Best XI from the World Cup-winning teams this decade
We saw three different World champions in this decade (50 over World Cups) - MS Dhoni's India in 2011, Michael Clarke's Australia in 2015 and Eoin Morgan's England in 2019.
3. Gautam Gambhir
One of the cult heroes of the 2011 World Cup, people will forever remember Gautam Gambhir in that mud-stained shirt which he wore on April 2nd at the Wankhede. The 97 he pulled off in 122 deliveries was immeasurably precious for the Indian side and it is important to remember he walked in right after the fall of a wicket in the very first over.
But prior to the final, Gambhir had chipped in with crucial contributions in other games as well. His tournament kickstarted when he scored a fifty against England and soon got another big score against South Africa. His third half-century of the tournament came against Australia in the quarterfinals and if not for a misunderstanding with Yuvraj Singh which led to his runout, he would’ve gone on to score even big that day.
He scored 393 runs in the tournament coming predominantly at number 3 and had an average just in excess of 43. Only Jonathan Trott had more half-centuries than him in the tournament (5) while he remained on level terms with Yuvraj Singh and Brad Haddin.
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