Wankhede Stadium has been converted into a memorial!?
The mumbai cricket Board has made a memorial at the site of Dhoni's six in the 2011 world cup final. The 13th cricket world cup series has started in india and is going on in full swing. Be it t20 world cup, IPL or Test Championship, this series is considered to be the most important to decide the champion of world cricket. After winning the world cup in 2011, india is struggling to win the World Cup. This season is definitely expected to win the world cup and create history. On april 2, 2011, india and sri lanka met in the final. The match was played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. In this, the Sri Lankan team scored 274 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. In this, Mahila Jayawardene scored 103 runs and remained unbeaten till the end. After that, Sehwag (0), Sachin (18), Gambhir (97) and virat kohli (35) were dismissed for the indian team. After that dhoni and yuvraj singh combined to lead the indian team to victory. Dhoni's six in the 48.2nd over gave india the win. In this match, the indian team led by dhoni won the world cup by 6 wickets and created a new historical record.
Dhoni also became the first player in world cup history to finish with a six. In this case, the six that dhoni hit in the world cup final has been named after his name. Especially the seats J 282 to J 286 where Dhoni's name is permanently engraved have been made a memorial so that no other fan will ever sit there.Those 6 seats have been removed and a memorial has been erected there. He started the work for this during the IPL series. Now the work has been completed and the memorial is ready. It is to be noted that the 20th league match of the world cup between england and south africa is going to take place at Wankhede Stadium in mumbai on 21st today.
Dhoni also became the first player in world cup history to finish with a six. In this case, the six that dhoni hit in the world cup final has been named after his name. Especially the seats J 282 to J 286 where Dhoni's name is permanently engraved have been made a memorial so that no other fan will ever sit there.Those 6 seats have been removed and a memorial has been erected there. He started the work for this during the IPL series. Now the work has been completed and the memorial is ready. It is to be noted that the 20th league match of the world cup between england and south africa is going to take place at Wankhede Stadium in mumbai on 21st today.