Paddy Upton reveals Sachin Tendulkar's important contribution in India's 2011 WC win

Paddy Upton has revealed Sachin Tendulkar's important contribution in Team India's historic 2011 World Cup triumph. Men In Blue led by charismatic Mahendra Singh Dhoni beat Sri Lanka by six wickets at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium to win ir second World Cup after a long wait of 28 years. By virtue of this win, India also became first team to win coveted trophy on home soil.

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'Tendulkar was a rock of stability': Sachin Tendulkar

During an interview, Team India's Strength & Conditioning coach during 2011 World Cup said that Tendulkar was a rock of stability, a wealth of experience and information, and an inspiration. Upton said that Master Blaster was great over World Cup 2011 especially with younger players as he helped m to learn from both his success and errors, rar than m having to make and learn from ir own errors. mental health trainer also mentioned that Little Master also served as a source of inspiration to many players.

At same time, former Rajasthan Royals, as well as Delhi Daredevils head coach, also went on to add that for many in that team, personal goal was to win World Cup and hour cricketing legend who was an icon as well as a role model for m. He furr added that those players wanted to add that coveted trophy to Sachin's list of achievements as it was one thing that batting maestro had t achieved or been a part of in his illustrious cricketing career.

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2011 World Cup final

Sri Lanka who were playing in ir second straight World Cup final had posted a stiff total of 274/6 in ir 50 overs. In reply, India got off to a horrendous start after big-hitter Virender Sehwag was dismissed for a second-ball duck by Lasith Malinga. Men In Blue were in a spot of bor after Sachin Tendulkar's dismissal as scorecard read 31/2. Gambhir n took charge of scoring runs and was ably supported by a young Virat Kohli (35) as duo added 83 runs for third wicket stand.

After Kohli's dismissal, in a rar surprising move, MS Dhoni came out at number four ahead of an in-form Yuvraj Singh. two were n involved in a 109-run fourth-wicket stand. Gautam Gambhir was castled by Thisara Perera for a 122-ball 97. However, it did t matter as match was in India's grasp by n and MS Dhoni finished it in style by dispatching Nuwan Kulasekara into stands as India won ir second World Cup after a long wait of 28 years.

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