First time after 'that night'
Updated On: 01 November, 2023 07:22 AM IST | Mumbai | R Kaushik
As India prepare to lock horns with Sri Lanka at Wankhede on Thursday, mid-day recalls their famous World Cup final at the same venue 12 years ago when Dhoni & Co became champions
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Team India celebrate with the trophy after their win over Sri Lanka in the World Cup final at the Wankhede Stadium on April 2, 2011. Pic/Atul Kamble
When Rohit Sharma and Kusal Mendis walk out for the toss on Thursday at the Wankhede Stadium, it will be 12 years and seven months to the day since Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kumar Sangakkara had done likewise at the same venue, at the 2011 World Cup final. Interestingly, that is the last time India and Sri Lanka met at Wankhede in ODIs.
That toss had to be gone through twice, confusion surrounding the outcome after the Indian captain had spun the coin the first time. Sangakkara won the re-toss, but it was India who won what mattered the most—the title. That remains India’s last World Cup crown; in the intervening period, they have lifted just one global title, the Champions Trophy in England in 2013.
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