[safa]

It took 28 long years and there were 6 editions in between. Then, there was the shock of the first round exit in 2007. And, finally the pain and misery has ended for Indian cricket. They have beaten Sri Lanka to be crowned the world champions. What a moment and the whole nation stands up in saluting the Little Master. Virat Kohli summed up Sachin’s role in just 2 lines. ‘Sachin took the burden of the nation for 21 years and now it is time to carry him on our shoulders’



Mumbai: Fulfilling the expectations of a billion hearts, India Saturday won the cricket World Cup for the second time in 28 years, showing guts and will to comprehensively beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in a pulsating final at a jam-packed Wankhede Stadium.Cricket's economic superpowers are now the number one team in the two major formats of the game --Test and ODIs.

Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (91 not out) reserved his best for the occasion and played a truly captain's knock and the entire team swarmed the field to mob him as he dispatched Nuwan Kulasekara for a six to complete the gritty chase.

Even Sachin Tendulkar could not control his emotions as ran in to join the celebrations out the middle. The Indian players had tears of joy as the Sri Lankans stood in disbelief, not knowing what had hit them. It was the second consecutive loss for Sri Lanka in the final, having beaten by Australia in the Caribbeans four years back.

 

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