The Indian cricket team is two times World Champions.
India has won the One Day International World Cup twice, in 1983 and 2011, respectively. In the competition’s opening edition in 2007, they won their sole T20I World Cup. Since the distance spanned 28 long years between the two ODI World Cup victories, no Indian cricketer has had the experience as a player of winning multiple ODI World Cups.
Most Indian cricket players have had the honor of being part of the ODI World Cup-winning cricket team, such as Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, and Virender Sehwag.
Here are the players who are part of 2007 as well as 2011 world cup wins.
1) Mahendra Singh Dhoni – Cool MSD
Dhoni is considered one of the most successful captains of the Indian cricket team. Dhoni is the only captain in the history of Cricket to win all ICC trophies. It was under his captaincy that India won two World Cups — the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 and the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Dhoni has played 350 ODIs in which he has scored 10,773 runs at an average of 50.57. Dhoni, formerly known as ‘captain cool’ during his captaincy days, has also played 98 T20Is for India in which he has scored 1,617 runs at an average of 37.60.
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2) Yuvraj Singh – Sixer King
Yuvraj Singh is one of the most prolific Indian cricketers, who have made a glorious contribution to Indian cricket, whether we talk about batting, bowling, or fielding.
In both the 2007 T20I and 2011 ODI World Cups, Yuvraj Singh was India’s biggest star. His fabulous all-around results were successful in making sure both the trophies were lifted by India.“I was extremely lucky to play 400 games for India. I could have never imagined it when I first started playing cricket,” Singh said.
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3) Gautam Gambhir – Star Performer
In both the World Cup finals, Gautam Gambhir was India’s star with the bat. In both of the finals, he was the top scorer for India. In the two tournaments, Gambhir’s match-winning performances with the bat were crucial in ensuring India’s triumphs.
Gambhir opened the innings in the 2007 T20I World Cup final against Pakistan and played a game-winning knock of 75 runs off 54 balls, which helped to set what turned out to be a team-winning total. The Delhi player ensured India had points on the board to put up a fight before he was dismissed in the 18th over.
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4) Harbhajan Singh – off-spinner
In both the 2007 T20I and 2011 ODI World Cup Finals, Harbhajan Singh, the off-spinner from Punjab, was India’s sole spinner. In both games, while a lot was anticipated from Singh. During the 2007 Cricket World Cup, Harbhajan started as India’s first spinner and played in their first match against Bangladesh.
The 2006-07 season began in Malaysia with the DLF Cup, where Harbhajan made a strong start to the season, taking six wickets in four games at 19.16 at an economic rate of 3.59.[37] He was a match man against the West Indies
5) S. Sreesanth – Catch of the Match
Sreesanth played pretty well with the ball in the 2007 T20I World Cup final against Pakistan, conceding 44 runs in his 4 overs and taking a solitary wicket. However, when he took Misbah-ul-catch Haq’s in the final over bowled by Joginder Sharma, which secured India’s victory, his most memorable moment in the match came.
Honorable mention:
Here are some players in the list of 2007 as well as 2011 world cup wins that were in the discussion and warrant honorable mention status:
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