Paul Edwards looks back to 2011 when an MS Dhoni-led India became the first team to win the World Cup on home territory

Paul Edwards
WORLD CUP ARCHIVES

In 1983, India won the World Cup. In 2011 they won it again – and that is more or less where the similarities end; apart, of course, from the unbounded joy their idols’ triumph gave to a cricket-mad nation.
By the time MS Dhoni lifted the trophy on a warm April evening in Mumbai the country he represented had changed greatly in the 28 years since their first triumph, and the sport he played had changed even more. The obviou...