Mumbai, Feb. 7 -- Second ball of the 49th over in the final of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup between India and Sri Lanka. MS Dhoni is at the striker's end when Nuwan Kulasekara begins his runup.

India need four runs off 11 deliveries.

Right-handed Kulasakera bowls a full-length delivery, and Dhoni hits his trademark helicopter shot. And before the ball crosses the boundary rope, Ravi Shastri, who was commentating, had already announced, "Dhoni finishes off in style."

Dhoni twirled the bat as he watched the white ball sail into the stands over long-on. There were celebrations everywhere after that as India had lifted the World Cup after 28 years, that too at home. Moreover, this they did at the country's cricket capital, the Wankhede S...