India’s star of the 2011 World Cup triumph and Player of the tournament Yuvraj Singh, on the 10th anniversary of the finals’ win, said that winning the World Cup is eternal and nothing can replace it in his cricketing playing career.
In the World Cup, Yuvraj scored 362 runs and took 15 wickets. It was later revealed that Yuvraj Singh had played the tournament in immense pain after he was diagnosed with cancer.
"It is 10 years now when we won the last World Cup. Time has gone by so quickly. The whole team wanted to win the World Cup so badly especially for Sachin because we knew that it was his last WC so wanted to win the title in India which was never done before.
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It was really special for us, I can't put it in words because those emotions can't be expressed. There were a couple of great individual performances especially from MS Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir in the finals. Gambhir throughout the tournament. Virender Sehwag some great opening partnerships with Sachin. Sachin, obviously, great throughout the whole journey in the World Cup.
I think Zak (Zaheer Khan) took us 20 wickets and always got us breakthroughs. I also performed a bit in the WC," Yuvraj said in a video shared on his official Twitter handle.
"Winning a World Cup is a very special memory for any cricketer especially when you think at a young age that you want to play for India and then winning the World Cup is eternal, can't be bigger than that. Very emotional and a great day for us, 10 years of our anniversary. Obviously, I wanted to do this video with Sachin, Viru, Bhajji, and all my teammates but unfortunately Sachin, Yusuf, and Irfan everybody got tested positive for Covid-19.
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I wish them a great recovery soon. It was a great victory for us and a great memory and I don't think in my cricketing career anything can replace that. Hopefully, you all will remember that great day and I appreciate what we together achieve for our country. Live the memory forever, lots of love guys," the all-rounder added.
India had defeated Sri Lanka in the 2011 World Cup final by 6 wickets, as they chased down the 275-run target thanks to 97 from Gautam Gambhir and 91* from MS Dhoni. India became ODI world champs after 28 long years since Kapil Dev lifted the Prudential World Cup in England in 1983.
(ANI inputs)
