India wins the World Cup

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India is the cricket world champion for the second time after beating Sri Lanka by six wickets in the World Cup final in Mumbai, India, on Saturday.

India, cheered by a sell-out crowd of 33,000 at the Wankhede stadium, surpassed the challenging target with 10 balls to spare as Dhoni pounded Nuwan Kulasekara for the winning six.

India had slumped to 31-2 by the sixth over when sling-arm fast bowler Lasith Malinga dismissed Virender Sehwag (0) second ball and had star batsman Sachin Tendulkar (18) caught behind in his fourth over.

Gambhir, who was dropped on 30 and escaped a run-out chance on 49, turned the match around by adding 83 for the third wicket with Virat Kohli and 109 for the fourth with Dhoni.

Yuvraj Singh, who was named the man of the tournament, partnered his skipper till the end with 21 not out after Gambhir was bowled by Thisara Perera in the 42nd over when 52 more were still needed.

Dhoni’s men emulated Kapil Dev’s compatriots who won the 1983 World Cup by beating the West Indies in the final at Lord’s in London.

The victory, watched by Indian President Pratibha Patil and Sri Lanka’s head of state Mahinda Rajapakse, was the first occassion a team had won the tournament on home soil.

It was only the third time in 10 World Cup finals that a side batting second had chased down the victory target.

The finale gave Tendulkar, the world’s most successful Test and one-day batsman, his first World Cup title in six appearances since 1992.

The defeat ended Sri Lankan star bowler Muttiah Muralitharan’s dream of being part of a second World Cup-winning team, having won the title under Arjuna Ranatunga in 1996 in Lahore.

Muralitharan, who turns 39 next month, went wicketless in eight overs to end his career with a record 800 Test and 534 one-day wickets.

Confusion reigned at the toss, which had to be performed twice after match referee Jeff Crowe did not hear Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara’s call when Dhoni threw up the coin.

Jayawardene shored up Sri Lanka’s innings before tailenders Nuwan Kulasekara (32 off 30 balls) and Thisara Perera (22 off nine) helped their team smash 63 runs in the last five overs of power-play.

India’s left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan dried up the flow of runs at the start and his two wickets made him the tournament’s leading bowler alongside Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi with 21 wickets each.

Zaheer opened with three successive maidens and then struck with the first ball of his fourth over when Sehwag dived to his right in the slips to remove Upul Tharanga for two.

Fast bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth lifted the pressure by conceding 15 runs in his fifth over that included a no-ball and a warning for running in the danger area in his follow-through.

Sreesanth, who was preferred ahead of spinner Ravichandran Ashwin after Ashish Nehra was ruled out with a fractured finger, was thrashed for 52 runs in his eight overs.

Tillakaratne Dilshan, going into the final as the tournament’s leading scorer with 467 runs, made 33 when he was bowled by off-spinner Harbhajan Singh to make Sri Lanka 60-2 in the 17th over.

Jayawardene put on 62 for the third wicket with Sangakkara (48) and 57 for the fourth with Thilan Samaraweera (21).

Scoreboard in the World Cup final between India and Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on Saturday.

Sri Lanka innings
U. Tharanga c Sehwag b Khan                 2
T. Dilshan b Harbhajan Singh                 33
K. Sangakkara c Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh 48
M. Jayawardene not out                          103
T. Samaraweera lbw b Yuvraj Singh      21
C. Kapugedera c Raina b Khan                 1
N. Kulasekara   run out                              32
T. Perera not out                                         22

Extras (b 1 lb 3 w 6 nb 2)                           12

Total (for six wickets; 50 overs)     274 Fall of wickets: 1-17 2-60 3-122 4-179 5-182 6-248 Did not bat: L. Malinga, S. Randiv, M. Muralitharan Bowling: Z. Khan 10-3-60-2 (1w), S Sreesanth 8-0-52-0 (2nb),
M. Patel 9-0-41-0 (1w), Harbhajan Singh 10-0-50-1 (1w), Yuvraj
Singh 10-0-49-2, S. Tendulkar 2-0-12-0 (3w), V. Kohli 1-0-6-0

