There was blanket coverage across India’s news channels. Nothing else mattered. The newspapers dedicated page upon page to the historic win. “The World At Our Feet” was the headline on Sunday’s edition of Times of India.
“The wait has ended and a new legend has been born,” the newspaper said. “(India captain) Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his intrepid warriors now stand atop a pedestal hitherto occupied only Kapil’s Devils.”
Full results in the 2011 World Cup
FINAL April 2 At Mumbai Sri Lanka 274-6 (Mahela Jayawardene 103 not out, Kumar Sangakkara 48) v India 277-4 (Gautam Gambhir 97, Mahendra Singh Dhoni 91 not out) India won by six wickets.
SEMI-FINALS March 29 At Colombo New Zealand 217 (Scott Styris 57) v Sri Lanka 220-5 (Tillakaratne Dilshan 73, Kumar Sangakkara 54) Sri Lanka won by five wickets.
March 30 At Mohali India 260-9 (Sachin Tendulkar 85; Wahab Riaz 5-46) v Pakistan 231 (Misbah-ul-Haq 56, Mohammad Hafeez 43) India won by 29 runs.
QUARTER-FINALS March 23 At Dhaka West Indies 112 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul 44 not out; Shahid Afridi 4-30) v Pakistan 113-0 (Mohammad Hafeez 61 not out, Kamran Akmal 47 not out) Pakistan won by 10 wickets.
March 24 At Ahmedabad Australia 260 for 6 (Ricky Ponting 104, Brad Haddin 53) v India 261 for five (Yuvraj Singh 57 not out, Sachin Tendulkar 53, Gautam Gambhir 50) India won by five wickets.
March 25 At Dhaka New Zealand 221 for eight (Jesse Ryder 83, Ross Taylor 43) v South Africa 172 (Jacques Kallis 47; Jacob Oram 4-39) New Zealand won by 49 runs.
March 26 At Colombo England 229 for 6 (Jonathan Trott 86, Eoin Morgan 50) v Sri Lanka 231 for 0 (Tillakaratne Dilshan 108 not out, Upul Tharanga 102 not out) Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets.
GROUP STAGE Final standings (played, won, lost, tied, no result, points, net run rate; top four in each section qualified for quarter-finals) Group A Pakistan 6 5 1 0 0 10 +0.758 Sri Lanka 6 4 1 0 1 9 +2.582 Australia 6 4 1 0 1 9 +1.123 New Zealand 6 4 2 0 0 8 +1.135 Zimbabwe 6 2 4 0 0 4 +0.030 Canada 6 1 5 0 0 2 -1.987 Kenya 6 0 6 0 0 0 -3.042 Group B South Africa 6 5 1 0 0 10 +2.026 India 6 4 1 1 0 9 +0.900 England 6 3 2 1 0 7 +0.072 West Indies 6 3 3 0 0 6 +1.066 Bangladesh 6 3 3 0 0 6 -1.361 Ireland 6 2 4 0 0 4 -0.696 Netherlands 6 0 6 0 0 0 -2.045.
Feb 19 Group B At Dhaka India 370-4 (Virender Sehwag 175, Virat Kohli 100 not out) v Bangladesh 283-9 (Tamim Iqbal 70, Shakib Al Hasan 55; Munaf Patel 4-48).
India won by 87 runs.
Feb 20 Group A At Chennai Kenya 69 (Hamish Bennett 4-16) v New Zealand 72-0 New Zealand won by 10 wickets Group A At Hambantota Sri Lanka 332-7 (Mahela Jayawardene 100, Kumar Sangakkara 92, Tillakaratne Dilshan 50) v Canada 122 Sri Lanka won by 210 runs.
Feb 21 Group A At Ahmedabad Australia 262-6 (Shane Watson 79, Michael Clarke 58 not out) v Zimbabwe 171 (Mitchell Johnson 4-19) Australia won by 91 runs.
Feb 22 Group B At Nagpur Netherlands 292-6 (Ryan ten Doeschate 119) v England 296-4 (Andrew Strauss 88, Jonathan Trott 62) England won by six wickets.
