{"id":15661,"date":"2024-04-02T04:34:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T04:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/02\/on-this-day-13-years-ago-ms-dhoni-finished-off-in-style-as-india-won-their-second-odi-world-cup-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T04:34:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T04:34:41","slug":"on-this-day-13-years-ago-ms-dhoni-finished-off-in-style-as-india-won-their-second-odi-world-cup-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/02\/on-this-day-13-years-ago-ms-dhoni-finished-off-in-style-as-india-won-their-second-odi-world-cup-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"On this day 13 years ago: MS Dhoni finished off &#8216;in style&#8217; as India won their second ODI World Cup | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-108960966,imgsize-133342.cms?resize=1280,720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"On this day 13 years ago: MS Dhoni finished off &#8216;in style&#8217; as India won their second ODI World Cup | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"On this day 13 years ago: MS Dhoni finished off &#8216;in style&#8217; as India won their second ODI World Cup | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div>\n<div>NEW DELHI: On this very day in history, April 2, 2011, marked a monumental moment for Indian cricket as the Men in Blue clinched their second <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/icc-cricket-world-cup-2023\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener\">ODI World Cup<\/a> title. 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