Team India on Holi: When Team India came to play on Holi, defeated the same team twice in the World Cup.

New Delhi. Today the whole of India is immersed in the colors of Holi and cricket fans are in a frenzy about the ICC T20 World Cup. The first semi-final match of the tournament is to be played this evening. South Africa will clash with New Zealand at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Everyone will play Holi during the day and enjoy this explosive competition in the evening. Do you know that the Indian team has also played its matches in the World Cup. The amazing thing is that Team India faced the same team in two different tournaments. By winning the match, India gave an opportunity to the Indians to celebrate.

Well, every year around Holi, the players of the Indian team are busy in the Indian Premier League. This has happened twice with Team India, when the players had to play the match on the day of Holi. Incidentally, both these matches took place during the ICC World Cup. The amazing thing is that in both the matches played, the opposing team was West Indies.

2011 World Cup:

Under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India won the 2011 World Cup on the basis of Yuvraj Singh’s memorable all-round performance. India won the ODI World Cup for the second time by defeating Sri Lanka in the title match. During the tournament, India played a match against West Indies in Group B on 20 March, the day of Holi. The Indian team won this match by 80 runs. Batting first, India had scored 268 runs. In reply, West Indies team was limited to 188 runs. Yuvraj Singh first played an inning of 113 runs and then also took two wickets. He was chosen man of the match.

2015 world cup:

The 2015 World Cup was played hosted by Australia. On March 6, the day of Holi, the teams of India and West Indies came to play the Pool B match. This match was won by four wickets after 65 balls. Batting first, West Indies scored 182 runs, which Team India achieved by taking six wickets. Mohammed Shami, who took three wickets, was the man of the match.