most Wickets: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi (21 wickets at an average of 12.85 and economy rate of 3.62) and Zaheer Khan (21 wickets at an average of 18.76 and economy rate of 4.83) were the jont highest wicket-takers in the 2011 World Cup. New Zealand's Tim Southee with 18 wickets comes in at third place, and he is followed by Robin Peterson, Muttiah Muralitharan and Yuvraj Singh, who all took 15 wickets each. Imran Tahir and Umar Gul took 14 wickets each, while Kemar Roach, Brett Lee, Lasith Malinga and Harvir Baidwan all took 13 wickets each.

Best bowling figures in an innings: Kemar Roach's 6-27 and Lasith Malinga's 6-38 against Netherlands and Kenya respectively; and Shahid Afridi's (5-16 vs Kenya and 5-23 vs Canada) are joined by Yuvraj Singh's 5-31 vs Ireland, Wahab Riaz's 5-46 vs India, Tim Bresnan's 5-48 vs India, Dale Steyn's 5-50 vs India and Ravi Rampaul's 5-51 vs India feature in this category.

Most runs conceded in an innings: James Anderson had a lacklustre World Cup but the lowest point came when he had figures of 1-91 against India. The other bowlers to figure in this dubious list are: Harvir Baidwan (3-84 vs NZ), Ryan ten Doeschate (1-77 vs WI), B Westdijk (0-76 vs SA), Trent Johnston (1-76 vs SA), E Otieno (0-75 vs Australia), Abdur Razzak (0-74 vs India), B Loots (0-74 vs England), P Seelaar (0-74 vs SA), Boyd Rankin (1-74 vs Netherlands).

Most dismissals by a wicket-keeper: Kumar Sangakkara - 14 dismissals (10 catches + 4 stumpings), Brad Haddin - 13 dismissals (all catches), Kamran Akmal - 12 dismissals (8 catches + 4 stumpings), Matt Prior, DC Thomas and MS Dhoni - 10 dismissals each (all three took 7 catches and effected 3 stumpings).

Most catches: Mahela Jayawardene (8); Jacques Kallis, Robin Peterson, Kieron Pollard and Tillakaratne Dilshan (6 each).

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Tenth Cricket World Cup match Summaries

