March 30, 2011. As passion and excitement reached fever pitch and pressure suffocated the two teams, India overcame Pakistan at Mohali to proceed to the final of the 2011 World Cup. Arunabha Sengupta recounts the day of dropped catches and strange strategies.
March 30 2013, 7:58 pm
Read MoreApril 2, 2011. When MS Dhoni launched Nuwan Kulasekara over long-on, India triumphed in the World Cup after 28 years. Arunabha Sengupta relives the moments during the riveting final at the Wankhede Stadium.
April 2 2013, 5:44 pm
Read MoreBangladesh has home support, but lack consistency. Whatever they do, they will be the surprise package of this World Cup for sure, just like in 2007.
February 15 2013, 10:14 pm
Read MoreICC World Cup 2011 is just around the corner, and there is no shortage of debate about team’s composition, player profiles, probable winners, etc. I am looking at the Indian perspective and also the probability of India holding the World Cup 2011.
February 18 2013, 3:55 pm
Read MoreScenes of unbridled joy after the Indian cricket team's march to the 2011 World Cup title had been caricatured by a man named Shankar, who happens to be a Colonel, and, more importantly, a "good friend" of captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni who engineered the historic triumph.
February 8 2013, 9:07 pm
Read MoreWith the case of hundreds of unsold tickets of the World Cup final held at Mumbai on April 2, 2011 still a festering sore for its 330-odd clubs, Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) will write to them asking for inputs, if they have any, to solve the mystery.
March 6 2013, 8:37 pm
Read MoreJohn Davison, born May 9, 1970,is a former Canadian cricket captain and the man who broke the record for the fastest century scored in a World Cup. Jaideep Vaidya looks back at Davison’s career that spanned three World Cups.
May 9 2013, 5:09 pm
Read MoreDeceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev participated in a 2011 gruesome triple murder outside Boston along with a Chechen killed during a confrontation with law enforcement officers, according to media reports.
May 23 2013, 3:31 pm
Read MoreOn May 15, 1999, Hansie Cronje ran into the first of his many major troubles, when he plugged-in an earpiece, to receive instructions from coach Bob Woolmer, during South Africa’s first World Cup fixture against India. Karthik Parimal looks back at that incident and what followed thereafter.
May 15 2013, 1:16 pm
Read MoreIt has been a rocky passage for the Indian ship since the 2011 World Cup. There have been moments when they pulling off jaw-dropping triumphs, but some of the shocking defeats have taken the sheen off those moments and exposed the glaring chinks in the armour.
January 15 2013, 9:50 am
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