there it is, he crashes a short delivery through the covers and exults, plucks a stump, pumps the fists, he has carried Sri Lanka through this tricky chase
India vs Sri Lanka, Final at Dhaka, Jan 13 2010 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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Final (D/N), Mirpur, January 13, 2010, Tri-Nation Tournament in Bangladesh
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So Sangakkara has made a telling statement in the end, and now we leave him and his team to enjoy getting their hands around the trophy. Cheers everybody
Presentation ceremony
Kumar Sangakkara, the captain of the winning side "I always say we have got match-winners in the side, and when it mattered today, every one of them fired. It was a great start, our bowlers have been through the mill, but all credit to them, they never lost faith, they have always come out with a smile and tried their best. last two months our fielding hasn't been the greatest, but we did well today. A big thank you for the selectors, there is a lot of pressure on them back home, but they kept faith in the guys given the job, so a big thank you."
MS Dhoni, captain of the runners-up side "I don't think the shot selection was great. Thanks to Suresh and Ravindra, we made it a contest, and I think if we hadn't lost Ashish we would have made a better fight of it. There wasn't any dew there. We should have been more careful while batting. Bowlers are coming back to form, so that's the positive from this series."
Kumar Sangakkara is the Man of the Series.
Virat Kohli and Chanaka Welegedara are the highest run-getter and highest wicket-taker in the tournament respectively.
Nuwan Kulasekara, Man of the Match Finally a bowler gets his due. He says: "I am very happy because this is my first man-of-the-Match award outside my country. They had a good batting line-up, we needed wickets early. We came with a plan, and it worked. I enjoyed Sehwag's wicket the most."
Handshakes all around. A well-earned victory for Sri Lanka; India did well after losing five wickets for 60 to make sure this was not a one-sided stroll, but Sri Lanka were the better team on the day: they fielded better, their senior batsmen batted better, there wasn't much dew either, and despite minor stumbles on the way, this was pretty much a cruise. Stay with us for the presentation
48.3
4
Sreesanth to Mahela Jayawardene, FOUR runs
48.2
4
Sreesanth to Mahela Jayawardene, FOUR runs
slower ball, onto the pads, and Mahela waits and waits and pulls it past short fine leg; scores are level
48.1
4
Sreesanth to Mahela Jayawardene, FOUR runs
miscues the pull shot, and the top edge flies straight into the V behind the stumps, and Harbhajan at third man has no chance to cut nit off - all over now?
Sreesanth's last dig coming up; 9 required off two overs
end of over 488 runs
SL: 237/6CRR: 4.93 • RRR: 4.50
Thisara Perera6 (6b 1x4)
Mahela Jayawardene59 (78b 2x4)
Zaheer Khan 10-0-51-0
Sreesanth 9-0-60-0
47.6
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Khan to Perera, no run
backing away again, Zaheer bowls the wide yorker, registers a dot
47.5
4
Khan to Perera, FOUR runs
this time he connects, makes room again, and takes a short delivery and pulls it between mid-on and midwicket
47.4
2
Khan to Perera, 2 runs
fulltoss and he swings again, as if in a Western, gets a thick edge, which just about clears the backward point
47.3
•
Khan to Perera, no run
short delivery, goes for the big swipe, misses, Mahela walks up and tells him to bat sensibly, one presumes
47.2
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Khan to Perera, no run
did it kiss the stump? yorker on leg stump, makes room, misses, there is a noise as it goes past the leg stump, the bails are intact
47.2
1w
Khan to Perera, 1 wide
digs in the bouncer, looking to cramp him, bowls too far down the leg side; they appeal for the catch, but the umpire calls it a wide
16 off 17 now. Perera will go either this way or that - he won't die wondering here. Deep fine leg and deep square leg in place
47.1
1
Khan to Mahela Jayawardene, 1 run
across Mahela, who comes forward and gets a single to backward point
Zaheer's last over coming up
end of over 472 runs • 1 wicket
SL: 229/6CRR: 4.87 • RRR: 5.66
Thisara Perera0 (1b)
Mahela Jayawardene58 (77b 2x4)
Sreesanth 9-0-60-0
Zaheer Khan 9-0-43-0
46.6
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Sreesanth to Perera, no run
Sreesanth round the stumps, looks for the big slog across the line, gets the bottom edge into the ground
Perera ran away with the game last time he faced India in a similar situation
46.5
1
Sreesanth to Mahela Jayawardene, 1 run
gets the width, cuts hard at it, one bounce to third man
18 off 20 now, it's closer than it was a ball ago
46.4
W
Sreesanth to Randiv, OUT
Jadeja has pulled something out of his hat, is it too late? Two dot balls, play and miss, and under pressure Randiv hits it straight to Jadeja at midwicket and runs. The ball has gone to his right, but he has enough time to turn around and hit the stumps direct
Suraj Randiv run out (Jadeja) 17 (30b 1x4 0x6 34m) SR: 56.66
46.3
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Sreesanth to Randiv, no run
backs away, looks to go over covers, misses, time for a word from Mahela?
46.2
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Sreesanth to Randiv, no run
back of a length, just outside off, no room, defended back to the bowler
46.1
1
Sreesanth to Mahela Jayawardene, 1 run
short, cut away, to Harbhajan at third man
end of over 464 runs
SL: 227/5CRR: 4.93 • RRR: 4.75
Suraj Randiv17 (27b 1x4)
Mahela Jayawardene56 (75b 2x4)
Zaheer Khan 9-0-43-0
Sreesanth 8-0-58-0
45.6
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Khan to Randiv, no run
full ball, hit powerfully but straight to mid-on
45.5
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Khan to Randiv, no run
back of a length, no room, pushed down to mid-off, a little to powerfully to take a single
45.4
•
Khan to Randiv, no run
backs away, goes for the big hit, and is beaten by the slower offcutter
45.3
2
Khan to Randiv, 2 runs
goes over the top of covers, not well struck but gets a couple to wide of sweeper-cover
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