• 1st Match,
• Group B: Bangladesh v India at Dhaka - Feb 19, 2011
• India 370/4 (50 ov); Bangladesh 283/9 (50 ov)
• India won by 87 runs
• 2nd Match,
• Group A: Kenya v New Zealand at Chennai - Feb 20, 2011
• Kenya 69 (23.5 ov); New Zealand 72/0 (8 ov)
• New Zealand won by 10 wickets (with 252 balls remaining)
• 3rd Match,
• Group A: Sri Lanka v Canada at Hambantota - Feb 20, 2011
• Sri Lanka 332/7 (50 ov); Canada 122 (36.5 ov)
• Sri Lanka won by 210 runs
• 4th Match,
• Group A: Australia v Zimbabwe at Ahmedabad - Feb 21, 2011
• Australia 262/6 (50 ov); Zimbabwe 171 (46.2 ov)
• Australia won by 91 runs
• 5th Match,
• Group B: England v Netherlands at Nagpur - Feb 22, 2011
• Netherlands 292/6 (50 ov); England 296/4 (48.4 ov)
• England won by 6 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
• 6th Match,
• Group A: Kenya v Pakistan at Hambantota - Feb 23, 2011
• Pakistan 317/7 (50 ov); Kenya 112 (33.1 ov)
• Pakistan won by 205 runs
• 7th Match,
• Group B: South Africa v West Indies at Delhi - Feb 24, 2011
• West Indies 222 (47.3 ov); South Africa 223/3 (42.5 ov)
• South Africa won by 7 wickets (with 43 balls remaining)
• 8th Match,
• Group A: Australia v New Zealand at Nagpur - Feb 25, 2011
• New Zealand 206 (45.1 ov); Australia 207/3 (34 ov)
• Australia won by 7 wickets (with 96 balls remaining)
• 9th Match,
• Group B: Bangladesh v Ireland at Dhaka - Feb 25, 2011
• Bangladesh 205 (49.2 ov); Ireland 178 (45 ov)
• Bangladesh won by 27 runs
• 10th Match,
• Group A: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (RPS) - Feb 26, 2011
• Pakistan 277/7 (50 ov); Sri Lanka 266/9 (50 ov)
• Pakistan won by 11 runs
• 11th Match,
• Group B: India v England at Bangalore - Feb 27, 2011
• India 338 (49.5 ov); England 338/8 (50 ov)
• Match tied
• 12th Match,
• Group A: Canada v Zimbabwe at Nagpur - Feb 28, 2011
• Zimbabwe 298/9 (50 ov); Canada 123 (42.1 ov)
• Zimbabwe won by 175 runs
• 13th Match,
• Group B: Netherlands v West Indies at Delhi - Feb 28, 2011
• West Indies 330/8 (50 ov); Netherlands 115 (31.3 ov)
• West Indies won by 215 runs
• 14th Match,
• Group A: Sri Lanka v Kenya at Colombo (RPS) - Mar 1, 2011
• Kenya 142 (43.4 ov); Sri Lanka 146/1 (18.4 ov)
• Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets (with 188 balls remaining)
• 15th Match,
• Group B: England v Ireland at Bangalore - Mar 2, 2011
• England 327/8 (50 ov); Ireland 329/7 (49.1 ov)
• Ireland won by 3 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
• 16th Match,
• Group B: Netherlands v South Africa at Mohali - Mar 3, 2011
• South Africa 351/5 (50 ov); Netherlands 120 (34.5 ov)
• South Africa won by 231 runs
• 17th Match,
• Group A: Canada v Pakistan at Colombo (RPS) - Mar 3, 2011
• Pakistan 184 (43 ov); Canada 138 (42.5 ov)
• Pakistan won by 46 runs
• 18th Match,
• Group A: New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Ahmedabad - Mar 4, 2011
• Zimbabwe 162 (46.2 ov); New Zealand 166/0 (33.3 ov)
• New Zealand won by 10 wickets (with 99 balls remaining)
• 19th Match,
• Group B: Bangladesh v West Indies at Dhaka - Mar 4, 2011
• Bangladesh 58 (18.5 ov); West Indies 59/1 (12.2 ov)
• West Indies won by 9 wickets (with 226 balls remaining)
• 20th Match,
• Group A: Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (RPS) - Mar 5, 2011
• Sri Lanka 146/3 (32.5 ov)
• No result
• 21st Match,
• Group B: England v South Africa at Chennai - Mar 6, 2011
• England 171 (45.4 ov); South Africa 165 (47.4 ov)
• England won by 6 runs
• 22nd Match,
• Group B: India v Ireland at Bangalore - Mar 6, 2011
• Ireland 207 (47.5 ov); India 210/5 (46 ov)
• India won by 5 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)
• 23rd Match,
• Group A: Canada v Kenya at Delhi - Mar 7, 2011
• Kenya 198 (50 ov); Canada 199/5 (45.3 ov)
• Canada won by 5 wickets (with 27 balls remaining)
• 24th Match,
• Group A: New Zealand v Pakistan at Pallekele - Mar 8, 2011
• New Zealand 302/7 (50 ov); Pakistan 192 (41.4 ov)
• New Zealand won by 110 runs
• 25th Match,
• Group B: India v Netherlands at Delhi - Mar 9, 2011
• Netherlands 189 (46.4 ov); India 191/5 (36.3 ov)
• India won by 5 wickets (with 81 balls remaining)
• 26th Match,
• Group A: Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Pallekele - Mar 10, 2011
• Sri Lanka 327/6 (50 ov); Zimbabwe 188 (39 ov)
• Sri Lanka won by 139 runs
• 27th Match,
• Group B: Ireland v West Indies at Mohali - Mar 11, 2011
• West Indies 275 (50 ov); Ireland 231 (49 ov)
• West Indies won by 44 runs
• 28th Match,
• Group B: Bangladesh v England at Chittagong - Mar 11, 2011
• England 225 (49.4 ov); Bangladesh 227/8 (49 ov)
• Bangladesh won by 2 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
• 29th Match,
• Group B: India v South Africa at Nagpur - Mar 12, 2011
• India 296 (48.4 ov); South Africa 300/7 (49.4 ov)
• South Africa won by 3 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
• 30th Match,
• Group A: Canada v New Zealand at Mumbai - Mar 13, 2011
• New Zealand 358/6 (50 ov); Canada 261/9 (50 ov)
• New Zealand won by 97 runs
• 31st Match,
• Group A: Australia v Kenya at Bangalore - Mar 13, 2011
• Australia 324/6 (50 ov); Kenya 264/6 (50 ov)
• Australia won by 60 runs
• 32nd Match,
• Group B: Bangladesh v Netherlands at Chittagong - Mar 14, 2011
• Netherlands 160 (46.2 ov); Bangladesh 166/4 (41.2 ov)
• Bangladesh won by 6 wickets (with 52 balls remaining)
• 33rd Match,
• Group A: Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Pallekele - Mar 14, 2011
• Zimbabwe 151/7 (39.4/39.4 ov); Pakistan 164/3 (34.1/38 ov)
• Pakistan won by 7 wickets (with 23 balls remaining) (D/L method)
• 34th Match,
• Group B: Ireland v South Africa at Kolkata - Mar 15, 2011
• South Africa 272/7 (50 ov); Ireland 141 (33.2 ov)
• South Africa won by 131 runs
• 35th Match,
• Group A: Australia v Canada at Bangalore - Mar 16, 2011
• Canada 211 (45.4 ov); Australia 212/3 (34.5 ov)
• Australia won by 7 wickets (with 91 balls remaining)
• 36th Match,
• Group B: England v West Indies at Chennai - Mar 17, 2011
• England 243 (48.4 ov); West Indies 225 (44.4 ov)
• England won by 18 runs
• 37th Match,
• Group B: Ireland v Netherlands at Kolkata - Mar 18, 2011
• Netherlands 306 (50 ov); Ireland 307/4 (47.4 ov)
• Ireland won by 6 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)
• 38th Match,
• Group A: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Mumbai - Mar 18, 2011
• Sri Lanka 265/9 (50 ov); New Zealand 153 (35 ov)
• Sri Lanka won by 112 runs
• 39th Match,
• Group B: Bangladesh v South Africa at Dhaka - Mar 19, 2011
• South Africa 284/8 (50 ov); Bangladesh 78 (28 ov)
• South Africa won by 206 runs
• 40th Match,
• Group A: Australia v Pakistan at Colombo (RPS) - Mar 19, 2011
• Australia 176 (46.4 ov); Pakistan 178/6 (41 ov)
• Pakistan won by 4 wickets (with 54 balls remaining)
• 41st Match,
• Group A: Kenya v Zimbabwe at Kolkata - Mar 20, 2011
• Zimbabwe 308/6 (50 ov); Kenya 147 (36 ov)
• Zimbabwe won by 161 runs
• 42nd Match,
• Group B: India v West Indies at Chennai - Mar 20, 2011
• India 268 (49.1 ov); West Indies 188 (43 ov)
• India won by 80 runs

• 1st Quarter-Final:
• Pakistan v West Indies at Dhaka - Mar 23, 2011
• West Indies 112 (43.3 ov); Pakistan 113/0 (20.5 ov)
• Pakistan won by 10 wickets (with 175 balls remaining)
• 2nd Quarter-Final:
• India v Australia at Ahmedabad - Mar 24, 2011
• Australia 260/6 (50 ov); India 261/5 (47.4 ov)
• India won by 5 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)
• 3rd Quarter-Final:
• New Zealand v South Africa at Dhaka - Mar 25, 2011
• New Zealand 221/8 (50 ov); South Africa 172 (43.2 ov)
• New Zealand won by 49 runs
• 4th Quarter-Final:
• Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (RPS) - Mar 26, 2011
• England 229/6 (50 ov); Sri Lanka 231/0 (39.3 ov)
• Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets (with 63 balls remaining)

• 1st Semi-Final:
• Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (RPS) - Mar 29, 2011
• New Zealand 217 (48.5 ov); Sri Lanka 220/5 (47.5 ov)
• Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)
• 2nd Semi-Final:
• India v Pakistan at Mohali - Mar 30, 2011
• India 260/9 (50 ov); Pakistan 231 (49.5 ov)
• India won by 29 runs

• Final:
• India v Sri Lanka at Mumbai - Apr 2, 2011
• Sri Lanka 274/6 (50 ov); India 277/4 (48.2 ov)
• India won by 6 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)

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Most runs in Cricket World Cup - 2011