Feb 23 Group A At Hambantota Pakistan 317-7 (Umar Akmal 71, Misbah-ul-Haq 65, Kamran Akmal 55, Younis Khan 50,) v Kenya 112 (Collins Obuya 47; Shahid Afridi 5-16) Pakistan won by 205 runs.
Feb 24 Group B At New Delhi West Indies 222 (Darren Bravo 73; Imran Tahir 4-41) v South Africa 223-3 (AB de Villiers 107 not out, Graeme Smith 45) South Africa won by seven wickets.
Feb 25 Group A At Nagpur New Zealand 206 (Nathan McCullum 52, Daniel Vettori 44; Mitchell Johnson 4-33) v Australia 207-3 (Shane Watson 62, Brad Haddin 55) Australia won by seven wickets Group B At Dhaka Bangladesh 205 (Tamim Iqbal 44; Andre Botha 3-32) v Ireland 178 (Niall O’Brien 38; Shafiul Islam 4-21) Bangladesh won by 27 runs.
Feb 26 Group A At Colombo Pakistan 277-7 (Misbah-ul-Haq 83 not out, Younis Khan c Jayawardene b Herath 72) v Sri Lanka 266-9 (Chamara Silva 57, Kumar Sangakkara 49, Tillakaratne Dilshan 41; Shahid Afridi 4-34) Pakistan won by 11 runs.
Feb 27 Group B At Bangalore India 338 (Sachin Tendulkar 120, Yuvraj Singh 58, Gautam Gambhir 51; Tim Bresnan 5-48) v England 338-8 (Andrew Strauss 158, Ian Bell 69) Match tied.
Feb 28 Group A At Nagpur Zimbabwe 298-9 (Tatendu Taibu 98, Craig Ervine 85; Balaji Rao 4-57) v Canada 123 all out in 42.1 overs Zimbabwe won by 175 runs Group B At New Delhi West Indies 330-8 (Chris Gayle 80, Kieron Pollard 60, Devon Smith 53) v Netherlands 115 (Tom Cooper 55; Kemar Roach 6-27) West Indies won by 215 runs March 1 Group A At Colombo Kenya 142 (Collins Obuya 52, David Obuya 51; Lasith Malinga 6-38) v Sri Lanka 146-1 (Upal Tharanga 67 not out, Tillakaratne Dilshan 44) Sri Lanka won by nine wickets.
March 2 Group B At Bangalore England 327-8 (Jonathan Trott 92, Ian Bell 81, Kevin Pietersen 59) v Ireland 329-7 (Kevin O’Brien 113, Alex Cusack 47) Ireland won by three wickets.
March 3 Group B At Mohali South Africa 351-5 (AB de Villiers 134, Hashim Amla 113) v Netherlands 120 South Africa won by 231 runs Group A At Colombo Pakistan 184 (Umar Akmal 48) v Canada 138 (Shahid Afridi 5-23) Pakistan won by 46 runs.
March 4 Group A At Ahmedabad Zimbabwe 162 v New Zealand 166-0 (Martin Guptill 86 not out, Brendon McCullum 76 not out) New Zealand won by 10 wickets Group B At Dhaka Bangladesh 58 (Sulieman Benn 4-18) v West Indies 59-1 West Indies won by nine wickets.
March 5 Group A At Colombo Sri Lanka 146-3 (Kumar Sangakkara 73 not out) v Australia Match abandoned due to rain. No result - one point each.
March 6 Group B At Chennai England 171 (Ravi Bopara 60, Jonathan Trott 52; Imran Tahir 4-38) v South Africa 165 (Hashim Amla 42; Stuart Broad 4-15) England won by six runs Group B At Bangalore Ireland 207 (William Porterfield 75; Yuvraj Singh 5-31) v India 210-5 (Yuvraj Singh 50 not out) India won by five wickets.
March 7 Group A At New Delhi Kenya 198 (Tanmay Mishra 51, Thomas Odoyo 51; Henry Osinde 4-26) v Canada 199-5 (Jimmy Hansra 70, Asish Bagai 64 not out) Canada won by five wickets.
March 8 Group A At Pallekele New Zealand 302-7 (Ross Taylor 131 not out, Martin Guptill 57) v Pakistan 192 (Abdul Razzaq 62) New Zealand won by 110 runs.
