<P> The 2011 Cricket World Cup Final was a One Day International (ODI) match played between India and Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, on 2 April 2011 . The culmination of the tenth edition of the World Cup, it was the first time that these two teams had met each other at this stage in the tournament history . India won the match by six wickets--its second World Cup win after the 1983 tournament--and became the third team to have won the title more than once, after Australia (1987, 1999, 2003 and 2007) and the West Indies (1975 and 1979). </P> <P> Both teams had progressed through three stages to reach the final . India had won all the matches to that point except for the game against South Africa, and against England, which ended in a tie . Sri Lanka had won all but one match against Pakistan . The Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara chose to bat first after winning the toss . The team scored slowly until the 17th over when they lost both their openers . Sangakkara added 62 runs with Mahela Jayawardene before being dismissed for 48 runs . Although wickets kept falling at one end, Jayawardene scored 103 runs in 88 balls; he was involved in a partnership of 66 runs with Thisara Perera . The pair took Sri Lanka's total to 274 runs at the close of the innings . </P> <P> In reply, India lost their opener Virender Sehwag in the second ball of the innings . Sachin Tendulkar, too, got out in quick succession . The next set of batsmen, Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli, added 83 runs in 15 overs before the latter got out in the 22nd over . India captain MS Dhoni, promoting himself up the order, joined Gambhir and they both added 109 runs, an Indian record in a World Cup final . Gambhir got out for 97 runs in the 42nd over . India chased down the total and won the match by four wickets in the 49th over . Dhoni was declared the "man of the match" for scoring 91 runs while his compatriot Yuvraj Singh was awarded the "man of the series". </P> <P> The match was watched by about 42,000 spectators at the venue and about 135 million viewers on television in India . This was the second time in World Cup history that a host nation won the final and the first time to win on their home ground . </P>

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