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
TM Dilshan (SL)	9	9	1	500	144	62.50	551	90.74	2	2	0	61	4
SR Tendulkar (India)	9	9	0	482	120	53.55	524	91.98	2	2	0	52	8
KC Sangakkara (SL)	9	8	3	465	111	93.00	555	83.78	1	3	0	44	5
IJL Trott (Eng)	7	7	0	422	92	60.28	522	80.84	0	5	0	28	0
WU Tharanga (SL)	9	9	2	395	133	56.42	472	83.68	2	1	0	52	2
G Gambhir (India)	9	9	0	393	97	43.66	462	85.06	0	4	0	37	0
V Sehwag (India)	8	8	0	380	175	47.50	310	122.58	1	1	1	49	7
Yuvraj Singh (India)	9	8	4	362	113	90.50	420	86.19	1	4	1	39	3
AB de Villiers (SA)	5	5	1	353	134	88.25	326	108.28	2	1	0	31	7
AJ Strauss (Eng)	7	7	0	334	158	47.71	357	93.55	1	1	1	34	3
BJ Haddin (Aus)	7	6	0	332	88	55.33	421	78.85	0	4	0	40	5
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	8	6	1	324	131*	64.80	372	87.09	1	1	0	20	14
RN ten Doeschate (Neth)	6	6	1	307	119	61.40	344	89.24	2	1	0	26	5
HM Amla (SA)	7	7	0	306	113	43.71	349	87.67	1	2	0	25	1
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	9	7	1	304	103*	50.66	304	100.00	2	1	0	32	1
DS Smith (WI)	7	7	0	300	107	42.85	391	76.72	1	2	0	32	2
SR Watson (Aus)	7	6	0	290	94	48.33	314	92.35	0	3	0	32	7
V Kohli (India)	9	9	1	282	100*	35.25	343	82.21	1	1	0	24	2
MJ Guptill (NZ)	8	8	2	262	86*	43.66	382	68.58	0	2	0	27	4
BB McCullum (NZ)	8	8	2	256	101	42.66	277	92.41	1	1	0	28	6
Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak)	8	6	1	248	83*	49.60	336	73.80	0	3	1	13	3
IR Bell (Eng)	7	7	0	245	81	35.00	307	79.80	0	2	0	16	2
CO Obuya (Kenya)	6	6	1	243	98*	48.60	347	70.02	0	2	0	21	7
MS Dhoni (India)	9	8	3	241	91*	48.20	295	81.69	0	1	0	19	3
Umar Akmal (Pak)	7	6	1	240	71	48.00	276	86.95	0	1	0	21	5
MJ Clarke (Aus)	7	6	3	233	93	77.66	256	91.01	0	2	0	20	1
CR Ervine (Zim)	6	6	0	231	85	38.50	269	85.87	0	3	1	24	3
A Bagai (Can)	6	6	1	225	84	45.00	322	69.87	0	2	1	27	0
JH Kallis (SA)	7	7	0	225	69	32.14	309	72.81	0	2	0	18	1
JP Duminy (SA)	7	7	1	224	99	37.33	229	97.81	0	1	1	12	6
AS Hansra (Can)	6	6	1	215	70*	43.00	373	57.64	0	2	0	16	5
Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)	8	8	1	215	61*	30.71	265	81.13	0	1	0	32	1
Kamran Akmal (Pak)	8	7	1	207	55	34.50	278	74.46	0	1	0	28	0
RT Ponting (Aus)	7	6	0	206	104	34.33	284	72.53	1	0	0	15	1
NJ O'Brien (Ire)	6	6	1	205	57*	41.00	271	75.64	0	1	0	17	2

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The best team I've played with: Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar with his childrens
Sara & Arjun

Sachin Tendulkar did not getgoing on Saturday night but his long-cherished dream of winning the World Cupcame true. This is what he had to say after the special victory.

Expressing his gratitude to his team-mates for dedicating the cricket World Cup to him, Sachin Tendulkar said that it was a great gesture and that MS Dhoni was the best captain he played under.

"Dhoni stayed calm and alert. He reads the situation well, is open to ideas, and doesn't show frustration. That is his biggest strength," Tendulkar said at a press conference.

"To know the likes and dislikes of every individual is very important and he has taken care of that throughout the tournament," he added.

Lauding Team India coach Gary Kirsten, who has announced that he will not continue in the post, Tendulkar wished the South African could stay on. "Personally, I would say Gary should continue, but he has family commitments. I respect his decision. We will miss him a lot," he said.

"He has probably worked harder than anyone else in the team. He worked like a machine," Tendulkar added.

"Everyone was under pressure. We had to work as a team. If one team member could not deliver in a particular match, it became the others' responsibility to turn his failure into success by giving the best shot," he said about the pressure he faced during the tournment.

"The team went into the final not thinking about lifting the Cup, but thinking of the process. We were thinking of limiting them (Sri Lanka) to the smallest total possible. In the knockout stage we peaked at the right time, clicked together at right time," he added.

Emphasising that good performance cannot be guaranteed, but good effort can, Tendulkar said: "We batted, fielded and bowled well. You saw the effort from all the players, from senior-most to junior-most. Performance no one can guarantee, but effort you can guarantee."

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Cricket World Cup 2011 Final: India Vs Sri Lanka highlights

