The 2011 cricket World Cup win is one of the greatest ever moments in India's sports history. On the home soil when MS Dhoni hit that winning six, it ended the 28 year-old wait for the trophy.?
The moment was all the more special for Sachin Tendulkar, one of the greatest ever players. After having failed to add the glittering trophy to his cabinet for decades, it finally came, fittingly at Wankhade Stadium, the home of the Master Blaster.?
Now after almost nine years of the epic triumph, Sachin Tendulkar?has been shortlisted as one among five contenders for the greatest Laureus Sporting Moment 2000-2020 Award. The winner will be selected after the third and final round of voting, which will end on February 16.
The moment, titled ‘Carried On the Shoulders Of A Nation’, is a reference to the Indian cricket team's 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup triumph.
In his sixth attempt, Tendulkar finally tasted success in 2011 when India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in the final. Carried on the shoulders of his team-mates, Tendulkar took a lap of the ground, after the victory was sealed in his home city of Mumbai.
Earlier, Tendulkar was one of the 20 contenders for the award.?The winner will be announced during the Laureus World Sports Awards Show on February 17 in Berlin.
The 20th anniversary Laureus World Sports Awards will honour the greatest sporting triumphs of 2019 and will award the greatest Laureus Sporting Moment of the last 20 years. This campaign shortlists 20 sporting stories from the last 20 years that have left their mark on the world.
We hope it is the moment that India and Sachin hold so dear, that trumps at the award ceremony.?