Sri Lanka finally broke the jinx of losing finals by winning World T20 2014 at Mirpur. T20 world cup 2014 ended with a bang for Sri Lankan cricket legends like Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene who were playing their last T20 international. Sri Lankan stand in skipper Lasith Malinga gave his country another proud moments in cricket like it was done by the great skipper Arjuna Ranatunga in 96' World Cup of ODI. This is maiden World T20 title for Sri Lanka after failing on two occasions in 2009 and 2012 respectively. Sri Lanka defeated defending champions West Indies on their way to final while India defeated South Africa in World T20 Semi-finals to get into the finals.
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| Sri Lanka Team with T20 World Cup 2014 Trophy (Photo credit :ibnlive.in.com) |
TOSS
Sri Lanka stand in skipper Lasith Malinga won the important toss and asked India to bat first in T20 final. India came unchanged in the final with winning squad against South Africa while Sri Lanka picked up Thisara Parera dropping S Prasanna.
TEAM INDIA
BATTING
India was expecting another flyer from their openers Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane but Rahane got out in 2nd over at the team score of 4 runs. Next came in the man-in-form Virat Kohli to give company to Rohit Sharma. Rohit and Virat started building of inning but the scoring rate dropped drastically during this partnership and India managed to score only 31 runs in 6 overs of power plays. At the end of 10 overs India were at 64 runs losing only 1 wicket.
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| Virat Kohli Top Scorer from India in T20 world Cup 2014 final (Photo credit :indianexrpess.com) |
In an attempt to increase the run rate Rohit Sharma got out scoring 29 runs of 26 balls and came in Yuvraj Singh. Virat was looking in great touch while his partner Yuvraj was struggling to score due to which India reached to the score of 100 in the 16th over. Virat Kohli completed yet another half century in T20 world 2014 while Yuvraj was struggling to connect with the ball and finally got out scoring 11 runs of 21 balls. Though Virat & Dhoni tried their level best, but India could post only 130 runs losing 4 wickets at the end of allotted 20 overs. Virat scored 77 runs in 58 balls hitting 5 fours and 4 sixes.
BOWLING
Sri Lanka bowled with great accuracy and didn't gave too many chances to Indian batsmen to score. Though they couldn't picked up many wickets still they maintained the pressure on Indian batsmen and stopped them from scoring. Each and every bowler played their role accordingly.
TEAM SRILANKA
BATTING
Chasing the target of 131 runs to win World T20 final Sri Lanka lost their first wicket like India in 2nd over of the match in form of Kusal Parera. But Jayawardene and Dilshan put a quick partnership of 36 runs before Dilshan got out scoring 18 runs of 16 balls. Now, it was to the two retiring cricketers Jayawardedne and Sangakkara for to win the game for Sri Lanka. Sangakkara and Jayawardene kept the scoreboard ticking build the inning. Jaywardene got out in an attempt to play a big shot after scoring 24 runs on the same number of deliveries.
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| Kumar Sangakkara Playing a shot in World T20 final (Photo credit : thehindu.com) |
But Sangakkara kept scoring from the other end despite losing another wicket in form of Lahiru Thirimane. With the next in Thishara Parera, Sangakkara chased the target of 131 runs in 18th over. Sangakkara scored match-winning 52* runs in the final T20 match of his international career and made it sure that Sri Lanka crosses the line convincingly. Parera remained unbeaten at the score of quick 23 runs in just 14 deliveries to help Sri Lanka win the match as well as the trophy by 6 wickets for the first time in T20 World Cup history.
BOWLING
Indian bowlers tried their heart out but they had very low score to defend. They could grab only 4 wickets but they bowled exceedingly well and tried their level best.
Sri Lanka cricketer Kumar Sangakkara was declared Man of the Match for his match winning innings of 52* runs of just 35 balls in which he hit 6 fours and 1 six. Virat Kohli was declared Man of the Series as he was the leading run scorer in the series with 319 runs at an average of 102.63.
Toss was crucial in this match as before the start of the match there was strong rain fall which made it tough for batsmen to score in the first inning. Decision of sending Yuvraj ahead of Raina and himself by Indian skipper Dhoni also costed the match to team India as Yuvraj has poor record against Spin attack. If Dhoni could have promoted himself ahead of Yuvraj Singh then the result could have been different.
Though India played excellent cricket in he whole T20 tournament but they failed when it mattered most. Who do you think is to be blamed for the loss of India in final ?
Team India gifted the T20 world cup trophy to retiring cricketers Sangakkara and Jayawardene as farewell gift.
ReplyDeleteTeam India played exceptional cricket to make their way into the world t20 finals. But, they failed as team to perform when it mattered most, so they lost it.
DeleteI could have played much better to give fight to moderate t20 team of Sri Lanka. Still, Sri ALnka played exception cricket under Malinga and they deserved this.
ReplyDeleteSri Lanka played great cricket in t20 world cup and they deserved to win it. They have been performing well in every world t20 edition finally they won it this time.
DeleteVirat Kohli was the best player in T20 world cup matches while Dhoni failed as skipper in final which cost India Word t20 title.
ReplyDeleteKumar Sangakkara played one of his best knock in T20 cricket career to win World t20 for Srilanka.
ReplyDeleteIt was a great match for Sangakkara and Jayawardene as they finally won a ICC cricket event for Sri Lanka after representing their county for so long time in international cricket.
DeleteVirat played exceptional cricket in world t20. He is going to be leading run scorer in all format of the cricket.
ReplyDeleteThe way Virat has been performing he certainly has the skills along with the temperament and that is what made him excel in International cricket. And about breaking the records, he still has a very long way to go for that but he can definitely break that if performs continuously the way he has been performing for last couple of year.
DeleteIndian skipper Dhoni failed to deliver in final while new srilanka skipper Malinga did the job of captaincy brilliantly.
ReplyDeleteWell, Malinga was the stand in skipper for Sri Lanka. Dhoni can't be canted out only on the basis of one poor performance he is one the greatest captain in cricket history and also only captain to win all the ICC cricket tournament in cricket history.
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