Winning World Cup is eternal, nothing can replace that: Yuvraj on 10th anniv

Former India allrounder and Player of the Tournament of the 2011 World Cup Yuvraj Singh on Friday said that winning the World Cup is eternal and nothing can replace it in his cricketing playing careerYuvraj shared a montage of 2011 World Cup memories and his thoughts on the titlewinning journey in a Twitter videoIn the World Cup Yuvraj scored 362 runs and took 15 wickets After the tournament Yuvraj was diagnosed with cancer and it was revealed that the southpaw had played the tournament in immense painIt is 10 years now when we won the last World Cup Time has gone by so quickly The whole team wanted to win the World Cup so badly especially for Sachin because we knew that it was his last WC so wanted to win the title in India which was never done before It was really special for us I cant put it in words because those emotions cant be expressed There were a couple of great individual performances especially from MS Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir in the finals Gambhir throughout the tournament Virender Sehwag some great opening partnerships with Sachin Sachin obviously great throughout the whole journey in the World Cup I think Zak Zaheer Khan took us 20 wickets and always got us breakthroughs I also performed a bit in the WC Yuvraj said in a video shared on his official Twitter handleWinning a World Cup is a very special memory for any cricketer especially when you think at a young age that you want to play for India and then winning the World Cup is eternal cant be bigger than that Very emotional and a great day for us 10 years of our anniversary Obviously I wanted to do this video with Sachin Viru Bhajji and with all my teammates but unfortunately Sachin Yusuf and Irfan everybody got tested positive for Covid19 I wish them a great recovery soon It was a great victory for us and a great memory and I dont think in my cricketing career anything can replace that Hopefully you all will remember that great day and I appreciate what we together achieve for our country Live the memory forever lots of love guys the allrounder addedIndia defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in the summit clash played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai The Men in Blue chased down the 274run target riding on brilliant innings of 97 and 91 from Gautam Gambhir and skipper MS Dhoni respectivelyTendulkar known as the God of Cricket had waited 22 years for lifting the trophy and on April 2 2011 his dream finally came true at his home ground India had won its first World Cup under Kapil Devs leadership in 1983 and they were not able to lay their hands on the coveted trophy until 2011Under Dhonis captaincy India lost just one match in the showpiece event against South Africa India defeated archrivals Pakistan in the semifinal to set up a blockbuster finale with Sri Lanka At the final the Wankhede looked like a sea of blue with Indian fans filling up each and every seat of the iconic stadium The rest of the Indians were glued to their TV screens to witness the mega clashThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever