Team work and good leadership were the two key factors that led India to world cup victory. The Indian team gelled well on the ground and the players supported each other well to win the final of the ICC 2011 World Cup help in Wankhede stadium.
THE VICTORY for India in the world cup 2011 is praiseworthy on many fronts. The key indicators of this vistory have been – first of all it showed what true leadership is all about; second - efforts put in good fielding inspired players to do even better; third – while batting, the players did not put pressure on the middle order by avoiding wasting deliveries and rather taking singles and doubles at almost every ball to keep the run rate going.
Team efforts got a good solid push in more than one match for India reaching the final and winning the cup. People who had witnessed India’s 1983 cricket world cup victory would remember the way the then captain Kapil Dev proved to be a good leader and also made a great contribution as a great all-round player (excelling in batting, bowling and and fielding). Similarly, the present cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni excelled both in wicket keeping as well as batting especially in the final and he rightly earned the man of the match award.
In 1983, radio was the medium through which the proceedings of the final world cup match was followed and after the victory there were all-night celebrations in many parts of India. Similar scenes were took place after the 2011 victory - all of which goes to prove that sports-loving people will always cherish the moments whenever the players perform to their best. It would do our country more good if other sports such as hockey, soccer, and basketball, etc., also receive the same kind of attention as the game of cricket is getting at the moment.