WI has a date with winning Final

In my first column much before the commencement of the World Cup T20, I had indicated that it will be West Indies or Sri Lanka who will be lifting the trophy.

...And it was nice to see the two teams clash for the BIG FINAL on Sunday....

West Indies celebrate victory against Sri Lanka in the final of World Cup T20 played in Colombo on Sunday

Yesterday's game was purely a mind game - It was a question of who adopted to the mind game earlier to the situation. The 1st 34 runs were scored off 60 balls and the next 104 in the next 60 balls. Mahela continued the pressure through out but opting out Herath for a big final is really a big question mark!! From my perspective, the game changer was Malinga's 13th over, where he was plundered for about 21 runs in one over and that eased the pressure. Samuels got out, with his personal contribution of 78 from a total of 108 runs and still with 3 wickets to go, we all thought that would be a familiar sight for the closure of the WI innings but that was not to be... Sammy made sure that nothing went amiss. 140 runs on a slowish track was too good a score for SL to chase.

To get rid off Dilshan off a beauty from Rampaul, put the skid on SL run chase. Mahela and Kumar were struggling through out their run chase....And once the pair split, it was a case of panic that set in the dressing room with an added drama of a possibility of rain. The net out come -  wickets started to fall in a heap and though there was a late revival from Kulasekhra, the target were too stiff to chase.

I like the astute captaincy of Darren Sammy - He just picked one fast bowler and did not try the option of Bravo/Pollard - instead he gave much option to spin combination.

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