India’s cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni poses with the ICC Cricket World Cup trophy near the Gateway of India during a photo call at the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai on April 3, 2011. India won the Cricket World Cup for the first time since 1983 with a six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka on […]

While nothing beats winning a world cup, India probably accomplished all that it wanted to in this particular edition. First, it beat all its cricketing neighbours with whom it shares a love-hate relationship: Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh. More satisfying was the fact that Pakistan was beaten in front of its Prime Minister Yousaf Gillani. […]