India innings

V. Sehwag lbw b Malinga                             0
S. Tendulkar c Sangakkara b Malinga      18
G. Gambhir b Perera                                    97
V. Kohli c & b Dilshan                                   35
MS Dhoni not out                                           91
Yuvraj Singh not out                                      21
Extras: (b-1, lb-6, w-8)                                  15
Total: (for four wickets, 48.2 overs) 277 Fall of wickets: 1-0 2-31 3-114 4-223 Did not bat: S. Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, S.
Sreesanth, M. Patel. Bowling: Malinga 9-0-42-2 (2w), Kulasekara 8.2-0-64-0,
Perera 9-0-55-1 (2w), Randiv 9-0-43-0, Dilshan 5-0-27-1 (1w),

Muralitharan 8-0-39-0 (1w)

Player of the match: MS Dhoni (India)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

(AFP)

Comments - 125

Andy Saturday, 02 April 2011 05:36 PM

Hah Hah!

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MagodisThuma Saturday, 02 April 2011 05:31 PM

Very Big Thank to Mr Nuwan Kulasekara !

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MagodisThuma Saturday, 02 April 2011 05:43 PM

Selectors please make Cricketers to retire at the age of 35.

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MagodisThuma Saturday, 02 April 2011 05:44 PM

Some of our players were like Expired Medicine !.

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MagodisThuma Saturday, 02 April 2011 05:50 PM

Arjuna...You well said it !.

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MagodisThuma Saturday, 02 April 2011 05:51 PM

If somebody miss a single catch...this is the result !.

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Wimal_Modawansa Saturday, 02 April 2011 05:40 PM

The curse follows the Sri Lankan team to Mumbai as well with out an invitation.It was accompanied by 30 contigents at the expense of tax payers money.

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Bday Baba Saturday, 02 April 2011 05:54 PM

Now its too late to realize why Vaas was not given a chance although he was flown hurriedly. Anyway hats off the Mahela who evenhandedly averted us from a humiliating defeat.

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Push Saturday, 02 April 2011 05:44 PM

Sri Lanka needs more consistency. Leaders must be trained to make quick but correct decisions in turbulent times. This is common to Cricket as well as Politics.

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kumar Saturday, 02 April 2011 05:46 PM

Never compare cricket with war,try to be gentle men.However,SriLanka came to final.Congrats.

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MagodisThuma Saturday, 02 April 2011 05:52 PM

Dear Cricketers....When you are over 35 years please retire & give youngsters a chance. Follow Australians !

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TheLion Saturday, 02 April 2011 06:02 PM

unprofessional bowling rotation by sangakkara. When India 2 down he should have kept the pressure rather than saving the best bowlers till end.
I THOUGHT WE HAD THIS EASILY IN OUR BAG AFTER 275 CHASE.
Now 2 worldcup final lost in a row. Someone should take the responsibility.

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hiru Saturday, 02 April 2011 06:11 PM

so gas and oil prices will go down again,and people will get the 2500rupee pay hike?

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honey Saturday, 02 April 2011 06:12 PM

Doubt...Why Murali did not play well in this important match.....why they put Nuwan...very doubtful

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sena Saturday, 02 April 2011 06:13 PM

Remember in Asia cup final India was similarly on cruise control and who applied the breaks - Ajantha Mendis

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Me Saturday, 02 April 2011 06:16 PM

Seriously....? u honestly believe that? wow...

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Zanga Saturday, 02 April 2011 06:19 PM

Big wrong was chance was not given to Vass. by sanga. ......sanga appointed two usles bowlers nuwan and Tissa. becos of them only match was defeated... Very wonder why murali not paly well today???

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padmini batuge Saturday, 02 April 2011 06:07 PM

Now will our boys bring us some free Parippu from India?

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Marsipala Saturday, 02 April 2011 06:21 PM

Namal Rajapksha should have played instead of watching the game with father.

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theja345 Saturday, 02 April 2011 06:23 PM

LIfe is like that gues we win we lose. Our team could have done better.Quite a few mistakes.NO point blaming them. When they win good comments when they lose..retire early......not nice fellow sri lanks. Leanr to accept loss as well.We came 2nd. be happy.

And please dont being politics into this.

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tamilan Saturday, 02 April 2011 06:12 PM

Congragulations India. It is not a tragedy to be defeated in finals. Well done lions. Keep your heads up.