• There was a second toss in this game as the first toss went in vain due to confusion as to who called correctly. On the second toss, Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first.
• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first provides the second occasion of Sri Lanka doing so in the finals of the World Cup. The other occasion was against Australia at Lahore on 17.03.96.
• Sri Lanka became the third team to win the toss and electing to bat first in the finals of he World Cup on two or more occasions. Australia (three occasions} and Pakistan {two occasions} are the other two teams.
• Zaheer Khan captured his 20th wicket in this edition of the World Cup when he claimed the wicket of WU Tharanga caught by V Sehwag for 2 in this game. He became the eleventh bowler to capture 20 plus wickets in a single edition of the World Cup.
• Zaheer Khan became the second bowler to capture 20 plus wickets in 2011 World Cup after Shahid Afridi who has captured 21 wickets.
• TM Dilshan completed 500 runs in 2011 World Cup when he was on 33 in this game. His feat provides the sixth occasion of a batsman scoring 500 plus runs in a single edition of the World Cup.
• TM Dilshan became the second Sri Lankan batsman to aggregate 500 plus runs in a single edition of the World Cup after Jayawardene who had totalled 539 runs in 2006-07 edition.
• TM Dilshan's feat of totaling 500 runs in this World Cup provide the fourth occasion of an opening batsman to aggregate 500 plus runs in a single edition of the World Cup. Other occasions are - SR Tendulkar of India - 673 in 2002-03: ML Hayden of Australia - 659 in 2006-07 and SR Tendulkar of India - 523 in 1995-96.
• Jayawardene completed 900 runs in the World Cup when he was on 28 during his knock of 103 not out in the final game. At the end of this game, his aggregate stood at 975. He became the 21st batsman and fifth Sri Lankan batsman to total 900 plus runs in the World Cup.
• Jayawardene completed 1900 runs against India when he was on 14 during his knock of 103 not out in this game. At the end of this game his aggregate stood at 1989. He became the third Sri Lankan batsman to score 1900 runs against India.
• Jayawardene scored 103 not out in this game providing the 90th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a fifty in the World Cup.
• DPMD Jayawardene registered his eighth fifty in the World Cup when he scored 103 not out in this game. He became the fourth Sri Lankan batsman to score eight or more fifties in the World Cup.
• Jayawardene's 103 not out in this game provide the 24th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in the finals of the World Cup. His knock provides the fifth occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a fifty in the finals of the World Cup.
• Jayawardne's 103 not out in this game provide his 14th one day century and 70th fifty.
• Zaheer Khan's second wicket of this game - CK Kapugedera caught by Raina for 1 - gave him his 44th wicket in the World Cup. He is on par with J Srinath who also has captured 44 wickets in the World Cup and shares the record for most wickets by an Indian bowler in the World Cup.
• At the end of this game, Zaheer Khan has captured 21 wickets in 2011 World Cup. He shares the record for most wickets in 2011 World Cup jointly with Shahid Afridi of Pakistan who also has accounted for 21 batsmen.
• DPMD Jayawardene's 103 not out in this game provide the sixth occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred in the finals of the World Cup.
• Jayawardene with his 103 not out this game became the second Sri Lankan batsman to score a hundred in the finals of the World Cup.
• DPMD Jayawardene with his 103 not out in this game became the second batsman to score a hundred against India in the finals of the World Cup.
• Jayawardene's 103 not out in this game represent the 27th hundred by Sri Lankan batsman against India in one day games. His knock represents his second hundred against India.
• DPMD Jayawardene's 103 not out in this game represent the 127th hundred in the World Cup. His knock represents 15th hundred by a Sri Lankan batsman in the World Cup. This knock also represents his third hundred in the World Cup.
• V Sehwag scored duck in this game to provide the 15th occasion of a batsman scoring zero in the finals of the World Cup. V Sehwag became the third opening batsman to score a duck in the finals of the World Cup.
• India lost its first wicket without a run on the board providing the first occasion of team losing its first wicket at zero in the finals of the World Cup.
• V Sehwag's zero in this game provides the 48th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring zero in the World Cup. It also represents the seventh occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a duck in the World Cup.
• G Gambhir completed 4000 runs in one day games when he was on 24 during his knock of in this game. At the end of this game, his run aggregate stood at 4073. He became the eleventh Indian batsman to total 4000 plus runs in one day games.
• SR Tendulkar was dismissed caught at the wicket in this game providing the 70th occasion of his being dismissed caught by the wicket keeper in one day games. He became the first batsman in the annals of one day games to be dismissed caught at the wicket on 70 occasions. He was also dismissed caught on 252 occasions in one day games. Only ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka has been dismissed caught on more occasions - 277 occasions.
• SR Tendulkar completed 500 runs in calendar year 2011 when he was on 5 during his knock of 15 in this game. At the end of this game his aggregate stood at 513. He became the ninth batsman to accomplish such a feat.
• This final game was the 350th one day appearance for M Muralitharan. He became the sixth cricketer to appear in 350 plus one day games.
• M Muralitharan became the third cricketer to appear in 40 plus World Cup games. This game was his 40th World Cup game.
• M Muralitharan became the most capped World Cup bowler with his 40 World Cup appearances. He went past GD McGrath's 39 World Cup appearances.
• G Gambhir's 97 and MS Dhoni's 50 plus runs in this game provide the 96th and 97th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring fifty in the World Cup.
• G Gambhir's 97 in this game represent his 25th one day half century and 34th fifty.
• MS Dhoni's 91 not out in this game represent his 38th one day half century and 45th fifty.
• MS Dhoni completed 6000 runs in one day games when he was on 42 during his knock of 91 not out in this game. At the end of this game his aggregate stood at 6049. He became the seventh Indian batsmen to total 6000 plus runs.
• G Gambhir's 97 and MS Dhoni's 91 not out in this game provide the 46th and 47th occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety in the World Cup. Their knocks provides the seventh and eighth occasions of an Indian batsman scoring a ninety in the World Cup.
• G Gambhir with his 97 and MS Dhoni with his 91 not out in this game became the first and second batsman to score ninety in the finals of the World Cup. This is the first occasion of two batsmen scoring nineties in the finals of the World Cup.
• G Gambhir and MS Dhoni added 109 runs for the fourth wicket in this game provide the eleventh occasion of a century stand in the finals of the World Cup. This stand represents the second occasion of a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket in the finals of the World Cup. The other occasion was the 149 runs stand for the fourth wicket between RB Kanhai and CH Lloyd of West Indies vs Australia a Lord's on 21.06.75.
• G Gambhir and MS Dhoni added 109 runs for the fourth wicket in this game provide the first occasion of a century stand by Indian batsmen in the finals of the World Cup.
• G Gambhir and MS Dhoni added 109 runs for the fourth wicket in this game provide the 214th occasion of a century stand in the World Cup. This stand represents the 31st occasion of a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket in the World Cup.
• G Gambhir and MS Dhoni added 109 runs for the fourth wicket in this game provide the 25th occasion of a century stand by Indian batsmen in the World Cup. This stand represents the third occasion of a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket by Indian batsmen in the World Cup.
• G Gambhir and MS Dhoni in this game provide the third occasion of two batsmen scoring ninety in an innings in the World Cup.
• MS Dhoni's 91 not out in this game provide the fourth occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a ninety in the World Cup. O
• MS Dhoni's 91 not out in this game provide the seventh occasion of a captain scoring a ninety in the World Cup.
• India won this game by chasing a target providing the third occasion of a team winning a final by chasing the target. The three occasions are - Sri Lanka won against Australia at Lahore on 17.03.96: Australia won against Pakistan at Lord's on 20.06.99 and India won against Sri Lanka at Mumbai on 02.04.11.
• India won this World Cup chasing the highest target - 274. The previous highest total chased in the final was 242 - Sri Lanka won this game at Lahore on 17.03.96 chasing the target of 242 set by Australia.
• India has won the World Cup on two occasions in 1983 and 2011 and the interval between two wins is 27 years 09 months and 08 days.
• DPMD Jayawardene's 103 not out in this game was in a losing cause providing the 22nd occasion of a batsman's hundred going in vain in the World Cup. He became the first batsman to witness his hundred going in vain in the finals of the World Cup.

