Twitter Reactions: Yuvraj Singh, Sachin Tendulkar lead cricket fraternity to celebrate Team India's ODI World Cup 2011 victory
India won their second ODI Cricket World Cup on April 2, 2011, after 28 long years.
April 2, 2011, will be a date forever etched in the rich annals of Indian cricket, with the co-hosts overpowering Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, by six wickets to become the world champions. Notably, Team India emerged triumphant after 28 long years of the nation lifting their maiden ODI World Cup title.
Now, on this day (April 2, 2024), 13 years post the red-letter day, the Player of the Tournament Yuvraj Singh reflected on the unforgettable day and the moment of lifting the trophy in front of the crowd who had filled the Wankhede up to its brim.
Yuvraj shared an 89-second video, which was essentially an edit which started off with there being several articles regarding the shock exit that Team India suffered during the 2007 edition of the global mega event, with them finishing third in their group (Group B), which had Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Bermuda. Notably, a shock upset at the hands of Bangladesh forced India to progress to the Super Eight round. Thereafter, the video featured some memorable moments from the 2011 campaign, with a glorious compilation of some critical moments from every match, right from India's curtain-raiser against Bangladesh to MS Dhoni's finishing six, to short segments of player interviews, culminating with a picture of the World Cup trophy in Yuvraj's hands.
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Other prominent cricketers joined bandwagon to relive the World Cup moments
Former India legend Sachin Tendulkar along with some other prominent cricketers viz- Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Robin Uthappa and Ravi Shastri, didn't hold back while expressing themselves on the popular social media platform, each one of them looking back quite fondly to the successful campaign ingrained in the hearts of every Indian supporter. Raina insisted that the memorable win still gives him goosebumps while Uthappa mentioned that it still felt like yesterday. Besides, several fans also chimed in to celebrate the historical win of the Indian team.
Here's how Indian cricket stars and fans reacted to India's ODI World Cup 2011 win on 'X':
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