Sri Lanka havae won the Asia Cup for the for the first time outside Sri Lanka. Though Sri Lanka was losing wickets at regular intervals, it did not stop Jayasuriya from playing his regular shots. His less than a ball century helped Sri Lanka to put a winning total on the board. Struggling at 66 for 4, Jayasuriya and Dilshan (56) added 131 for the 4th wicket in 141 balls. Jayasuriya scored 125 off 114 balls with 9 fours and 5 sixes. He punished all the fast bowlers--RP Singh, Ishanth Sharma, and Pathan. All of them were hammered by Jayasuriya.
Indian batting meekly surrendered to the bowling of Sri Lankans especially Mendis. Later in the press conference, Dhoni admitted that no batsman was able to read Mendis. Having chased 309 in their last encounter, the target of 274 seemed easy in this kind of wicket.
The start was good with 36 in the first 5 overs. Gambhir got out for 6 in the 5th over. Sehwag was the culprit for the fall of the Indian innings. He was playing Mendis for the first time and bowling his first over.
He stepped out for the first two balls and was not successful. He should have waited and played sensibly. He came out for the third time and got stumped way out of the crease and that is stupid cricket. Well,one can argue that if he hits for runs we appreciate, but still I would say that is an early stage for hitting and it is a final. Everyone has a role to play, especially understaning their responsibilities. He was the first wicket of Mendis and gave all the confidence to him.
Yuvaraj Singh, still in the party mood, did not read the straight faster one and went for back foot. It was too late and the ball hit the stumps. Raina trying to pull a short ball was also bowled. Dhoni stayed and played a fighting innings but was not useful as the wickets were falling at the other end. Mendis picked 6 wickets giving away 13 runs in his 8 overs and was declared both man of the match and series.
Tournament: Asia Cup
Match: 13
Final
Venue: National Stadium, Karachi
Date: July 6, 2008
Teams: India and Sri Lanka
Captains: MS Dhoni and DPMD Jayawardene
Toss: India won the toss and decided to field
Result: Sri Lanka won the Asia Cup by 100 runs
Man of the Match: BAW Mendis off Sri Lanka
Man of the Series: BAW Mendis off Sri Lanka
Score:
Sri Lanka 273 all out in 49.5 overs (ST Jayasuriya 125, KC Sangakkara 4, DPMD Jayawardene 11, CK Kapugedera 5, LPC Silva 0, TM Dilshan 56, WPUJC Vaas 19, KMDN Kulasekara 29 not out, T Thushara 5, BAW Mendis 8, M Muralitharan 2, Extras--9 (lb 8, w 1), RP Singh 9-1-67-3, I Sharma 10-1-52-3, IK Pathan 9.5-0-67-2, PP Ojha 10-1-38-0, V Sehwag 8-0-30-1, RG Sharma 3-0-11-0) beat India 173 all out in 39.3 overs (G Gambhir 6, V Sehwag 60, SK Raina 16, Yuvraj Singh 0, MS Dhoni 49, RG Sharma 3, RV Uthappa 20, IK Pathan 2, RP Singh 0, PP Ojha 6 not out, I Sharma 8, Extras--3 (b 2, w 1), WPUJC Vaas 9-0-55-2, KMDN Kulasekara 6.3-0-26-1, T Thushara 8-0-51-0, BAW Mendis 8-1-13-6, M Muralitharan 8-0-26-1)
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