It was Sachin! Tendulkar reveals it was he who prompted MS Dhoni's WC2011 batting switch

In a significant revelation, Indian cricket great Sachin Tendulkar revealed that it was he who had suggested to MS Dhoni to promote himself up order, in 2011 World Cup final.  It was a move that turned out to play a pivotal role in India winning match. Dhoni got stuck in and was later joined by Yuvraj after Gambhir got out three runs short of a century. pair put up an unbeaten 54-run stand with Dhoni slamming 91 off 79 balls. He ended match with w-iconic six over long-on.

Speaking to a leading news daily, Tendulkar recalled historic moment alongside his batting partner Virender Sehwag and stated that with Gautam Gambhir's brilliant batting, someone like Dhoni could have played role on an anchor by rotating strike.

Furrmore, Master Blaster stated that he had asked Sehwag to just go out into balcony between overs to convey this mess to MS Dhoni and come back fast before next over begins.

Gautam Gambhir had scored a brilliant 97 run kck, as he was joined by Dhoni after Kohli was sent packing. Meanwhile, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been on a sabbatical ever since Team India's heartbreaking 2019 World Cup semi-final loss at hands of New Zealand in July last year. 

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'An emotional win for entire nation': Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar came forward and revealed what made India's 2011 World Cup triumph more special. It so happened that Laureus of which Master Blaster is a member had posted a very emotional im of Little Master hugging star all-rounder, Yuvraj Singh, after Team India's world title triumph on April 2, 2011. Laureus also mentioned that it was a little throwback to put a smile on faces of all ir Indian followers.

After having gone through post, cricketing legend himself took to micro-blogging site and wrote that it was truly an emotional win for entire nation, t just Indian cricket team which he was a proud member of. 

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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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