Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni guided India to a second Cricket World Cup title on Saturday as his team beat tournament co-hosts Sri Lanka by six wickets in the final in Mumbai.
Dhoni, the world's highest-paid player, produced his best performance of the six-week-long event when it mattered most as India passed Sri Lanka's total of 274-6 with 10 balls of the allotted 50 overs to spare.
The 29-year-old smashed the winning runs with a huge six over the boundary ropes to finish the innings unbeaten on 91 off only 79 balls faced.
He set up victory with his fourth-wicket partnership of 109 with Gautam Gambhir, who top-scored with an invaluable 97, after coming to the batting crease at 114-3 in the 22nd over.
Yuvraj Singh was named the Man of the Series of the 2011 World Cup and Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was named the Man of the Match.
India defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets chasing a tough target of 275 runs.
Yuvraj scored 362 runs and took 15 wickets, winning four Man of Match awards during the tournament.
Dhoni, the world's highest-paid player, produced his best performance of the six-week-long event when it mattered most as India passed Sri Lanka's total of 274-6 with 10 balls of the allotted 50 overs to spare.
The 29-year-old smashed the winning runs with a huge six over the boundary ropes to finish the innings unbeaten on 91 off only 79 balls faced.
He set up victory with his fourth-wicket partnership of 109 with Gautam Gambhir, who top-scored with an invaluable 97, after coming to the batting crease at 114-3 in the 22nd over.
Yuvraj Singh was named the Man of the Series of the 2011 World Cup and Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was named the Man of the Match.
India defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets chasing a tough target of 275 runs.
Yuvraj scored 362 runs and took 15 wickets, winning four Man of Match awards during the tournament.