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Model Wimalawansa Saturday, 02 April 2011 06:24 PM

Chik witharak! At least be happy that we came up to the final. Win or lose our team is great.

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tds Saturday, 02 April 2011 06:24 PM

Congratulations Sri Lanka. You came so close to winning and coming 2nd is certainly not something to be ashamed of as some of the people here seem to think. To the negative comments, you guys should be ashamed of calling yourself sri lankans at a time like this and making stupid comments and bring in politicians into this. Lets be proud of what our cricketers have achieved.

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Whereis Lion Saturday, 02 April 2011 06:26 PM

Our Lions are now in "Himalay Waney"!.... Our spritual person is waiting to offer throads.

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ANIL Saturday, 02 April 2011 06:17 PM

stupid fans who asked sanath & vaas be dropped can ask themself what his replacements did during the tournament

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azwad Saturday, 02 April 2011 06:30 PM

well done india, sri lanka BASICS.

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ransam Saturday, 02 April 2011 06:21 PM

Randiv was not good enough to make final 15 but replaces injured Mathews and plays in final without playing singal match. Interesting selection policy.

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CopyCat Hikka-Ikka Saturday, 02 April 2011 06:32 PM

Tough luck Sanga ‘n boys.. hats off to especially to Sanga & Mahela for their excellent work!

Tried your best guys although been ‘Complacent’ .. let’s try next time!

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Samantha Saturday, 02 April 2011 06:34 PM

Kulasekara take the responsibility u gave lots of run and u missed a very important catch

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Sumi K Saturday, 02 April 2011 06:31 PM

Where is Indian Prime Minister? Why he is not there?

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Mahesh Saturday, 02 April 2011 06:32 PM

Even though we are lost, it was a great game of cricket our lions played. Everyone should understand that loosing is a part of the game.
Proud about our guys, finally we finished it as runners up 2011.
Congratulations !!!

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ahamed Saturday, 02 April 2011 06:33 PM

its because of poor captainship....

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Papa Saturday, 02 April 2011 06:45 PM

Well done Sanga and boys. !!
But, Fielding not up to standard.

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mohamed yamaam Saturday, 02 April 2011 06:48 PM

hw difficult it will be for a player or players do be in world cup loosing team ? I mean well done to the players . but imagine how hard it will be to go to finals and loose .HATS off to MAHELA ,MURALI ,SANGAKRA ,TM DILSHAN ,UPUL THRANGA , AGELLO MATHEWS and AJANTHA MENDIS . sri lanka's main problem over the years since they played 2003 semi's in SA in the poor Middle order .in all forms of the game including test matches T20 and ODI they rely heavily on MAHELA and SANGA

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Bharat Misra Saturday, 02 April 2011 06:38 PM

Well done Lions, you put up a good fight against the Men In Blue. The better side won, hands down.

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prad Saturday, 02 April 2011 06:49 PM

Why didn't Dilshan get player of the tournament.... all the x-players (india)& the committee members are paid well from Indian VIP s....they are so buyers.... any how well done Srilanka... v can win the world cup in 2015... V will back you....No one should forget the England match... V have a record in a world cup.....

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Upul Premarathne Saturday, 02 April 2011 06:45 PM

Cricket is cricket. Statistics and history doesn’t matter. It is the day’s play which matters. India team played really well, so does the Sri Lanka team. Indians were slightly ahead of us and that’s why they are the 2011 cricket world champions. Anyway the way the Sri Lankan team played was outstanding and we are really proud of Sanga and his team.

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surangani Saturday, 02 April 2011 07:02 PM

when the big changes to the final match was introduced we have morally lost the match... There was a panic mind set to select the final squad.
Anyway Sri lanka did play well scoring 274 but India did better to win the match.
Well done guys better luck next time and congrats India!

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Andy Saturday, 02 April 2011 07:10 PM

well played India. However guys our team didn't play well. i always doubt whenever SL play against PAK or IND. that becme true today.

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Taka Saturday, 02 April 2011 07:10 PM

i think u've forgotten how murali contibuted to the team to make it to the final

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mathu Saturday, 02 April 2011 07:00 PM

Finally we won. h eh ehhe

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mathu Saturday, 02 April 2011 07:11 PM

India won. because of mahinda watch the match. very luckiest person :)

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Taka Saturday, 02 April 2011 07:13 PM

agree with u

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ramfer Saturday, 02 April 2011 07:15 PM

Rather we should not have played unfit players for sentimental reasons however great their contributions have been in the past.