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Most Wicket takers in Cricket World Cup - 2011

Player	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
Shahid Afridi (Pak)	8	74.3	4	270	21	5/16	12.85	3.62	21.2	2	2
Z Khan (India)	9	81.3	4	394	21	3/20	18.76	4.83	23.2	0	0
TG Southee (NZ)	8	72.2	9	312	18	3/13	17.33	4.31	24.1	0	0
RJ Peterson (SA)	7	56.0	5	238	15	4/12	15.86	4.25	22.4	1	0
M Muralitharan (SL)	9	71.0	1	291	15	4/25	19.40	4.09	28.4	1	0
Yuvraj Singh (India)	9	75.0	2	377	15	5/31	25.13	5.02	30.0	0	1
Imran Tahir (SA)	5	39.3	2	150	14	4/38	10.71	3.79	16.9	2	0
Umar Gul (Pak)	8	60.3	5	272	14	3/30	19.42	4.49	25.9	0	0
KAJ Roach (WI)	6	46.0	2	195	13	6/27	15.00	4.23	21.2	0	1
B Lee (Aus)	7	54.2	6	235	13	4/28	18.07	4.32	25.0	2	0
SL Malinga (SL)	7	48.4	0	270	13	6/38	20.76	5.54	22.4	0	1
HS Baidwan (Can)	6	55.0	3	307	13	3/35	23.61	5.58	25.3	0	0
DW Steyn (SA)	6	46.1	3	192	12	5/50	16.00	4.15	23.0	0	1
JDP Oram (NZ)	6	49.5	6	221	12	4/39	18.41	4.43	24.9	1	0
SJ Benn (WI)	6	47.5	3	238	12	4/18	19.83	4.97	23.9	2	0
GP Swann (Eng)	7	68.0	5	309	12	3/36	25.75	4.54	34.0	0	0
SW Tait (Aus)	7	52.0	3	264	11	3/35	24.00	5.07	28.3	0	0
MM Patel (India)	8	65.5	1	353	11	4/48	32.09	5.36	35.9	1	0
MG Johnson (Aus)	7	57.3	7	231	10	4/19	23.10	4.01	34.5	2	0
JF Mooney (Ire)	6	45.0	0	259	10	4/63	25.90	5.75	27.0	1	0

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India win the ICC Cricket WorldCup 2011

Match No	49
Match	Sri Lanka vs India (Day-Night match)
Venue	Mumbai, India
Date	2nd April, 2011
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss & elected to bat
Result	India beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets
Man of the Match	M S Dhoni (India)

Summary

SRI LANKA	274/6 in 50 Overs
Mahela Jayawardena 103*	Yuvraj Singh 2-49
Kumar Sangakkara 48	Zaheer Khan 2-60
Tillakaratne Dilshan 33	Munaf Patel 1-41
INDIA	277/4 in 48.2 Overs
Gambhir 97	Malinga 2-42
MS Dhoni 91*	T Dilshan 1-27
Virat Kohli 35	Perera 1-55

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India need 275 runs to win the World Cup

Sri Lanka scored 274/6 in the final match of the Cricket Wold Cup at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

This is a decent performance by Mahela Jayawardena who scores his 14th ODI century and 2nd in the tournment. He has played innings of a lifetime. This has been an oustanding finish by the Lankans. Sri Lanka have used this batting power play beautifully. Almost 90 runs in last 10 overs.

Earlier, Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first. India started well, bowled in the right areas and restricted the run flow. Though, Sri Lanka came back brilliantly with Jayawardena's century. They will believe that it is a defendable total with the pitch getting slower.

The top performers of the innings are Mahela Jayawardena for his century and Yuvraj Singh India's best bowler for his figures of 2/49.

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Let's the party begin - World Cup Final: India Versus Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka win the toss and choose to bat in the final game of Cricket World Cup against India at the Wankhedein Mumbai.

There's some confusion over who's won the toss. What drama. And they are doing a re-toss. No one heard who called what the first time. Kumar Sangakkara has won the re-toss and Sri Lanka will bat, a massive moment.

India made one change from the side that beat the

Pakistan by 29 runs in the previous match in Mohali,

bringing in seamer S Sreesanth in place of injured Ashish Nehra.

Sri Lanka have made a glut of changes. Mathews, Mendis, Herath and Chamara Silva are out. Perera, Randiv, Kulasekara and Chamara Kapugedera are playing the final.

India Squad for match against Sri Lanka

Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat

Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (Capt & Wicket Keeper), Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, S Sreesanth, and Munaf Patel.

Sri Lanka Squad for match against India

WU Tharanga, TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara (Capt & Wicket Keeper), DPMD Jayawardene, TT Samaraweera, CK Kapugedera, NLTC Perera, KMDN Kulasekara, SL Malinga, S Randiv, and M Muralitharan

Umpires

Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and SJA Taufel (Australia)

TV umpire

IJ Gould (England)

Match referee

JJ Crowe (New Zealand)

Reserve umpire

SJ Davis (Australia)

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Best bowling figures in Cricket World Cup 2011

