Yuvraj Singh hails MS Dhoni's 2011 World Cup final heroics for this reason

Yuvraj Singh has come forward and spoken about Mahendra Singh Dhoni's unbeaten 91-run kck during 2011 World Cup final against Sri Lanka at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Men In Blue's second World Cup triumph after a long wait of 28 years completed nine years on Thursday. 

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'He deserved something special': Yuvraj Singh

During a recent interview with a cricket news website, Yuvi said that he had charged into bathroom, knelt in front of commode and threw up for nth time on night of April 2, 2011, after which he had n settled down to watch former Indian skipper in action. southpaw n mentioned that throughout World Cup, MSD did t miss a single session of batting, a single practice session. 

Yuvraj, who was adjudged Player of Tournament of 2011 World Cup also added that Dhoni had t got runs till n but southpaw was sure that for all work wicket-keeper batsman had put, in he deserved something special.

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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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