Indian needed 4 runs from the last 11 balls when Dhoni hit a six to win the match and end a 28 year wait for a second World Cup becoming the only third team after West Indies and Australia to win more than 1 World Cup. In the end India scored 277 for 4 wickets and won the match with 10 balls to spare.
India started off badly losing Virendra Sehwag for a nought on the second ball of the innings with no runs on the board, Sachin soon departed on 18 runs leaving India at 31-2. Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli led the fightback and further by Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh.
Earlier in the day, Sri Lanka made a slow start but finished with a flourish boosted by a century by Mahela Jayawardena who was 103 not out from 88 balls, helped by the captain Kumar Sangakkara and Kulasekara who made 48 and 32 runs respectively.
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