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When the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 was opened on the 17th of February 2011 in a colourful event in the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh, nobody could have thought the amount of upsets, shocks and absolute brilliance would be seen in the tournament.

From England losing to Ireland, South Africa and Australia crashing out in the quarter finals to the Indian delight when MS Dhoni (Indian Captian) hit the second ball of the 48th over for a six to secure the victory for them against the Sri Lankans at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, which is also the legendary Sachin Tendulkar's home town and where he, in this game, played his final cricket match.

The Sri Lankans put a score of 274 for 6 in the alloted 50 overs when they won the toss and decided to bat first (which seemed like a definite winning score). The Indians got off to a rocky start, losing their first wicket with no runs on the board, when Malinga of Sri Lanka caught Sehwag LBW on the second ball of the first over. Six overs later Malinga struck again, when he had Tendulkar dismissed for 18. The Indians were going strong until the 4th ball of the 21st over, when Dilshan struck to dismiss Kohli for 35 with the score on 114. The Indians fought back, but not to say the Sri Lankans gave up. In the 42nd over Perera struck, to bring Gambhir's innings to an end on 97. At this stage the Indians score was 223 for four.

With 52 needed off 51 balls at this stage, you could feel the tension in the stadium, but MS Dhoni (with a 91 of 79 balls) and Yuvraj Singh (with a 21 of 24 balls) brought the Indians home with 10 balls to spare, with Dhoni hitting a spectacular six to finish of the match and secure them the title ICC Cricket World Cup Champions 2011. The whole stadium erupted and the party began for the Indians.

We would just like to say congratulations to the Indian Cricket Team, Coaching Staff and all who had a part in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 for a great couple of weeks of top notch entertainment. If your team didn't perform as well as you would've liked, maybe 2015 will be their year!