There is no doubt about the fact that April 2, 2011, is one of the most memorable days for every Indian cricket fan. It was the precious day on which the Men in Blue lifted the World Cup for the second time after a gap of 28 years by defeating Sri Lanka at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Mahela Jayawardene smacked a superlative century in the first innings and guided the Lankans to a competitive score. During the run chase, Team India lost the openers  Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag early. Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli guided them to safer shores, but Kohli was nipped out by Tillakaratne Dilshan.

MS Dhoni came out to bat at no.5, much to the surprise of the cricketing fraternity. Yuvraj Singh was in the form of his life and the demotion was hard to digest. However, Dhoni played a match-winning knock of 91* runs and also hit the winning shot off Nuwan Kulasekara to bring glory home.

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Recently, Virender Sehwag and the Master Blaster attended a chat show ‘What the Duck’ anchored by renowned comedian Vikram Sathaye. During the interaction, Sehwag revealed that Sachin suggested Dhoni’s promotion in the epic match. Remembering the memorable day, Viru said, “So, that was also suggested by him and this was the first time he directly passed a message to MS, otherwise it always went through Lala (himself) and the result is in front of you.”

Revealing the reasons behind taking the call, Sehwag said, “So, finally in between MS Dhoni came in and at that time Virat Kohli and Gautam were batting. So, he told MS, if righty gets out, then go for righty and lefty gets out, go for a lefty. After saying this, he went to the bathroom and then back out. And then Virat Kohli got out and in place of him, MS Dhoni went for the batting, that’s why Yuvraj Singh didn’t play on number 4 despite being in good form.”

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