M S Dhoni's 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup-Winning Bat on Display

 

Days before India play Australia in a World Cup semi-final at Sydney, the iconic bat of Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni with which he hit the winning six in the 2011 World Cup final has been put on display at Bengali Market in New Delhi

The bat entered the Guinness World Records and the Limca Book of Records after it was sold for 100,000 pounds on July 18, 2011. The current market value of the willow is estimated at Rs. 1 crore.

The bat was bought by Amit Bhagchandka, chief executive officer (CEO) of RK Global, a financial broking firm. M S Dhoni then autographed the bat.

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In the 2011 Cup final, Dhoni smashed the ball for a six over long on off Sri Lankan pacer Nuwan Kulasekara to win the mega event for India after 28 long years.M S Dhoni scored 91 Runs

Kapil Dev had raised India's maiden Cup aloft at Lord's Cricket Ground in 1983.

  

M S is the only captain who has won all the three major ICC events: World Cup, Champions Trophy and World T20.

M S Dhoni is also the only player to be awarded the ICC ODI Player of the Year - in 2008 and 2009.

Honoured with Padma Shri, Dhoni has thus far played 261 ODI matches, scoring 8,434 runs with nine centuries and 57 half-centuries. He has caught behind the wicket 244 catches and has stumped 85 batsmen.