Contrary to some erroneous and mischievous media reports, the ICC can confirm that the trophy presented to India at Wankhede Stadium on Saturday was the original ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 trophy and the one that was always intended to be presented to the winner of the event.

After the huge euphoria on India’s winning the World Cup comes a shocker. When India was given the World Cup, the original perhaps was in lock and key with the Customs department, according to report.
And if that report is true, this has never happened in the 36-year history of the cricket World Cup.

Where was the real trophy then? The original trophy was seized by the Mumbai Customs on its arrival from Colombo after the Sri Lanka- New Zealand semifinals on March 29.

“The real trophy, valued at about $130,000 in money terms, but priceless for any cricket lover, was not at the Wankhede stadium, as the world had been led to believe,” reported India Today.