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Sri Lanka Wins World T20 Trophy
Sri Lanka Breaks The Jinx; Lifts World T20 Trophy.
Despite Virat Kohli’s midas touch with the bat, India suffered a heartbreaking defeat as Sri Lanka took home the World T20 trophy.
The new champions defeated India by six wickets, giving a memorable farewell to two of their cricketers beyond excellence, Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara who played their last T20.
It was a long wait for Sri Lankan fans who've witnessed their boys reach the finals many times but failed to win. This is Sri Lanka’s second World Cup, the last Cup was brought home was (50 overs) in 1996.
Sri Lanka chased a modest 131 guided by 'Man of the Match' Kumar Sangakkara who scored an unbeaten 52 off 35 balls. Accompanying him on the other end was Thisara Perara who was 21 not out off 14 balls. At first the winning team lost the early first wicket with Lahiru Thirimanne caught behind for just two. Indian spinners R Ashwin and Amit Mishra bowled well but with Kumar Sangakkara belting out runs, it was an inevitable outcome.
The win shattered India’s hopes of becoming the only team to win two T20 World Cups consequently as well as a chance to win three major titles at one time after clinching World Cup 2011 and Champions Trophy last year.
It was an interesting match right from the beginning when India lost an early wicket. Batting at no. 3, India’s only hope, Virat Kohli played an electric inning with 77 off 58 balls. Kohli earlier survived a dropped catch by Sri Lankan Captain Lasith Malinga at mid wicket off Rangana Herath. Exploiting that one chance, Kohli smashed Lankan bowlers with the support of Rohit Sharma.
Later, with the snail pace of 11 off 21 balls by Yuvraj Singh, the game’s momentum was affected. Indian skipper, MS Dhoni seemed under pressure and failed to capitalize on the balls. Ironically, India’s 'Mr Dependable', Virat Kohli faced eight deliveries in four overs as Yuvraj Singh and later MS Dhoni struggled to keep the bowl going at the strikers end. Sri Lanka’s brilliant bowling attack restricted India to 130.
Man of the Match, Kumar Sangakkara said, “It's been a long time coming; we waited five finals. I am pretty happy I was able to do something for our team. It means a lot to all of us. We are very humbled by this. The way Kohli was batting, he was about to take the game away from us, but the way we bowled was brilliant. It was an all-round performance, led by Lasith, Angelo had an amazing tournament. India are a tough side, but we are happy to be in the winning side.”
With 319 runs, Virat Kohli was declared 'Man of the Tournament'. He was the unanimous choice for the award for an exceptional batting in the tournament with a massive 106.33 average and four half centuries under his belt.
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