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Yuvraj's 21-ball struggle, and SL's death bowling

Stats highlights from Sri Lanka's World T20 triumph at Mirpur

06-Apr-2014•Shiva Jayaraman

Yuvraj innings applies Dementor kiss to India

The driving force behind two of India's world titles had a nightmarish outing, struggling to provide the big hits or Kohli the strike

06-Apr-2014•Abhishek Purohit in Mirpur

Angry Kohli, cheeky Mahela

ESPNcricinfo presents Plays of the day from the World T20 final

06-Apr-2014•Alan Gardner and Mohammad Isam

Stats give India edge in familiar face-off

India are the only unbeaten team in the tournament, while their recent record against Sri Lanka, and in finals, is also a cause for confidence

05-Apr-2014•S Rajesh

Just another pressure test for Dhoni's icemen

Few sportsmen face the pressure of expectations that the Indian cricketer does. Where this team scores in big finals is the way it has trained itself to block out the stress, a necessary survival skill for these players

05-Apr-2014•Abhishek Purohit in Mirpur

'We have the winning feeling' - Malinga

For almost two months, Sri Lanka have been successful in a number of high-pressure games in Bangladesh. It indicates that they are developing the knack of taming those pressure moments to their advantage

05-Apr-2014•Mohammad Isam in Mirpur

South Africa less than the sum of their parts

South Africa, for once, cannot be accused of letting pressure get to them at a major tournament, but did they make the best use of their resources?

05-Apr-2014•Firdose Moonda

Can Sri Lanka lay to rest ghosts of finals past?

India are in top form going into the World T20 final, but the on-field challenges they pose are not the only ones Sri Lanka will have to contend with; they must also shed the mental baggage of many global finals lost

05-Apr-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando

T20's old-world poster boy

Mahela Jayawardene's T20 career is testament to an innate cricketing intelligence that has allowed him to freely adapt his game for the shorter formats

05-Apr-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Kohli sharpened under pressure

Pressure is supposed to be an impediment to executing your skills. It hacks away and blunts it. Not for Virat Kohli

04-Apr-2014•Abhishek Purohit in Dhaka

Trail goes cold for South Africa

Their failure at this stage was no mystery. South Africa haven't won a knockout game at a global tournament since 1998, perhaps the only puzzle was that they got so close

04-Apr-2014•Alan Gardner in Dhaka

SA's knockout phobia, Kohli's love for chases

Stats highlights from yet another Virat Kohli special, India v South Africa, World T20, semi-final, Mirpur.

04-Apr-2014•Shiva Jayaraman

Du Plessis out to a body blow

Plays of the Day from the second World T20 semi-final, between India and South Africa

04-Apr-2014•Abhishek Purohit and Alan Gardner

Save our hearing please

The cricket was fine despite the storm. If only the emcee had turned down the volume on them loudspeakers

04-Apr-2014•Mayisha Kabir

The flamingo uppercut and Bravo's boundary magic

Plays of the day for the semi-final between Sri Lanka and West Indies in Mirpur

03-Apr-2014•Alan Gardner in Mirpur

Guts key to spin bowling - Ashwin

R Ashwin believes the "guts" shown by the Indian spinners to flight the ball and overcome the fear of being hit in T20s has been the major factor for India's success

03-Apr-2014•Abhishek Purohit in Mirpur

South Africa and the ghosts of defeats past

South Africa have a history of goofing up at the knockout stage of world tournaments. Will it be different this time?

03-Apr-2014•Firdose Moonda

Form, record and playing conditions favour India

India have done well against South Africa in T20Is and might improve their record further given their form and the favourable conditions at Mirpur

03-Apr-2014•Shiva Jayaraman

Bangladesh face tough questions after WT20

Bangladesh's performance in the World T20 brought to the fore limitations of skill, accountability and a deep sense of insecurity

03-Apr-2014•Mohammad Isam

Legspin's renaissance at T20 fest

The performances of legspinners in the World T20, led by Amit Mishra, Samuel Badree and Imran Tahir, have shown how the art has reinvented itself to meet the challenges of T20

03-Apr-2014•Mohammad Isam

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