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Sajad Careem Saturday, 02 April 2011 07:16 PM

Guys: We can only praise team Sanga and Co. Well done guys. We are proud to have you represent our country. We dint win this time, but definitely can keep our heads up. Thanks for the fabulous show..

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bigsam Saturday, 02 April 2011 07:19 PM

Because he's the oldest player, who has put on 25 kilos since his peak and insisting on playing despite having a groin injury, knee injury and hamstring strain.

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nextdoor Saturday, 02 April 2011 07:24 PM

since Yuvaraj singh got 4 man of the matches , he has been selected for the palyer of the tournament.

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AL Saturday, 02 April 2011 07:24 PM

Wining and losing is part of the game. Even through we lost the world cup, our boy's have made us proud.

Too bad we couldn't give a good sent off to Murali. (the real team player, not like Sachin)

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Ram Saturday, 02 April 2011 07:15 PM

We have to be very proud of our team,But specially today our boys had used some oil intheir hands, thats how we missfield and gave extra of63runs, lack of fielding and lack of bowling.Major mistake was done by dropping A. Mendis .We must have some youngsters in our team and well built. Murali thanks for playing bye bye.Cheers to mahela.India with over one billion people they couldnt win easily over SRI LANKA so we are the best.Anyhow it was very sad ok what to do blame ourselves.
Hurra Sri Lanka.

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Rahavan Saturday, 02 April 2011 07:29 PM

Well done India!!! I enjoy the game.... Good team spirit.. Sri Lanka is not even closer to you guys....

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sena Saturday, 02 April 2011 07:32 PM

but without him our total wolud have been around 240

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Rahavan Saturday, 02 April 2011 07:32 PM

Hey Prad.... So what happened Pakistan.. Let wait and see 2015... I hope Sri Lanka will get through to quarter final....

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nextdoor Saturday, 02 April 2011 07:33 PM

Instead of him Indian President attended it

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Prasanth Saturday, 02 April 2011 07:34 PM

Well done president! You stop Manmohan singh watching the game livea and make him watch from his place and you watch the game live.

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Tabu Saturday, 02 April 2011 07:26 PM

Sorry mate. I think you need to do some homework before make statements like this. Only player above 35 is Murali (Highest wicket taker for Sri Lanka) and reaching 35 are Sanga (third highest scorer in the tounament), Mahela (Two centuries and all round performance), Dilshan (Highest scorer in the tounament), and Samaraweera. Do you have any questions about any of their performances in the tournament, other than Samaraweera.

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MK DAMODARAN Saturday, 02 April 2011 07:43 PM

Thank God to see that my prediction on the WC final,based on numerology has been proved correct.India won by 6 wickets.Dhoni was born on July 7,1981.His fate number is 33 that adds up to 6.My prediction was based on the findings that Dhoni is influenced by numbers 2 and 7.I have been occasionally writing about this influence from the time Dhoni was appointed captain.
It was on another Saturday that India lifted the ist Wc in 1983.

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Sherwa Sunday, 03 April 2011 02:32 AM

Guys , Nuwan's was a sharp chance but grudgingly I have to say the better team won.Nothing wrong in that and we did our best.!!

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Capt. Cool Sunday, 03 April 2011 03:26 AM

Ponting & Hussy are still playing my friend!!!!

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abhijeet Sunday, 03 April 2011 04:09 AM

PM is not ordinary person......!!!! he cant available all the time in all place...!!!

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Wimal_Modawansa Sunday, 03 April 2011 04:12 AM

With Thiruphpathy or without thiruppathy India won te match.The only happyness we have is that Sanga will noi end up behind bars.

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abhijeet Sunday, 03 April 2011 04:16 AM

well played lankans................!!!! sangakara is my fevorate player

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chamalee Sunday, 03 April 2011 04:23 AM

Dhoni was the threat. Nuwan missed the CATCH! No option, the only hope blasted. Congrats SL 4 2015 final. you too india! Well done Murali. hard blow! Key man was gone gone.sorry guys anyway we loss the FINAL!

