# 2011 Cricket World Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage was the second and final stage of the 2011 Cricket World Cup. It featured the top four teams from each group (8 total) and contested as a single-elimination tournament. This was the first tournament in which a one-over eliminator would be used to decide matches that finished as ties; however, this decider was not required. India and Sri Lanka reached the final, where India chased down Sri Lanka's total of 274 runs for the loss of just four wickets to claim their second Cricket World Cup title.

## Tournament bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 23 March – Dhaka, Bangladesh | 23 March – Dhaka, Bangladesh | | | |
| West Indies | 112 | | | |
| West Indies | 112 | 30 March – Mohali, India | 30 March – Mohali, India | | |
| Pakistan | 113/0 | 30 March – Mohali, India | 30 March – Mohali, India | |
| Pakistan | 113/0 | Pakistan | 231 | |
| 24 March – Ahmedabad, India | 24 March – Ahmedabad, India | | Pakistan | 231 | |
| 24 March – Ahmedabad, India | 24 March – Ahmedabad, India | India | 260/9 | |
| Australia | 260/6 | India | 260/9 | |
| Australia | 260/6 | | | | 2 April – Mumbai, India | 2 April – Mumbai, India |
| India | 261/5 | | | | 2 April – Mumbai, India | 2 April – Mumbai, India |
| India | 261/5 | | | | India | 277/4 |
| 25 March – Dhaka, Bangladesh | 25 March – Dhaka, Bangladesh | | | | | India | 277/4 |
| 25 March – Dhaka, Bangladesh | 25 March – Dhaka, Bangladesh | | | | Sri Lanka | 274/6 |
| New Zealand | 221/8 | | | | Sri Lanka | 274/6 |
| New Zealand | 221/8 | 29 March – Colombo, Sri Lanka | 29 March – Colombo, Sri Lanka | | | |
| South Africa | 172 | 29 March – Colombo, Sri Lanka | 29 March – Colombo, Sri Lanka | | | |
| South Africa | 172 | New Zealand | 217 | | | |
| 26 March – Colombo, Sri Lanka | 26 March – Colombo, Sri Lanka | | New Zealand | 217 | | | |
| 26 March – Colombo, Sri Lanka | 26 March – Colombo, Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 220/5 | |
| England | 229/6 | Sri Lanka | 220/5 | |
| Sri Lanka | 231/0 | | | |

## Matches
### Quarter-finals
#### West Indies vs Pakistan

* 23 March 2011 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| West Indies 112 (43.3 overs) | v | Pakistan 113/0 (20.5 overs) |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul 44* (106) Shahid Afridi 4/30 (9.3 overs) | | Mohammad Hafeez 61* (64) |
* Pakistan won by 10 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Steve Davis (Aus) Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
West Indies won the toss and elected to bat first. They lost early wickets and never recovered, being bowled out for 112. Pakistan won without losing a wicket. This was the West Indies' lowest score in the knockout stages. With this win, Pakistan has reached at least the Semi Final stages in five consecutive ICC tournaments, including one ICC Champions Trophy and three ICC World Twenty20.

#### Australia vs India

* 24 March 2011 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Australia 260/6 (50 overs) | v | India 261/5 (47.4 overs) |
| Ricky Ponting 104 (118) Yuvraj Singh 2/44 (10 overs) | | Yuvraj Singh 57* (65) David Hussey 1/19 (5 overs) |
* India won by 5 wickets Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Ian Gould (Eng) Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
Australia's loss to India ended their 12-year reign as ODI world champions. Australia posted 260 for 6 wickets at the end of their innings with Ricky Ponting scoring 104 runs. In response, India chased down the target with 14 balls to spare. India's innings was built on half-centuries by Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh, as well as an unbroken partnership of 74 between Yuvraj and Suresh Raina. Yuvraj won the man of the match.

#### New Zealand vs South Africa

* 25 March 2011 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| New Zealand 221/8 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 172 (43.2 overs) |
| Jesse Ryder 83 (121) Morné Morkel 3/46 (8 overs) | | Jacques Kallis 47 (75) Jacob Oram 4/39 (9 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 49 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Jacob Oram (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
This was the sixth time New Zealand had qualified for the semi-final, equalling Australia's and Pakistan's record.

#### England vs Sri Lanka

* 26 March 2011 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| England 229/6 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 231/0 (39.3 overs) |
| Jonathan Trott 86 (115) Muttiah Muralitharan 2/54 (9 overs) | | Tillakaratne Dilshan 108* (115) Luke Wright 0/17 (4 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.
Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga both made centuries as Sri Lanka chased down a target of 230 to win by ten wickets; this run chase set a new record for the highest successful run chase in a ten-wicket victory in ODI history.

### Semi-finals
#### New Zealand vs Sri Lanka

* 29 March 2011 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| New Zealand 217 (48.5 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 220/5 (47.5 overs) |
| Scott Styris 57 (77) Ajantha Mendis 3/35 (9.5 overs) | | Tillakaratne Dilshan 73 (93) Tim Southee 3/57 (10 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Steve Davis (Aus) Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sri Lanka qualified for the final for third time after 1996 and 2007.
For a second consecutive time Sri Lanka defeated New Zealand in the semi-finals of the World Cup and made it to the finals. This was the last match Muttiah Muralitharan played on Sri Lankan soil.

#### India vs Pakistan

* 30 March 2011 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| India 260/9 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 231 (49.5 overs) |
| Sachin Tendulkar 85 (115) Wahab Riaz 5/46 (10 overs) | | Misbah-ul-Haq 56 (76) Ashish Nehra 2/33 (10 overs) |
* India won by 29 runs Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to bat
* India qualified for the final for third time after 1983 and 2003.
The match was attended by the prime ministers of both the countries, Yusuf Raza Gilani of Pakistan and Manmohan Singh of India. Anti-aircraft missiles were deployed at Mohali to prevent any air attacks. The local airport was full of private jets, and an estimated one billion people saw the match on television. Tickets for the match were selling for over ten times their normal selling price on the black market.
India won the toss and elected to bat first. Sachin Tendulkar was dropped four times and survived an early leg before wicket decision before being dismissed for 85. India finished with a total of 260. Pakistan had a steady start, but India kept taking wickets and won by 29 runs.
After the match was over Indian and Pakistani leaders pledged to resolve their differences, including cooperation in the investigation of the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Additionally the skies over Delhi were lit up with large numbers of fireworks.

### Final

* 2 April 2011 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 274/6 (50 overs) | v | India 277/4 (48.2 overs) |
| Mahela Jayawardene 103* (88) Yuvraj Singh 2/49 (10 overs) | | Gautam Gambhir 97 (122) Lasith Malinga 2/42 (9 overs) |
* India won by 6 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Simon Taufel (Aus) and Aleem Dar (Pak) Player of the match: MS Dhoni (Ind)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
This was Sri Lanka's second consecutive loss in a World Cup Final and was also Muttiah Muralitharan's last ODI match, as well as Sachin Tendulkar's last World Cup match, having been playing World Cups for India since 1992. This match also recorded the highest successful run chase by any team in a World Cup Final and also only the third time that a team batting second had won the World Cup Final. This was also the first time that a host nation in their own country won the World Cup.