{"id":580755,"date":"2026-04-02T13:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/580755\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:05:09","slug":"india-at-2011-world-cup-quiz-who-played-only-in-indias-first-game-and-the-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/580755\/","title":{"rendered":"India At 2011 World Cup Quiz: Who Played Only In India\u2019s First Game And The Final?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200px\" height=\"675px\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HMhHTLcfbQ.jpg\"  alt=\"\" importance=\"low\" class=\"lazy\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"drop-cap-intro\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/quizzes\/play-and-win\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">quiz<\/a>\u00a0will test your knowledge on India\u2019s triumphant 2011 World Cup campaign.<\/p>\n<p>In 2011, a 28-year wait ended for the Indian fans when their team won their second ODI World Cup. When MS Dhoni hit the winning six at the Wankhede Stadium, India also became the second team to win a World Cup final on home turf. The fact that it came after the depressing low of a first-round exit in 2007 made the triumph even more special.<\/p>\n<p>Quiz! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/quizzes\/play-and-win\/quiz-the-venues-of-sachin-tendulkars-51-test-hundreds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The venues of Sachin Tendulkar\u2019s 51 Test hundreds<\/a><\/p>\n<p>India began their campaign against co-hosts Bangladesh in Mirpur. In the league stage, they tied with England and lost to South Africa, but they won the other games without breaking a sweat to qualify for the quarter-finals. There, they beat three-time defending champions Australia, and followed that with triumphs over Pakistan and Sri Lanka to lift the trophy. Since they also beat the West Indies, they ended up winning against every former world champion in the same edition.<\/p>\n<p>Also try: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/quizzes\/play-and-win\/the-most-spectacular-cricket-quiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The most \u2018spectacular\u2019 cricket quiz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Take our quiz and find out how well you remember one of India\u2019s greatest campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/quizzes\/play-and-win\/quiz-from-dhonis-revenge-act-to-gilchrists-tweet-how-well-do-you-know-these-stumping-dismissals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">From Dhoni\u2019s revenge act to Gilchrist\u2019s tweet, how well do you know these stumping dismissals?<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Quiz! How well do you know India&#8217;s journey in the 2011 World Cup? <\/p>\n<p>Please refresh the page if the quiz does not load properly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This quiz\u00a0will test your knowledge on India\u2019s triumphant 2011 World Cup campaign. In 2011, a 28-year wait ended&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":580756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-580755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}