Sachin's unforgettable 2011 World Cup moments

Sachin Tendulkar talks to Clayton Murzello on his finest memories of the 2011 World Cup which MS Dhoni's team clinched on Saturday night

Unforgettable dressing room moment:
The moment the winning runs were scored, I jumped. Viru (Sehwag) who was next to me, jumped too. We were sitting in the dressing room and praying.

Unforgettable part of the celebrations:
When we got the trophy in our hands and the popping of champagne. Also, when the team lifted me with the tri-colour in my hand. That was the ultimate feeling.

Unforgettable innings that you played:
I was batting really well against South Africa, but in terms of importance, it's got to be the one against Pakistan.

Unforgettable innings from your teammates:
There were many! The one Viru played in the first game against Bangladesh, Yuvraj Singh played many, Suresh Raina, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli... all the guys chipped in.

Unforgettable bowling spell:
Zaheer Khan bowled some very important spells. In the semi-final, Ashish Nehra bowled well. Munaf got some important wickets too. Harbhajan Singh and R Ashwin bowled well too. Everyone has chipped in. That is why I call it a thorough team performance.

Everyone did their job and somewhere they made an impact.

Unforgettable captaincy move:
We set a 6-3 field against Pakistan at Mohali. Their opening batsman, Mohammad Hafeez tried to play a sweep shot off Munaf Patel and got caught behind. I thought that was the turning point of the match.

Unforgettable catch:
The one Viru caught off Shahid Afridi. The match was very much alive then because Misbah & Afridi were batting and we needed two-three big overs at that stage, so that was an important catch ” an easy one, but important.

Unforgettable tense moment:
There were many moments when we were really tense especially in the last three matches ” we knew there would be no second chance. There were many moments like that.

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Captain Ricky Ponting marked his return to form with a scintillating century as Australia posted a competitive 260 for six in their cricket World Cup quarter final clash against India here on Thursday.

The tally looks steep for India as Australia has quickly bundled off opener Virendra Sehwag for 15 runs. Sachin Tendulkar made a fighting 53 before nicking a delivery to Australian keeper Brian Haddin. The next to go was Virat Kohli who threw away his wicket by being caught to a full-toss delivery. He made 24 runs. Gautam Gambhir made 50 runs when the Indian side had garnered 167, only to commit suicide chasing a non-existent run. India's skipper MS Dhoni went next. He was out for 7 runs, caught by Clarke on a ball from Lee.

24 runs by Clarke on a ball from Hussey.

Opting to bat first, Ponting notched up his 30th ODI century and his 5th in the World Cup to not only silence his detractors but also guide Australia to a decent total on a rather slow and turning track at the Sardar Patel stadium.

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NEW DELHI: Chasing 269, West Indies lost opener Kirk Edwards after he was trapped in front by off-spinner R Ashwin in the World Cup Group B match at the MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai.

Suresh Raina accounted Darren Bravo's dismissal to break the crucial partnership between Bravo and Devon Smith.

Opener Devon Smith, who slammed his second fifty in the 2011 World Cup, kept the scoreboard ticking alongwith Darren Bravo as the duo added 57 runs for the second wicket after losing Edwards early.

Earlier, Yuvraj Singh's maiden World Cup century was the cornerstone of India's 268 all out against the West Indies but the host nation lost their last six wickets for just 36 runs.

Fast bowler Ravi Rampaul marked his World Cup debut with a career-best five for 51 which surpassed his 4-37 against India in Kingston in June 2009 -- the last time the West Indies beat a leading nation in a one-day international.

Yuvraj, who had already scored three fifties this tournament, made 113 to help revive a 38,000 capacity Chidambaram Stadium crowd stunned into silence by the early loss of Sachin Tendulkar.

Left-hander Yuvraj and Virat Kohli (59) shared a third-wicket stand of 122 after India were reduced to 51 for two following an early double strike by Rampaul, in for Kemar Roach, which included the prize scalp of Tendulkar.

India had already booked their place in the quarterfinals and many fans at the Chidambaram Stadium had hoped to witness cricket history by seeing Tendulkar score his 100th international century.

But Rampaul had Tendulkar, undone by a lifting delivery, caught behind for just two off the last ball of the first over.

