World Cup 2011: ‘Veeru’ was the most different, five times he hit a four on the first ball and twice on the third ball

New Delhi. World Cup 2011: The ICC Cricket World Cup-2023 will be held in India this time in the month of October-November. As soon as the World Cup starts, the eyes of cricket lovers all over the world will be focused on the performance and results of this big tournament and there will be discussion of fours and sixes everywhere. Talking about India, in the year 2011, in the World Cup jointly hosted by India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men achieved the distinction of becoming champions.

The Indian team then defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in the final at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and repeated the achievement of Kapil Dev’s team in 1983 after 28 years. Since the World Cup-2023 matches will be held in India this time, In such a situation, the fans are once again expecting the winning trophy from the team. If India becomes the World Cup champion, then after 10 years, it will capture any ICC trophy and this victory will act as a healer for the pain of the defeat in the WTC final.

The Indian team performed brilliantly in the World Cup 2011. During the group matches, he had to face defeat only from South Africa while the team’s match against England was tied. Giving a start to Team India in a special style in the tournament, explosive batsman Virender Sehwag hit a four on the very first ball of the innings against five teams. Not only this, he was successful in hitting a four on the third ball of the innings against two teams.

Let’s look at those matches in which Veeru hit a four on the very first ball.

India vs Bangladesh: Sehwag hit Shafiul Islam’s ball for a four over the covers. In this match, he played an innings of 175 runs and was the man of the match.
India vs England: Jimmy Anderson’s ball took the edge of Viru’s bat and came out of the slip area where Graeme Swann dropped the catch. The ball went outside the boundary for a four. Sehwag scored 35 runs in this tied match.
India vs Ireland : It was the third match of the Indian team. Sehwag collected a four while hitting the first ball of the innings bowled by Boyd Renikan in the cover area. In the match, the Indian team won by 5 wickets.
India vs Netherlands: Mudassar Bukhari of the Netherlands opened the bowling, his short of length ball was lifted by Sehwag in the square leg region and hit the ball out of the boundary for a four. Like Ireland, India also won this match by five wickets.
India vs South Africa: In this match played in Nagpur, Sehwag sent the very first ball of Dale Steyn out of the boundary for fours over mid-on. In this way, he was successful in hitting the very first ball of the Indian innings for a four in five consecutive matches. In this match, the Indian team had to face a three-wicket defeat.

Did not play in match against West Indies
In the tournament, the Indian team played its sixth match against the West Indies in which Sehwag was not in the playing XI. By the way, India won this match by 80 runs. The Indian team faced Australia in the quarter-finals and Pakistan in the semi-finals. In both these matches, Sehwag did not hit the first ball but hit the third ball of the innings for a four. He hit a four on the third ball of Brett Lee, who bowled the first over from Australia, and Umar Gul, who bowled the first over from Pakistan. India reached the semi-finals after defeating Australia by 5 wickets and defeated Pakistan by 29 runs in the final. The final match was disappointing for Sehwag. He could not even open the account and on the second ball of the innings (bowler-Lashit Malinga) was lbw.

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