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'Brother, Legend, Best Coach': Yuvraj, Harbhajan, Raina Extend Their Tributes To Former Coach Gary Kirsten On His 53rd B'Day

Gary Kirsten Turns 53: Gary Kirsten is celebrating his 53rd birthday today. On this occasion, cricketers like Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh have tweeted and congratulated him. Yuvraj has also called him the best coach of his career through his tweet.

Former South African veteran batsman Gary Kirsten has been Indian cricket team's most successful coach. Team India won the 2011 World Cup under the supervision and mentorship of Gary Kirsten. Kristen was selected as the head coach of team India in 2007, and he remained at his position until 2011. In his term of four years, India achieved immense success in cricket. Under his coaching, India also became the No. 1 team in the Test rankings.

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Former Team Indian Cricketers Congratulate Gary Kirsten on his 53rd birthday

Gary Kirsten is celebrating his 53rd birthday today. On this occasion, cricketers like Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh have tweeted and congratulated him. Yuvraj has also called him the best coach of his career through his tweet.

Gary Kirsten has also been a successful South African player. He has scored 7289 runs in 101 Tests for South Africa at an impressive average of 45.3. At the same time, in his 185 ODIs, he has scored 6798 runs with a spectacular average of 41.

Here are some congratulatory messages on Gary Kirsten's birthday

India Beat Sri Lanka To Lift The 2011 World Cup Trophy

In the final, India defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets to win the 2011 World Cup. Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir played memorable innings in the final. Team India scored 277 runs in 48.2 overs to get a six-wicket win over Sri Lanka to lift World Cup title after a gap of 28 years.

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For India, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni played an unbeaten innings of 91 runs while Gautam Gambhir scored a brilliant 97. With this, Dhoni became the only captain from India who managed to win the ODI World Cup along with Twenty20 World Cup. In Dhoni's captaincy, Team India achieved number one rank in Test format as well.

Ind vs SL, 2011 World Cup: Playing XI of both teams

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Sreesanth, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Virat Kohli and Munaf Patel.

Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara (captain, wicketkeeper), Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chamara Kapugadera, Nuan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Muthaya Muralidharan, Thisara Perera, Tilan Samaraweera, Suraj Randiv and Upul Tharanga.

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