The 2011 World Cup was completely different than any earlier World Cup. Under Dhoni’s captaincy, India just lost one match in the tournament, and that too against a strong South African outfit. India also defeated their arch-rivals Pakistan by 29 runs in the semifinals.
India had successfully chased down 275 in the final in Mumbai with seven wickets to spare riding in gritty scores from captain MS Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir.
Tendulkar finished as the second highest run-getter of the tournament.
India became the first team to win a World Cup at home and became the only team to win the 60-over World Cup and the 50-over World Cup.
Sehwag revealed that it was his opening partner Sachin Tendulkar who advised then captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to bat up the order following the dismissal of Virat Kohli.
Mumbai: India's retired batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar said at the release of his autobiography Wednesday that he did not witness live what he considers the proudest moment of his life — winning the Cricket World
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