Allrounders provide cushion for Sri Lanka - Jayawardene

@Sinhaya: Again you go down the same street. I am saying there was no case of Gambhir being given not out when he was out. You seem to think that just because an appeal was made and the umpire ruled otherwise it must have been a lucky decision for Gambhir. It seems you refuse to accept the reality and just want to propagate a false notion here. Furthermore, I have already pointed out that it is absolutely wrong to compare an out/not out case with a case of basic mathematics error. It seems you can't understand this very obvious distinction. And finally, you failed to see that I had already accounted for the possibility of Malinga taking a wicket in that 6th ball when I had said that in contrast to that one possibility, every other possibility was in India's favour except a dot ball. What if that 6th ball was a nb and the next free hit had gone for a 6? What do have to say for that? And suppose Gambhir was indeed out who knows how Raina and Pathan etc would have played? Be logical.

every sc team whitewashed in aus eng.pak in 2010.3-0 in test.5- 0 in one day-t20.sl not win a single test in aus tilll date .never won a test series in eng nz.it is clear that sc team not perform well in aus eng nz.but indians whitewashed aus in test series 2-0 twice.but sl are now nothing track bullies as they trashed by india recently 5-1 in their home.without having weak bowling attack.they all out on 100 od runs in t20 agaist so called lowbolling attacks of india.sl fans only talk big but in actual their team do nothing when event start.they have over confidance on their team.i like pak -india fan becoz they accept the wickness of their team.and critisise their players if they played wrong or bad crickwt.but sl fans qlways give excuses for their teams defeat.not giving credit to apposite team and not talk about their team bad performance or not critisise their players for bad play.they always called that apposite team was lucky or umpire desicions are agaist them.i think ind-pak fa

india is a flat track bully? really.india wons three wc on fast and green tracks.in eng (83),SA(2007)-t20,aus(2012)- u-19.won CB series in 2008 beating very strong Aus team with ponting gilly headen symond lee bracken in aus.nest west series in england(2001) by chasing 325 runs.no asian team can even think for that.reach final of world cup in 2003 in sa. chase 326 runs in just 36 over in aus. won test seroes in england.won tests in aus and draw test series in sa by 1-1 and dominate in draw test.won test series in NZ. so this shows how indian team very good cricket in oversies.but some country fan see just that 8-0 loss.yes that was big but that loss due to bad tour planinb of bcci.team just won the wc-11 and u force them to play ipl in few days.after that the eng +aus tour.i think in that condition any team can loose.btw pak whitewashed in aus in 2010 3-0-test&5-0 in oneday.so no one talk about that.it is every sc team are aveg.in aus eng sa on fast track.but india did ok there.

@ sidh78, check your facts before talking. We have won plenty of matches at home and away. Improve your English in the first place before writing in this forum.

@Harmony111, Gambhir survived that day because of luck when umpires opted to give him not out for the LBW which was out! Simple as that. No DRS meant Gambhir survived as if DRS was there, he was definitely out well before reaching 91 where he got away from 2 LBW appeals. Also, in the 5 ball over Malinga could have taken a wicket off the 6th ball because in his previous over where he conceded 8 runs, he took the wicket of Raina. Learn to also understand that umpires make mistakes when no DRS is used and since BCCI is anti DRS, learn to live without DRS. It is clear why BCCI does not want DRS.

@Narbavi, I fully agree that we must all look forward to the T20 world cup. As a Lankan yes Sri Lanka's recent record against India has been the worse compared to our recent records against other big teams. We have played very well lately in the shorter formats against Aussies as proven by our CB series triumphs against them and also when we won the ODI series when we went to Australia in 2010. We must plan a method agaisnt Kohli or if not it is disaster. Hopefully all Lankan big shots click but anyway good luck to all teams.

@parera32 pallake is the fast and bouncy pitch! what a joke mate u r sl pitches are also flat and spining like all subcontinate.sub continante pitch never be fast and bouncy.u sl are the real nothing track bullies(not win oversied even not in home) btw india win 3 wc on fast tracks 1983-eng(50),2007-SA(T20),2012 U19-AUS

47 from 42 balls with 7 wickets remaining with dhoni,yuvraj in the crease is a cake walk in t20 cricket. indian fans also have to remember mills wasnt balling the death overs and southee(very effective in t20s) wasnt playing in that game. they lost to a part time baller franklin. and Ind fans claiming they favourites. in t20s all 20 overs have to be treated as death overs. they dont have a single good baller in death overs. plus they are going to play with 7 batsmen 4 bowlers formula in T20S. that means they have to ball 4 overs part time bowling. if one of their main bowler have an off day it will course more problems to them. so i dont get how are they going to be favourites with this team combination.

some fans here declaring IND as easy prey without Kohli,guys for Heavens sake dont term him(Kohli) as a dasher,he is a genuine good batsmen thats it,its just since last year he is been in tremendous form.pre Kohli rise India were still a terrific side in shorter formats,they won the t-20 WC 2007 without him,personally i dont feel Kohli is a dangerous batsman in t20,you can play around him....IND have Yuvraj,Dhoni(dont discount him just for downplaying),Raina(made for t20,cannot be left),and there is Sehwag never ever spare your eyes of him(one hell of a player in these conditions),Rohit Sharma is also there he who should not be ignored......ok guys lets see who lifts it(the trophy).....IND are ........

My team:Munaweera,Dilshan,Sanga,Mahela,Mathews,Thirimanne,Thisara,Hearath,Malinga,Eranga,Mendis/Akila