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Sri Lanka gets the monkey off its back
At last, it is Sri Lanka’s hour. After all those big finals, those near-misses and all that grief, there is another trophy in the cabinet. It is India’s turn, instead, to silently wear a silver medal and wonder what might have been. At the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium here on Sunday, Sri Lanka put all its troubled recent final history behind to win the ICC World Twenty20, edging India by six wickets in the final.
Chasing 131 for victory, Lasith Malinga’s men sailed home with 13 balls to spare, delivering the side its first independent trophy in a global event in 18 years. There was the Champions Trophy of 2002, but that title had been shared with India. Sri Lanka has, since, entered the semifinals of seven major tournaments without success.
Kumar Sangakkara served his country one last time in T20 cricket, making a splendid, unbeaten 52 (35b) when the innings was at risk of crumbling. Thisara Perera gave him company at the end, striking the winning blow off Ashwin as Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene were hoisted on the shoulders of their team-mates.
Sri Lanka’s bowlers had done well to restrict India to 130, man-of-the-tournament Virat Kohli’s 58-ball-77 its only highlight. In pursuit of the target, Sri Lanka lost Kusal Perera early, the left-hander top-edging Mohit Sharma’s first ball for five. Tillakaratne Dilshan struck a couple of boundaries but was removed by R. Ashwin when the mood had started turning a little dark for India. Jayawardene, in his last international T20 appearance, treated his fans to one little cameo of 24 but was dismissed in rather soft fashion by Suresh Raina. When Lahiru Thirimanne followed him swiftly, Sri Lanka may have worried briefly.
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