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
KAJ Roach	8.3	0	27	6	3.17	West Indies	Netherlands	Delhi	28 Feb 2011
SL Malinga	7.4	0	38	6	4.95	Sri Lanka	Kenya	Colombo (RPS)	1 Mar 2011
Shahid Afridi	8.0	3	16	5	2.00	Pakistan	Kenya	Hambantota	23 Feb 2011
Shahid Afridi	10.0	0	23	5	2.30	Pakistan	Canada	Colombo (RPS)	3 Mar 2011
Yuvraj Singh	10.0	0	31	5	3.10	India	Ireland	Bangalore	6 Mar 2011
Wahab Riaz	10.0	0	46	5	4.60	Pakistan	India	Mohali	30 Mar 2011
TT Bresnan	10.0	1	48	5	4.80	England	India	Bangalore	27 Feb 2011
DW Steyn	9.4	0	50	5	5.17	South Africa	India	Nagpur	12 Mar 2011
R Rampaul	10.0	0	51	5	5.10	West Indies	India	Chennai	20 Mar 2011
TM Dilshan	3.0	1	4	4	1.33	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	Pallekele	10 Mar 2011
RJ Peterson	7.0	3	12	4	1.71	South Africa	Bangladesh	Dhaka	19 Mar 2011
SCJ Broad	6.4	0	15	4	2.25	England	South Africa	Chennai	6 Mar 2011
HK Bennett	5.0	0	16	4	3.20	New Zealand	Kenya	Chennai	20 Feb 2011
SJ Benn	5.5	2	18	4	3.08	West Indies	Bangladesh	Dhaka	4 Mar 2011
MG Johnson	9.2	2	19	4	2.03	Australia	Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad	21 Feb 2011
Shafiul Islam	8.0	1	21	4	2.62	Bangladesh	Ireland	Dhaka	25 Feb 2011
M Muralitharan	8.0	0	25	4	3.12	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Mumbai	18 Mar 2011
H Osinde	10.0	2	26	4	2.60	Canada	Kenya	Delhi	7 Mar 2011
B Lee	8.0	1	28	4	3.50	Australia	Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	19 Mar 2011
Shahid Afridi	9.3	1	30	4	3.15	Pakistan	West Indies	Dhaka	23 Mar 2011
MG Johnson	9.1	3	33	4	3.60	Australia	New Zealand	Nagpur	25 Feb 2011
Shahid Afridi	10.0	0	34	4	3.40	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	26 Feb 2011
Imran Tahir	8.4	1	38	4	4.38	South Africa	England	Chennai	6 Mar 2011
JDP Oram	9.0	1	39	4	4.33	New Zealand	South Africa	Dhaka	25 Mar 2011
Imran Tahir	10.0	1	41	4	4.10	South Africa	West Indies	Delhi	24 Feb 2011
B Lee	8.4	0	46	4	5.30	Australia	Canada	Bangalore	16 Mar 2011
MM Patel	10.0	0	48	4	4.80	India	Bangladesh	Dhaka	19 Feb 2011
JC Tredwell	10.0	2	48	4	4.80	England	West Indies	Chennai	17 Mar 2011
AD Russell	8.0	0	49	4	6.12	West Indies	England	Chennai	17 Mar 2011
SJ Benn	10.0	0	53	4	5.30	West Indies	Ireland	Mohali	11 Mar 2011
WD Balaji Rao	10.0	0	57	4	5.70	Canada	Zimbabwe	Nagpur	28 Feb 2011
CB Mpofu	7.0	0	62	4	8.85	Zimbabwe	Sri Lanka	Pallekele	10 Mar 2011
JF Mooney	9.0	0	63	4	7.00	Ireland	England	Bangalore	2 Mar 2011
KJ O'Brien	9.0	0	71	4	7.88	Ireland	West Indies	Mohali	11 Mar 2011

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Player	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
Shahid Afridi (Pak)	8	74.3	4	270	21	5/16	12.85	3.62	21.2	2	2
Z Khan (India)	8	71.3	1	334	19	3/20	17.57	4.67	22.5	0	0
TG Southee (NZ)	8	72.2	9	312	18	3/13	17.33	4.31	24.1	0	0
RJ Peterson (SA)	7	56.0	5	238	15	4/12	15.86	4.25	22.4	1	0
M Muralitharan (SL)	8	63.0	1	252	15	4/25	16.80	4.00	25.2	1	0
Imran Tahir (SA)	5	39.3	2	150	14	4/38	10.71	3.79	16.9	2	0
Umar Gul (Pak)	8	60.3	5	272	14	3/30	19.42	4.49	25.9	0	0
KAJ Roach (WI)	6	46.0	2	195	13	6/27	15.00	4.23	21.2	0	1
B Lee (Aus)	7	54.2	6	235	13	4/28	18.07	4.32	25.0	2	0
HS Baidwan (Can)	6	55.0	3	307	13	3/35	23.61	5.58	25.3	0	0
Yuvraj Singh (India)	8	65.0	2	328	13	5/31	25.23	5.04	30.0	0	1
DW Steyn (SA)	6	46.1	3	192	12	5/50	16.00	4.15	23.0	0	1
JDP Oram (NZ)	6	49.5	6	221	12	4/39	18.41	4.43	24.9	1	0
SJ Benn (WI)	6	47.5	3	238	12	4/18	19.83	4.97	23.9	2	0
GP Swann (Eng)	7	68.0	5	309	12	3/36	25.75	4.54	34.0	0	0
SL Malinga (SL)	6	39.4	0	228	11	6/38	20.72	5.74	21.6	0	1
SW Tait (Aus)	7	52.0	3	264	11	3/35	24.00	5.07	28.3	0	0
MM Patel (India)	7	56.5	1	312	11	4/48	28.36	5.48	31.0	1	0
MG Johnson (Aus)	7	57.3	7	231	10	4/19	23.10	4.01	34.5	2	0
JF Mooney (Ire)	6	45.0	0	259	10	4/63	25.90	5.75	27.0	1	0
RW Price (Zim)	6	49.0	7	169	9	3/16	18.77	3.44	32.6	0	0
M Morkel (SA)	6	40.2	0	207	9	3/33	23.00	5.13	26.8	0	0
WD Balaji Rao (Can)	6	54.0	0	299	9	4/57	33.22	5.53	36.0	1	0
TT Bresnan (Eng)	7	63.0	5	309	9	5/48	34.33	4.90	42.0	0	1
Wahab Riaz (Pak)	5	33.5	0	158	8	5/46	19.75	4.66	25.3	0	1
Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)	8	55.0	4	193	8	2/16	24.12	3.50	41.2	0	0
DJG Sammy (WI)	7	46.0	4	206	8	3/21	25.75	4.47	34.5	0	0
Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)	6	46.2	0	223	8	2/28	27.87	4.81	34.7	0	0
DT Johnston (Ire)	5	43.2	2	240	8	2/16	30.00	5.53	32.5	0	0
NL McCullum (NZ)	8	50.0	1	241	8	3/24	30.12	4.82	37.5	0	0
PM Seelaar (Neth)	6	59.4	4	306	8	3/45	38.25	5.12	44.7	0	0
Harbhajan Singh (India)	8	77.0	2	340	8	3/53	42.50	4.41	57.7	0	0
TM Dilshan (SL)	8	26.0	2	99	7	4/4	14.14	3.80	22.2	1	0
AD Russell (WI)	3	27.1	3	132	7	4/49	18.85	4.85	23.2	1	0
BAW Mendis (SL)	6	42.4	5	134	7	3/35	19.14	3.14	36.5	0	0
CB Mpofu (Zim)	4	27.0	1	159	7	4/62	22.71	5.88	23.1	1	0
GH Dockrell (Ire)	6	46.4	2	207	7	2/23	29.57	4.43	40.0	0	0
Abdur Razzak (Ban)	6	48.0	5	220	7	3/29	31.42	4.58	41.1	0	0
RN ten Doeschate (Neth)	6	52.0	2	322	7	3/72	46.00	6.19	44.5	0	0
KD Mills (NZ)	3	20.4	2	74	6	2/2	12.33	3.58	20.6	0	0
NLTC Perera (SL)	3	22.0	0	119	6	3/24	19.83	5.40	22.0	0	0
HK Bennett (NZ)	4	24.1	0	132	6	4/16	22.00	5.46	24.1	1	0
SCJ Broad (Eng)	3	25.4	2	153	6	4/15	25.50	5.96	25.6	1	0
H Osinde (Can)	5	36.0	3	166	6	4/26	27.66	4.61	36.0	1	0
AD Mathews (SL)	8	36.0	0	171	6	2/29	28.50	4.75	36.0	0	0
Shafiul Islam (Ban)	6	39.2	4	203	6	4/21	33.83	5.16	39.3	1	0
AG Cremer (Zim)	6	46.2	1	211	6	3/31	35.16	4.55	46.3	0	0
P Utseya (Zim)	6	49.0	3	211	6	2/24	35.16	4.30	49.0	0	0
Rizwan Cheema (Can)	6	40.5	1	248	6	2/30	41.33	6.07	40.8	0	0
NN Odhiambo (Kenya)	6	43.0	2	256	6	3/57	42.66	5.95	43.0	0	0

