Four similarities between India's World Cup 2011 and 20-20 World Cup 2022 Campaigns

Before the 20-20 World Cup 2022 began, former Indian captain MS Dhoni re-launched a biscuit brand saying that the brand was first launched in India in 2011 when India won the ODI World Cup. Dhoni also said that the entire nation needs to bring back 2011 to help India win the World Cup this year. He asked everyone to do the same things that they did in 2011.

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The 20-20 World Cup 2022 has begun and India have got to a good start in the tournament by winning two of their first three matches. The striking fact about India’s campaign so far is that it has many similarities with the successful 2011 World Cup campaign. As talks about bringing back 2011 are doing rounds, let’s see how team India have brought back 2011 with their campaign so far:

 1. Starting the World Cup with revenge

India vs Pakistan (Source: Twitter)

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India had the first match of 2011 World Cup against Bangladesh who had beaten them in the 2007 edition. The ‘Men-in-blue’ avenged their humiliating loss by thumping the Bangla Tigers by 87 runs.

The same way India began their 2022 World Cup campaign with a game against the arch-rivals Pakistan who had crushed them with a 10-wicket victory in the previous edition of the tournament. India managed to beat Pakistan courtesy of Virat Kohli who played the best innings of his T20I career.

 2. Fast bowler being ruled out just before the tournament

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Praveen Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (Source: Twitter)

Seamer Praveen Kumar was included in the Indian squad for the 2011 World Cup. However, an elbow injury forced him out of the squad. The same way Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out of the World Cup after getting selected in the team.

Praveen Kumar was replaced by S Sreesanth and Jasprit Bumrah was replaced by Mohammed Shami.

3. Loss against South Africa

India vs South Africa 2011 and 2022 WC Matches (Source: Twitter)

The only setback that India faced in the 2011 World Cup was against South Africa in the group stage. Similarly, the ‘Men-in-Blue’ ended up losing their fixture against the Proteas in the ongoing 20-20 World Cup as well.

The other startling similarity between the two results is that South Africa chased down the target on both occasions with two balls to spare in their innings.

4. India, Netherlands, South Africa and Bangladesh in one group

India vs Netherlands (Source: Twitter)

The 2011 World Cup had India, South Africa, Netherlands and Bangladesh in one group. Similarly this year as well all four teams feature in one group. India have faced Netherlands in three World Cups so far i.e 2003, 2011 and 2022 and they managed to reach the finals in 2003 and 2011 editions.