Sri Lanka won the toss and elected
to bowl first where India set a target of 131 runs and Sri Lanka where in a chase
of the small target and they won the 2014 T20 World Cup after defeating India
by six wickets.
It was the last T20 game for the
both the Sri Lankan players Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene and both
the players played a very key role in Sri Lanka's success, where Kumar
Sangakkara was remained unbeaten with 52 runs (35 balls; 6x4, 1x6).
Virat Kohli has showed a tremendous
performance where he has scored 77 runs in 58balls which includes 5 fours and 4
sixes. The major impact for the team was Yuvraj scoring 11 runs in 21balls where
India totaling a mere 130 after being put in to bat on Sunday, where the target
was chased by Sri Lanka in only 17.5 over’s with 6 wickets in hand.
Most of the questions were raised on Yuvraj's performance
and the Indian cool captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that "It was an off
day for Yuvraj. He tried his best but it's not easy to come in and start
slogging from ball one."
When asked about the Yuvraj's
future in the team when compared with the other players who have more or less
performed their duties or at least have age on their side. Dhoni explained saying that “Now the Indian
cricket season is over, and now we have all domestic tournaments including the
Indian Premier League. The next selection is far away so let's not talk about
it."
When a question is raised
regarding sending Yuvraj ahead of Suresh Raina at No. 4. Dhoni said that "Most
of our batsmen take time to hit the big shots and it is only Raina, who can
start hitting big from the onset. That was the reason that we sent Yuvraj up
the order at No. 4."
In the last 4 over’s Kohli had faced
only 8 balls and the last overs are the crucial overs for bating and bowling
where Indian has failed in doing so. Dhoni said that they wanted to score more
runs in the last four overs but the Sri Lankan bowlers bowled well in the last
over.
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