World Cup 2011: Teams, summary, winner, most runs and wickets

India won the 2011 World Cup, played in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, beating co-hosts Sri Lanka by 6 wickets. There was no dominant team in the tournament. Neither India nor Sri Lanka, for example, had topped their respective groups. New Zealand, a semi-finalist, had come fourth in their group.

Australia, who had gone through over two editions without losing a match, lost twice in the tournament, to Pakistan – the other semi-finalist – and India.

England provided the closest matches of the league stage: they beat Netherlands with only 8 balls to spare, tied with India, lost to Ireland (in the last over), beat South Africa by 6 runs, lost to Bangladesh by 2 wickets, and beat West Indies by 18 runs. Then they lost the quarter-final to Sri Lanka by 10 wickets!

Sachin Tendulkar finally fulfilled his dream of winning the World Cup – in his sixth attempt. He contributed towards the cause with 482 runs, 18 fewer than Tillakaratne Dilshan’s tally of 500. This included two hundreds against England and South Africa – the 98th and 99th of his career.

Semi-final 1, R Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo, March 29: New Zealand 217 in 48.5 overs (Styris 57, Guptill 39, Taylor 37; Mendis 3/35, Malinga 3/55, Muralitharan 2/42) lost to Sri Lanka 220/5 in 47.5 overs (Dilshan 73, Sangakkara 54, Tharanga 30; Southee 3/57) by 5 wickets. Man of the Match: Kumar Sangakkara.

Semi-final 2, PCA IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh, March 30: India 260/9 in 50 overs (Tendulkar 85, Sehwag 38, Raina 36*; Wahab 5/46, Ajmal 2/44) beat Pakistan 231 in 49.5 overs (Misbah 56, Hafeez 43, Shafiq 30; Nehra 2/33, Munaf 2/40, Harbhajan 2/43, Yuvraj 2/57, Zaheer 2/58) by 29 runs. Man of the Match: Sachin Tendulkar.

Final, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, April 2: Sri Lanka 274/6 in 50 overs (Jayawardene 103*, Sangakkara 48, Dilshan 33, Kulasekara 32; Yuvraj 2/49, Zaheer 2/60) lost to India 277/4 in 48.2 overs (Gambhir 97, Dhoni 91*, Kohli 35; Malinga 2/42) by 6 wickets. Man of the Match: MS Dhoni. Man of the Series: Yuvraj Singh.

Most runs: Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka) – 500 runs, 9 matches
Most wickets: Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) – 21 wickets, 8 matches; Zaheer Khan (India) – 21 wickets, 9 matches