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Top 4 players to win the IPL and World Cup in the same year
For any international cricketer, it is a dream to win the World Title in the white ball format be it ODI or T20 formats of the game. Australia this year won the ODI World Cup beating India in the final.
While the World Titles have seen terrific competition even the IPL has seen several terrific seasons. Not many players though have gone to win a white-ball World Title and IPL in the same year.
In this list let us take a closer look at the select list of players who have done the special double. Winning either the white ball format world title and the IPL in the same season.
MS Dhoni – ODI World Cup 2011 and IPL 2011 –
MS Dhoni (Source-Twitter)
The year 2011 was a special year for MS Dhoni as he led the Indian team to their 2nd ODI World Cup title win that year. The then-Indian skipper scored 91 not out versus Sri Lanka in the final to help the Indian team break their 28-year wait to win the title. MS Dhoni also won the IPL 2011 title with Chennai Super Kings to make it a happy double title-winning year.