Australian umpire Steve Davis rejected Rampaul's raucous appeal but a sporting Tendulkar walked off anyway.

Yuvraj was dropped twice by West Indies captain Darren Sammy -- once on nine at backward point and on 13 when the medium-pacer failed to hold an equally difficult return chance.

He piled on the agony for Sammy by striking him for two sixes.

Kohli offered sound support before he was bowled aiming across the line by Rampaul.

Yuvraj went to 96 by sweeping leg-spinner Davendra Bishoo for a boundary before a single off Kieron Pollard saw him to his hundred.

He was out caught and bowled by Pollard just before India were obliged to take the batting powerplay in the 45th over.

This again caused problems for India, with four wickets falling for 28 runs.

Victory for India would see them play champions Australia in the last eight while defeat would pit them against fellow hosts Sri Lanka.

If the West Indies win they will play Australia but a loss, assuming it were not by a colossal margin, would lead to a quarterfinal with Pakistan.

World Cup: India-England thriller ends in a tie

BANGALORE: This was a game both India and England deserved to lose but in the end it was a tie. If the Indians seemed listless while defending a more than healthy 338, the English after being in a position to spoil the Indian party on a pitch on which the expected demons did not surface, suddenly seemed to have invoked the devil himself. In the end what transpired was the fourth ever tie in the history of the World Cup.

The match swayed like a pendulum. The Indian total of 338, set up by a record fifth World Cup ton from Sachin Tendulkar, looked good enough at the break, more so as the hosts had gone in with two spinners. England captain Andrew Strauss had different ideas as he set about all but obfuscating Tendulkar's knock with his maiden World Cup ton.

Then came the batting Powerplay. Suddenly from an impregnable 280/2 from 43 overs, when Strauss (158, 145b, 18x4, 1x6) and Bell (69, 71b, 4x4, 1x6) were going strong with a 170-run stand off 156 balls, things turned upside down. Zaheer Khan, hit around in his first two spells and held back by Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the Powerplay, got two in two, sending back Bell and Strauss to open up the game again.

Suddenly the Indians were pumped up, as the English middle and late order collapsed. But then two sixes, one each by Graeme Swann and Tim Bresnan, both off Piyush Chawla's final over, the penultimate one of the innings, again changed the game. Fifteen had come from that over leaving 14 required from the last to be bowled by Munaf Patel. With number 10 Ajmal Shazad on strike, the match looked to be in India's grasp, but the drama wasn't over by any means. A solid six and some hurriedly run singles brought the equation to two runs off the ball. They got one and the Bangalore crowd, some of whom had left early seeing India's chances all but gone, got what they expected least. A tie!

Before that, the Indians had got most things right. Having decided to play with two spinners in Harbhajan Singh and Chawla, it was important that Dhoni won the toss and allowed his spinners the second use of the pitch. That part went along the script as did the batting, with the top-order firing for the second match in succession. It was even better that the middle-order too got a chance to show their wares and they didn't do too badly either.

Only Tim Bresnan stood up and got noticed among English bowlers. Having dismissed the fortuitous as well as dangerous-looking Sehwag off his fifth ball, Bresnan came back at the death, to keep the Indians from running away to a total in excess of 350. His final analysis of 10-1-48-5 was true reflection of his showing on the afternoon.

No other English bowler went under five an over, with James Anderson in real danger of going for twice that. Every Indian batsman got stuck into him. Tendulkar and Gambhir used his wayward line and length to full effect. That Tendulkar (120, 115b, 10x4, 5x6) picked boundaries even off his better deliveries, ensured that it was not to be Anderson's day.

Once Sehwag (35, 26b, 6x4) had gone, poking at Bresnan for wicketkeeper Matt Prior to bring off a fine one-handed catch diving to his right, the right-left pair of Tendulkar and Gambhir (51, 61b, 5x4) took charge. Without looking in any sort of hurry, the master-blaster milked the bowlers before assaulting them.

The innings wasn't just about Tendulkar and Gambhir though, even if their 134-run second wicket stand set it up. There was also Yuvraj Singh, rightly promoted ahead of Kohli seeing that it was the 30th over, and Dhoni, whose 25-ball 31 went almost unnoticed. Yuvraj (58, 50b, 9x4) wasn't at his fluent best but who knows this knock could well be the launching pad for more to come.