Former India batter Suresh Raina recently shared his views on MS Dhoni’s 2011 World Cup-winning six. During a recent interview, journalist Shubhankar Mishra said that a few players of the squad have made statements about
the particular six as well.

Reacting to the ‘Ek chakke ne jitya ya nahi jitya (did India win because of one six or not)’ question, Raina said: “After winning the World Cup, we, as fans, have heard about a rivalry within the team. A lot of statements came. It continues till today. I have seen people ask you in interviews that ek chakke ne jitya ya nahi jitya. “Chakke ne to jitya hai, sab ko pata hai woh. (We won after that six, everyone knows that)”

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“The Indian team won the World Cup, irrespective of what anyone says. All the players know that this World Cup was for Team India, for the ones who prayed for us, and for Sachin paaji, who has played six World Cups but not won even one. It was for our coach, the support staff, Manek Kaka (masseur), trainers, doctors, captain, vice-captain, and for our childhood coaches,” he added.

However, Suresh Raina reiterated that Yuvraj Singh’s all-round heroics throughout the 2011 World Cup were important in the team’s victory. He said how Yuvraj contributed in all three departments.

“The whole tournament was good, but I think we won the tournament because of Yuvraj Singh. The way he batted, the way he fielded and the way he gave a lot of breakthroughs. Later, we came to know that he had cancer. Hats off to the guy; he became the Man of the Tournament as well. It is like this (being underrated) in the middle overs, unless you hit a century or a fifty. But I was very thankful to Sachin Paaji for speaking to Mahi bhai. Mahi bhai told me that I was playing in the quarter-final. The match against Australia was a very important one because they had already won for so many years,” Suresh Raina concluded.