The 2023 edition of the ICC Men’s World Cup will commence in India from October 5 to November 19. As of now, the teams are enjoying some warm-up games ahead of the main tournament. As people gear up for the upcoming World Cup, an ‘X’ user took to the micro blogging site and shared how Indian states ‘erupted’ when India won the World Cup in 2011.
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In 2011, the men in Blue became the first team to lift the trophy at home. This is when India co-hosted the edition with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The thread contains videos from several states where people are celebrating the victory. The videos are from Ranchi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Indore, and many more. In the video, people can be seen celebrating as they dance on streets with all the vigor and enthusiasm. Here, have a look:
[THREAD] : Relive How Places all over the India ERUPTED when India won the World Cup in 2011 pic.twitter.com/lAqDswYbc4— 3 (@thegoat_msd_) October 2, 2023
Ranchipic.twitter.com/T4AtW3YOur— 3 (@thegoat_msd_) October 2, 2023
Mumbaipic.twitter.com/N4kx1OsKAy— 3 (@thegoat_msd_) October 2, 2023
Indorepic.twitter.com/U0n8jLJptO— 3 (@thegoat_msd_) October 2, 2023
Some more (1/n)pic.twitter.com/cMGB9LP7e0— 3 (@thegoat_msd_) October 2, 2023
(3/n)pic.twitter.com/0S8rpeyrcN— 3 (@thegoat_msd_) October 2, 2023
and it wasn't Diwali pic.twitter.com/vcYqlFW324— 3 (@thegoat_msd_) October 2, 2023
Ahmedabadpic.twitter.com/banK0I5Y2S— 3 (@thegoat_msd_) October 2, 2023
Meanwhile, many are busy making predictions with just a couple of days remaining for the tournament. India, England, Australia and Pakistan are among the favourites to win the trophy while South Africa and New Zealand come as the dark horses.
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As of now, the most anticipated clashes at the world cup is going to be between India and Pakistan on October 14 in Ahmedabad. And two-time world cup winner Gautam Gambhir expects captains of the two rivals, Rohit Sharma and Babar Azam, to have a fruitful tournament with the bat. “The kind of ability he (Rohit) has. India are playing the World Cup at home. We all know about Rohit Sharma’s record at home. He has three or four double hundreds. So I’m sure he will be really looking forward to it and he will be eager to turn it around for India,” Gambhir said on Star Sports.
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