MS Dhoni shared an anecdote from India’s historic World Cup win in 2011, revealing that he became ’emotionally high’ when people started singing ‘Vande Mataram’,15-20 minutes before the winning moment
Sunday, April 2 marked the 12th anniversary of India’s celebrated victory in the 2011 World Cup
Dhoni played a crucial part in leading the team to triumph, ending the wait of 28 long years
The best feeling was 15-20 minutes (before the winning moment). We didn’t need a lot of runs, the partnership was well-placed, there was a lot of dew. And the stadium started to sing Vande Mataram, he said
"That atmosphere I feel is very difficult to recreate – maybe in this (upcoming 2023) World Cup, there is a similar scenario, once the stadium, the fans start contributing,” Dhoni was quoted as saying by ICC
It’s a very difficult (atmosphere) one to replicate. But it can only be replicated if the occasion is similar to that (in 2011) and there are like 40, 50 or 60,000 people who are singing
The day of the 2011 World Cup victory was also a momentous occasion for the Indian cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar, who had been striving for more than 20 years to lift the coveted trophy
Dhoni revealed there were times when he wondered if Tendulkar would claim that elusive prize