Sri Lanka 83-2 in 20 overs: Match evenly poised - ICC World Cup 2011 Final
Sri Lanka has accumulated 83 runs for the loss of two wickets at the end of the 20th over of the final of the ICC World Cup 2011 being played today at the Wankhede Stadium in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820, India.
Fourteen teams took part in the tournament as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 and Sri Lanka qualified for Final of the precious Trophy. There was a confusion, as the coin was tossed up first, the match referee could not hear to the captain so it was repeated, Kumar Sangakkara won
it and elected to bat first without any hesitation. The Sri Lankan Captain was asked about the target and he gave a diplomatic reply, "Anything we get on the board will be good enough."
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Muttiah-Muralitharan-c78157 is playing the last game of his career so the people in the Stadium and around the globe will watch him in action live for the last time.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zaheer-Khan-c98451 bowled consecutive three maiden overs and the first boundary was scored on the first ball of the sixth over by Dilshan.
Tharanga was caught brilliantly when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virender-Sehwag-c95429 dove to his right in the first slip on the first ball of the fourth over by Zaheer. Tharanga contributed just two runs off 20 balls and the wicket fell at the total of 17 runs.
The Captain Kumar Sangakkara joined at the crease and steadied the innings with Dilshan as the score reached 31 in the first 10 overs, which was their lowest total of the tournament in 10 mandatory overs. The first fifty was posted, as Sangakkara took a
single off the no ball from Sreesanth. Dilshan was more aggressive and punished the loose balls at will, as the second power play of five overs produced 27 runs.
The partnership was going well for Sri Lanka, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni-c73820. He got the prize wicket of Dilshan on the third ball of his second over when he scored 33 runs of the total 60 runs.
The experienced Mahela Jayawardene came to the middle and tried to stabilise the innings with his Captain. Sri Lanka has crept to 83 runs in 20 overs, Sangakkara and Jayawardene were unbeaten on 27 and 15 respectively.
Sri Lanka will need a minimum 250 runs to give a fight against the powerful Indian batting, on the other hand India will try to restrict them to between 200-225 runs.
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