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Centuries in Cricket World Cup 2011

Highest Individual scores by a batsman in Cricket World Cup 2011

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR		Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
V Sehwag	175	140	14	5	125.00		India	Bangladesh	Dhaka	19 Feb 2011
AJ Strauss	158	145	18	1	108.96		England	India	Bangalore	27 Feb 2011
TM Dilshan	144	131	16	1	109.92		Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	Pallekele	10 Mar 2011
AB de Villiers	134	98	13	4	136.73		South Africa	Netherlands	Mohali	3 Mar 2011
WU Tharanga	133	141	17	0	94.32		Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	Pallekele	10 Mar 2011
LRPL Taylor	131*	124	8	7	105.64		New Zealand	Pakistan	Pallekele	8 Mar 2011
SR Tendulkar	120	115	10	5	104.34		India	England	Bangalore	27 Feb 2011
RN ten Doeschate	119	110	9	3	108.18		Netherlands	England	Nagpur	22 Feb 2011
KJ O'Brien	113	63	13	6	179.36		Ireland	England	Bangalore	2 Mar 2011
HM Amla	113	130	8	0	86.92		South Africa	Netherlands	Mohali	3 Mar 2011
Yuvraj Singh	113	123	10	2	91.86		India	West Indies	Chennai	20 Mar 2011
SR Tendulkar	111	101	8	3	109.90		India	South Africa	Nagpur	12 Mar 2011
KC Sangakkara	111	128	12	2	86.71		Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Mumbai	18 Mar 2011
TM Dilshan	108*	115	10	2	93.91		Sri Lanka	England	Colombo (RPS)	26 Mar 2011
AB de Villiers	107*	105	8	2	101.90		South Africa	West Indies	Delhi	24 Feb 2011
DS Smith	107	133	11	1	80.45		West Indies	Ireland	Mohali	11 Mar 2011
RN ten Doeschate	106	108	13	1	98.14		Netherlands	Ireland	Kolkata	18 Mar 2011
RT Ponting	104	118	7	1	88.13		Australia	India	Ahmedabad	24 Mar 2011
DPMD Jayawardene	103*	88	13	0	117.05		Sri Lanka	India	Mumbai	2 Apr 2011
WU Tharanga	102*	122	12	1	83.60		Sri Lanka	England	Colombo (RPS)	26 Mar 2011
BB McCullum	101	109	12	2	92.66		New Zealand	Canada	Mumbai	13 Mar 2011
PR Stirling	101	72	14	2	140.27		Ireland	Netherlands	Kolkata	18 Mar 2011
V Kohli	100*	83	8	2	120.48		India	Bangladesh	Dhaka	19 Feb 2011
DPMD Jayawardene	100	81	9	1	123.45		Sri Lanka	Canada	Hambantota	20 Feb 2011

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Nehra may miss for the final

Nehra has fractured the middle finger on his right hand putting a question mark over his selection for the final against Sri Lanka on Saturday.

Ranjib Biswal, the Indian team manager, confirmed the development but said the team would only take a call on Friday about whether or not he could play.

But Gautam Gambhir, who went off the field during Pakistan's innings in the semi-final having felt some pain and did not return, is expected to be fit for the final. Biswal said they would clarify the position on Gambhir tomorrow.

Nehra picked up the injury while attempting to pick up a pull by Shahid Afridi off Yuvraj Singh while he was fielding at deep midwicket. Nehra, not known so much for his deftness in the field, charged forward to pick the ball that was dying on him at the very last minute. Replays confirmed the ball had bounced in front of him but Nehra's attempt drew applause from his team-mates as well as the fullhouse. Unfortunately, Nehra was grimacing in pain and immediately had his finger taped.

Since the injury was on his non-bowling hand, Nehra was able to get through three more overs in the match. However, there are worries he will not be able to field.

It was a bit of a surprise to see Nehra in the first XI during the semi-final, given that the man he replaced, R Ashwin, had been impressive in the two matches he had played in the tournament.

Ashwin may well have returned in place of either Nehra or Munaf for the final in any case, and will almost definitely be in the side if Nehra does not recover. The only other pace option India have is Sreesanth, who has been left on the sidelines since the first game of the tournament.

Nehra had missed the first two matches of the tournament with a sore back and was brought in for the group-stage game against Netherlands. Against South Africa in Nagpur, he went for 65 runs in 8.4 overs, 16 off which were scored in the last over of the game, consigning India to defeat. He was then left out for India's next two games, before returning for the semi-final.

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Wankhede Stadium wicket will be a slow turner, says curator

The Wankhede Stadium wicket for Saturday's World Cup final will be a slow turner, like most wickets in the subcontinent during this time of the year, says curator Sudhir Naik.

Naik, a former India player, who toured England with the India team in 1974, however, insists the pitch will still be full of runs and the team batting first should have the advantage. Naik feels a score of 270-280 would be very much on the cards in the day-nighter.

66-year-old former opener who played three Tests, making his debut at Edgbaston, and two ODIs.

Naik, an M.Sc in organic chemistry, said the authorities have already decided to use a chemical spray to reduce the impact of dew on the game.

Excessive dew late in the evening can swing the balance towards teams batting second in day-night matches. The dew will freshen up the pitch and the bowlers will find it difficult to grip the ball that gets damp on a moist outfield.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) had used the chemical spray to reduce the impact of dew at Brabourne Stadium here during the 2006 Champions Trophy match between Pakistan and New Zealand. The chemical APSA-80, commonly used in agriculture, was also sprayed on the outfield at Mohali in the past.

