ON THIS DAY - Relive Iconic Moments From India's Triumphant 2011 ICC World Cup

India became the ODI World champions for the second time in their history and ended a 28 year wait for the trophy ON THIS DAY in 2011. Read below.

India won the ICC ODI Cricket World Cup in 2011, defeating Sri Lanka by six wickets

Zaheer Khan's underrated opening spell and overall spell, in which the Indian pacer recorded 3 maiden overs

Mahela Jayawardhane's precious 100 for Sri Lanka, which stunned the Wankhede crowd

'The God' Sachin Tendulkar departing back to pavilion after playing his last ever innings at a World Cup

Gautam Gambhir's iconic 97 guided India out of trouble

Vital 109-run partnership between Gambhir and Dhoni which tilted the match in India's favour

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's iconic unbeaten 91 that included the legendary six to Nuwan Kulusekara over the long-on region to finish the match in style

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar finally receiving his grand farewell from the World Cups, and this time.... as a winner (All Images Credit - Getty Images)