Gautam Gambhir recalls World Cup 2011 final partnership with MS Dhoni

Gautam Gambhir and MS Dhoni: Tales and stories of Team India becoming the world champion in 2011 are often heard. During that time, the players and staff members of the team have been telling the stories of this historic victory in many interviews. Now Gautam Gambhir has shared a small story related to it. In this story, he has praised MS Dhoni.

In a conversation with Star Sports during the first match of the three-match ODI series between India and Sri Lanka, Gautam Gambhir told an anecdote related to the important partnership between Dhoni and him in the final of the 2011 World Cup. He said, ‘MS Dhoni was very supportive during that time. At that time he wanted me to score a century. He always wanted me to keep scoring hundreds. He was telling me in between the overs that you take your time, don’t be in a hurry. If needed, I will start scoring fast.

Gautam Gambhir played an inning of 97 runs
The final match of the World Cup 2011 was played between India and Sri Lanka. Batting first, Sri Lanka scored a score of 274 runs. In response, the Indian team had lost the wickets of Sachin (18) and Sehwag (0) only for 31 runs. From here, Gautam Gambhir had earlier got the Indian team back together with Virat Kohli (35) and MS Dhoni.

Gautam Gambhir was dismissed after scoring 97 runs in this match. At the same time, Dhoni played a blistering inning of 91 runs off 79 balls. Dhoni had also hit the winning six. Team India won the ODI World Cup here after 28 years. MS Dhoni was selected as ‘Player of the Match’ and Yuvraj Singh as ‘Player of the Series’.

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