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Dhoni Sunday, 03 April 2011 04:14 AM

We mastered Mendis tactics and no wonder sanga never brought him into the final :)

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Proud Indian Sunday, 03 April 2011 04:30 AM

Ajantha will not be part of SL team any more, I hope you guys are aware of this. He is getting married his Australian GF and would be a part of Australian team in 12 months.

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Mohan Sunday, 03 April 2011 04:38 AM

Blame it on LTTE

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Sammy Sunday, 03 April 2011 04:41 AM

Congrats India for the victory. Sri Lanka may have been defeated but not disgraced. A very healthy total put up in the end after the initial struggle. Well done boys! All our spinners were off-spinners & there should have been some variety. Also the dew factor, bowling in the night, did not help our spinners.

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rama Sunday, 03 April 2011 04:41 AM

Lord Buddha DIDNT help SL!

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Mohan Sunday, 03 April 2011 04:42 AM

please get a job
:-)

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aravind Sunday, 03 April 2011 04:42 AM

sorry, it was good to leave mendis.. coz indians played spinners superbly and mendis could not have made any difference. Lanka had a chance only if kulasekara or perera had bowled complimenting malinga. India's plan of negotiating murali and malinga worked out well. As per records, Mendis had already been thrashed nicely by indians in Srilankan soil itself. So, mendis was good as a spectator.

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Common Man Sunday, 03 April 2011 04:53 AM

Only one team could win the cup, but Upul Taranga scored 2 runs off 5 overs led poor bating performances, (45 overs 272 Runs & India got the same rate), Also Can’t understand why changed the winning combination?. SL Team has a serious problem of not wining the final. Arjuna's comment on middle order too led to demoralize those players after selecting them. He shouldn’t have told that in the first place. Well played India.

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asoka abeywardena Sunday, 03 April 2011 04:55 AM

at least now give sri lanka cricket a political free selection...dirty politicians ruined everything...

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mlj Sunday, 03 April 2011 04:56 AM

Well said #theja345. Just go back to the comments in the DM of April 1st; it was full of nonsense like "No one can beat the LIONS", etc., etc., and every one was full of praise for Muralitharan. The only people who acted with class were the members of the SL cricket team.

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Shalini Sunday, 03 April 2011 04:44 AM

Sangakkara should have used Muralis 10 overs. He was the most economical bowler. I don't understand his logic behind using kulasekara when Murali had two more overs to bowl.

And it was quite apparent that we were short of one bowler. I really don't understand why Ajantha mendis was dopped. You dont come in to the finals with three completely new guys. You uses your most seasoned guys.

And the fielding was horrific, if we had saved minimum 10 runs on the field we would have won.

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Rajesh Sunday, 03 April 2011 04:52 AM

All Srilankans should be extremely proud of their team and its efforts. I am an Indian but after last night I have more respect for Sri Lanka than any other cricketing nation in the world. Sangakkara's words at the end showed pure humility and was really appreciated by all Indian fans as well. Sanga, Mahela and Murali were all equal winners on the night as Sachin, Dhoni and Yuvraj!

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Sam Sunday, 03 April 2011 04:52 AM

Sanath Jayasuriya had thrown the gauntlet at India when we won against Pak saying "keep on dancing...in the final we will show who dances..." Now look who is dancing??? hahaha
It was a gentleman in the form of Sangakkara who acknowledged the opposition in his remarks...mark of a true captain!

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ravi Sunday, 03 April 2011 04:53 AM

srilankan president watched live srilnkan defeat. counting starts.

indian PM could not watch the victory.

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Roshan Sunday, 03 April 2011 04:55 AM

well said mathu

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CopyCat Ikka-hikka Sunday, 03 April 2011 05:08 AM

Well done Sanga 'n boys.. you were 'complacent' and did your best!

at least this time no moda-copy-cat remarks from newcastle uk!

Best of luck next time!

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demon Sunday, 03 April 2011 04:59 AM

Giya parath kawa wade,,, Me parath kawa wade !

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Anant-India Sunday, 03 April 2011 04:59 AM

I think man of the tournament was Sri Lanka captain Sangakara. Tried very very hard to win the cup by creating confusion to win the all important toss. But he forgot truth always wins at the end.

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Roshan Sunday, 03 April 2011 05:03 AM

Government planned to get political benefit from srilankan victory. good lesson to our poltician.

