Yuvraj Singh, who performed brilliantly with the bat and ball, was adjudged the 2011 World Cup Player of the Tournament while Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was named Man of the Match of the final against Sri Lanka.
Yuvraj was the unanimous choice of a select group of experts following his sensational form that helped guide his side to the title. The 29-year-old scored a total of 362 runs at an average of 86.19 in eight innings. Along the way, he also won four Man of the Match awards.
He also took 15 wickets at an average of 25.13 and an economy-rate of 5.02 with his more-than-useful slow left-arm bowling.
Sri Lanka’s inspirational captain Kumar Sangakkara, joint-top wicket-takers Shahid Afridi of Pakistan and Zaheer Khan of India, as well as leading run-scorer Tillakaratne M. Dilshan and Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka, and AB de Villiers of South Africa were in also in contention for the award.
During India’s World Cup title victory at Lord’s 28 years ago, Mohinder Amarnath won the Man of the Match in the final against West Indies. He scored a crucial 26 in the low-scoring match and then took 3-12.
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