March 9 Group B At New Delhi Netherlands 189 v India 191-5 (Yuvraj Singh 51 not out) India won by five wickets.
March 10 Group A At Pallekele Sri Lanka 327-6 (Tillakaratne Dilshan 144, Upul Tharanga 133; Chris Mpofu 4-62) v Zimbabwe 188 (Brendan Taylor 80; Tillakaratne Dilshan 4-4) Sri Lanka won by 139 runs.
March 11 Group B At Mohali West Indies 275 (Devon Smith 107, Kieron Pollard 94) v Ireland 231 (Ed Joyce 84, Gary Wilson 61) West Indies won by 44 runs Group B At Chittagong England 225 (Jonathan Trott 67, Eoin Morgan 63) v Bangladesh 227-8 in 49 overs (Imrul Kayes 60) Bangladesh won by two wickets.
March 12 Group B At Nagpur India 296 (Sachin Tendulkar 111, Virender Sehwag 73, Gautam Gambhir 69; Dale Steyn 5-50) v South Africa 300-7 (Jacques Kallis 69, Hashim Amla 61, AB de Villiers 52) South Africa won by three wickets.
March 13 Group A At Mumbai New Zealand 358-6 (Brendon McCullum 101, Ross Taylor 74) v Canada 261-9 (Ashish Bagai 84, Jimmy Hansra 70 not out) New Zealand won by 97 runs Group A At Bangalore Australia 324-6 (Michael Clarke 93, Brad Haddin 65, Michael Hussey 54) v Kenya 264-6 (Collins Obuya 98 not out, Tanmay Mishra 72) Australia won by 60 runs.
March 14 Group B At Chittagong Netherlands 160 (Ryan ten Doeschate 53 not out) v Bangladesh 166 for 4 (Imrul Kayes 73 not out) Bangladesh won by six wickets Group A At Pallekele Zimbabwe 151 for 7 (Craig Ervine 52) v Pakistan 164 for 3 (Asad Shafiq 78 not out, Mohammad Hafeez 49) Pakistan won by seven wickets on D/L method.
March 15 Group B At Kolkata South Africa 272-7 (JP Duminy 99, Colin Ingram 46, Morne van Wyk 42) v Ireland 141 South Africa won by 131 runs March 16 Group A At Bangalore Canada 211 (Hiral Patel 54; Brett Lee 4-46) v Australia 212-3 (Shane Watson 94, Brad Haddin 88) Australia won by seven wickets.
March 17 Group B England 243 (Jonathan Trott 47, Luke Wright 44; Andre Russell 4-49) v West Indies 225 (Andre Russell 49, Chris Gayle 43, Darren Sammy 41; James Tredwell 4-48) England won by 18 runs.
March 18 Group B At Kolkata Netherlands 306 (Ryan ten Doeschate 106, Peter Borren 84, Wesley Barresi 44) v Ireland 307-4 (Paul Stirling 101, William Porterfield 68, Niall O’Brien 57 not out) Ireland won by six wickets Group A At Mumbai Sri Lanka 265-9 (Kumar Sangakkara 111, Mahela Jayawardene 66, Angelo Mathews 41 not out) v New Zealand 153 (Muttiah Muralitharan 4-25) Sri Lanka won by 112 runs.
March 19 Group B At Dhaka South Africa 284-8 (Jacques Kallis 69, Faf du Plessis 52, Hashim Amla 51) v Bangladesh 78 (Robin Peterson 4-12) South Africa won by 206 runs Group A At Colombo Australia 176 (Brad Haddin 42) v Pakistan 178-6 (Asad Shafiq 46, Umar Akmal 44 not out; Brett Lee 4-28) Pakistan won by four wickets.
March 20 Group A At Kolkata Zimbabwe 308-6 (Craig Ervine 66, Vusi Sibanda 61, Tatendu Taibu 53) v Kenya 147 (Nehemiah Odhiambo 44 not out) Zimbabwe won by 161 runs Group B At Chennai India 268 (Yuvraj Singh 113, Virat Kohli 59; Ravi Rampaul 5-51) v West Indies 188 (Devon Smith 81) India won by 80 runs.