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ethoughts Sunday, 03 April 2011 05:04 AM

Had South Africa was not defeated in Quarter Finals, I don't think Sri Lanka would have been in Finals. They got the weakest team against in Semi Finals. Also India was in Group B which was the toughest because even the associate countries gave a real fight test playing nations. Where as in Group A after 3 rounds, it was very clear that all four major teams will go to quarter. The remaining matches were played in that group just to decide the rankings in the group. Take India they played against tough teams right from day 1 of the tournament. The only weak link for India was bowling but it did well in Final against SL. Like Sanga said, it needs at least 350 runs on board to play against the strong Indian batting line up. The same was felt by Ponting...

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ethoughts Sunday, 03 April 2011 05:04 AM

Only Lankans will think that it should have been their world cup or India won by fluke...Come on guys.... India is right now the best test and ODI team in the world .. Please accept that fact at least, before you post such selfish comments.

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ethoughts Sunday, 03 April 2011 05:04 AM

Lastly for Yuvi he deserved MOT because he got runs and wickets in the tournament and played a number of match winning knocks..Also he has saved close to 150 runs on the field. The biggest factor was that he was on the winning side and not on loosing side...

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Arun Sunday, 03 April 2011 05:20 AM

its only the playing 11 that matters not the 1.21 billion population:)

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Roshan Sunday, 03 April 2011 05:10 AM

asoka, not only selection. involved in lot of ways.

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Rajitha Sunday, 03 April 2011 05:12 AM

Congrats india!

well played sri lanka.

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Anant-India Sunday, 03 April 2011 05:25 AM

AL you are jealous. Do not comment on Sachin.

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Purushottam Sunday, 03 April 2011 05:32 AM

Indian PM was present to Ind-Pak Semi Final, and Indian President was present for Ind-Slr. Final....!!! This is the cricket diplomacy of India.

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roshan Sunday, 03 April 2011 05:36 AM

Sangakara did well as well as mahela, We can sit in front of the laptop and make comments whatever we wish, one has to stand in that field to experience the tension. Do not balme the team thiugh there were shortcomings.

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Frank Sunday, 03 April 2011 05:30 AM

You guys played really well, Sri Lanka won the game almost 75% of the time but India played better Cricket and Sri Lanka dropped a crucial catch and missed a run out. All part of the game. Good Luck Sri Lanka. Thanks a lot for your great performance and wishing you all the best. We as Sri Lankans , we are very proud of you. God Bless Sri Lanka. See you in Australia & New Zealand (2015 World Cup).

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mahe Sunday, 03 April 2011 05:42 AM

Our Boys did very well. Well Done.

But selectors must think twice. India know all our strength & weaknesses thanks to IPL. Are we still going to let this happened. Specially to our new players. This is what happened to Ajantha Mendis.

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theja345 Sunday, 03 April 2011 06:02 AM

Sadly Sanga Was Asleep at the back of the wicket.......mona cups da? maybe needs a coffee cup !

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uma Sunday, 03 April 2011 06:19 AM

WELL SAID KUMAR, THIS IS THE SRI LANKAN USUAL POLITICAL HABIT,

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Karu Sunday, 03 April 2011 06:30 AM

NOT A EASY TO TOPPLE INDIA IN INDIA.........

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Theekshana Kariyawas Sunday, 03 April 2011 06:31 AM

sri lankan cricket rest in peace now

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kesavan Sunday, 03 April 2011 06:50 AM

good luck srilanka in future.
chak de india

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Theekshana Kariyawas Sunday, 03 April 2011 06:52 AM

Indian government decided to give honorable credit to Mr.Nuwan Kulasekara.
Well done boy,we are proud of u

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kaputakukula Sunday, 03 April 2011 06:53 AM

Its all money buddy. money... money... & more money

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nelson Sunday, 03 April 2011 07:10 AM

Congratulations India. Well played Sri Lanka. A very good Final.

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kapil Sunday, 03 April 2011 07:27 AM

Sangakara paid the price for underestimating INIDA....by including new faces for the Dream Final. The inclusion of the kapugedra, Perera was a great mistake and also including murali who was not fit fully also a mistake... Murali is a champion but a player should be fully fit and should be in form for making to play in XI.... Jayawardena is great but his century went in vain...Dilshan proved he is not a big match player and finally the Fielding let Lanka to drop the WC 2011. (Kulasekara's bowling was not upto the mark and his drop catch droped the WC 2011.......Congrats to srilanka to make a thrilling finale........