India will be playing at the refurbished 33,000-capacity Wankhede stadium for the first time, Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 112 runs in a league match at the ground on March 18.

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Sri Lanka worries about injuries for the Final!

Sri Lanka called-up Veteran seamer Chaminda Vaas and off-spinner Suraj Randiv as World Cup final cover for injured duo Angelo Mathews and Muttiah Muralitharan.

Chaminda Vaas, 37 and Randiv, 26, were due to fly out to Mumbai later Thursday ahead of Saturday's title match against India.

Muralitharan, who turns 39 next month, has played through the six-week tournament despite being afflicted by hamstring and groin injuries, a side strain and a troublesome knee.

All-rounder Mathews, 23, picked up a right-side strain while fielding during their semi-final win against New Zealand.

Sri Lanka, 1996 winners and runners-up to Australia in 2007, want to win the cup for legendary spinner Muralitharan who retires on Saturday after a world record haul of 800 Test and 534 one-day wickets.

Vaas, who was part of the 1996 winning team, retired from Tests in July with 322 Test and 400 one-day wickets. He last played an international when India toured Sri Lanka in August 2008, taking the wicket of Yuvraj Singh for a duck.

Randiv, who made his one-day debut against India in 2009, has taken 22 ODI wickets. He last played when Sri Lanka toured Australia for a one-day series last year.

Sri Lanka have prevailed in recent one-dayers against India, winning six of the 10 matches played last year in Dhaka, Harare, Bulawayo and Dambulla. But India have won five of seven matches against the Islanders on home soil over the last five years.

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Afridi proud of Pakistan's performance

Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi said the performance of his side's younger players had been among the positives of a World Cup campaign that ended with a 29-run semi-final loss to India. And he said he hoped Wednesday's match, watched by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani, would be the catalyst for more games on Indian soil.

Pakistan have been unable to play matches at home since an armed attack on Sri Lanka's team bus in Lahore in 2009.

Now Afridi wants to see the restoration of normal cricket ties with India as part of his country's sporting rehabilitation.

And also Afridi pronounced himself "proud" of his team's performance in the World Cup and hoped that their reception on arrival in Pakistan would reflect the side's achievement in getting to the last four at a time when expectations were significantly lower.

Pakistan lost by 29 runs to India in Mohali in the Semi final match, in which they were generally off their game with bat, ball and, most damagingly, in the field. They were in with a chance at various stages, including when they began the chase, only to let it slip each time.

Afridi said the batting, their weaker suit, had been problematic again. There were several starts but no stand greater than the opening one of 44.

Pakistan cricket has been under a cloud since last year's 'spot-fixing' scandal in England which led to bans for new-ball duo Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif as well as former Test captain Salman Butt.

To add to the instability, Afridi wasn't appointed captain until two weeks before the tournament began but an unheralded Pakistan side beat Sri Lanka, Australia and West Indies en route to the semi-final.

Afridi had said before the tournament he wanted his team in the last four and despite the loss, seemed in generally upbeat mood. "I am proud of my team and the boys have done a great job in this World Cup. A few of the youngsters are very promising and we played as a unit. Winning and losing is something different but we really played really good cricket and no one was expecting us to play cricket like this. As captain I'm very happy."

The run was Pakistan's best in a World Cup since 1999, when they were runners-up to Australia. In 2003 and 2007 they were eliminated before the knock-out stages, disastrous results which led to intense anger and criticism on their return. It is unlikely Afridi's side will receive a similar reception though already the early signs of reaction from Pakistan seemed to focus on Misbah-ul-Haq's slow batting in the chase as the cause of defeat.

India now face Sri Lanka, beaten by Pakistan in the group phase, in Saturday's final in Mumbai and Afridi could not pick a winner.

"Both teams are playing very good cricket, both teams are well balanced."

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India demolished Pakistan by 29 runs and qualify for the Final

Match No	48
Match	India Vs Pakistan (Day-Night match)
Venue	Mohali, India
Date	30th Mar, 2011
Toss	India won the toss & elected to bat
Result	India won by 29 runs
Man of the Match	Sachin Tendulkar (India)

Summary

INDIA	260/9 in 50 Overs
Sachin Tendulkar 85	Wahab Riaz 5-46
Virender Sehwag 38	Saeed Ajmal 2-44
Suresh Raina 34*	Mohammad Hafeez 1-34
PAKISTAN	231/10 in 49.5 Overs
Misbah-ul-Haq 56	Ashish Nehra 2-33
Mohammad Hafeez 43	Munaf Patel 2-40
Asad Shafiq 30	Harbhajan Singh 2-43

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India scores 260/9 in 2nd semi final against Pakistan

India scored 260 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in their second semi final encounter against Pakistan at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India.

It was predicted to be a batting track though, it turned out to be anything but. Every batsmen apart from Sehwag struggled for timing on this surface and it was a case of two men - Tendulkar at the top with 85 runs, anchoring the innings, enjoying some lives in between and towards the end, Raina prevented Pakistan from closing in by holding forte, while Pakistan facer Wahab Riaz figures 5-46.

Earlier, India won the toss and choose to bat first!

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India won the toss and elected to bat in 2nd Semi-final against Pakistan

India win the toss and choose to bat in an enticing encounter in the second Semi-final game against Pakistan in Mohali.

India have left out R Ashwin and brought in Ashish Nehra. While Pakistan are playing an unchanged team, which means we might have seen the last of Shoaib Akhtar.

India Squad for match against Pakistan

V Sehwag, SR Tendulkar, G Gambhir, V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (Captain & Wicket Keeper, SK Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, MM Patel, and A Nehra.

Pakistan Squad for match against India

Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal (Wicket Keeper), Asad Shafiq, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi (Captain), Abdul Razzaq, Wahab Riaz, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal.

Umpires

IJ Gould (England) and SJA Taufel (Australia)

TV umpire

BF Bowden (New Zealand)

Match referee

RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

Reserve umpire

RJ Tucker (Australia)

Highlights:

• It will be the third one-dayer between India and Pakistan in nearly three years as the cricketing ties between the two snapped following the 2008 attacks on India's financial hub Mumbai.
• Five out of seven day-night games here in the last five years won by the team batting first, but one of the exceptions was in an India-Pakistan match, when Pakistan chased down India's 321 with a ball to spare in 2007.
• In the last 11 ODIs between the two teams, since 2007, only three have been won by the team winning the toss. Eight times, the team losing the toss has won the match.

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