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Dinesh Sunday, 03 April 2011 07:29 AM

Also a big Thank you to Murali for looking at the personal mile stone rather than thinking about his country.If he is injured or half fit he should have been replace by a better played rather putting 505 performance in a final.

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gamini Sunday, 03 April 2011 07:29 AM

Sri Lanka lost due to poor captaincy decision, The total of 274 could have been defended easily.

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Pats Sunday, 03 April 2011 07:29 AM

What nonsense? Indians won the match because they played well and not because of your predictions. Throw your predictions in to dust bin. Or else, my prediction on your fate will follow. You will be finished off the moment you introduce yourself to me. Because, your name start with D and your initials are MK. So your DMK is your death knell.

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yuri Sunday, 03 April 2011 08:05 AM

He does not want to be with War Criminal.

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Lakshendrakumar Sunday, 03 April 2011 08:12 AM

Well done Sri Lanka, It is only a game. No worries.

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yuri Sunday, 03 April 2011 08:13 AM

Short memory, thats Sri Lankas.

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yuri Sunday, 03 April 2011 08:14 AM

dont worry sri lankan president will take, he will take anything

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nelson Sunday, 03 April 2011 08:25 AM

Whatever the outcome, I had said at the start of the tournament that I want to see Murali at the Mumbai final and my wish came true. Murali is Indias all time favourite.

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Ganesh Sunday, 03 April 2011 08:25 AM

Not as bad as what God Ganesh did to India in 2007 WC!

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rama Sunday, 03 April 2011 08:29 AM

Is it another..."JATHYANTHARA KUMANTHRANAYAK'

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Rajaram Hariharan Sunday, 03 April 2011 08:58 AM

Well done Sri lanka... We are proved and wishing you that you played good cricket. Best wishes for next season. .

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Saeed,Pakistan Sunday, 03 April 2011 09:03 AM

Best wishes for SriLankan Team, they played brilliantly ! Playing two consecutive world cup finals is in itself is an achievement !

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Amdon Sunday, 03 April 2011 09:29 AM

no way. he would have taken the crdedit if we won .

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TrueIndian Sunday, 03 April 2011 09:53 AM

Sanga cheated in the toss and lost the match; fair play :)

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Richard Joseph Sunday, 03 April 2011 10:52 AM

Well done India. You proved that you are the Best Team.

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TheLion Sunday, 03 April 2011 11:00 AM

LET ME POINT OUT TO ALL THE SRI LANKANS IN THE WORLD.
This is the second world cup final we faced in a raw and i simply believe that we should have bagged this one easily. We had the enough run to defend and the best bowling attack. Although i was surprised to see 3 fast bowlers for the final. Mendis should be always play in the final. Your best bowlers and your best bowlers.
The bowling rotation by sangakkara was utterly unprofessional. He kept his two bowlers till end rather than increasing the pressure. this has been the greatest weakness of sangakkara during last 3-4 years.
when Indian chips down he should have increased the pressure by bringing murali. He just let 3 and 4 Indian batsmens to freely score and get the singles to build the platform to launch at end.
One day cricket is a like chess. Not gamble. You might have the best aces in your whole but if you don’t manage them properly your path destruction will open.

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ajay Sunday, 03 April 2011 12:29 PM

Yuvraj Singh 4 man of the match awards winner...and One of the Top scorers and Leading Wicket Taker...No one Can match his performance in the tournament...he deserves the title.... Well played lankans.......2015 its all yours....on kangaroo land...cheer up!!!

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Model Wimalawansa Sunday, 03 April 2011 12:30 PM

Padmini, is this the way you treat our cricketers? What a shame? Win or lose they are our heros.

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wimal booruwanse Sunday, 03 April 2011 12:28 PM

Cant believe Sri lanka lost. Im sure there is a foreign hand behind this. maybe Al Qaeda.... or maybe USA?

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srispiky Sunday, 03 April 2011 05:19 PM

but we won that match>>> INDIA

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laksh Monday, 04 April 2011 04:03 AM

thats a good analysis by ajay

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