If the West Indies weaved a fairytale finish, it was a heartbreak for the Sri Lankans as this was their fourth failure in a World Cup (both 50 overs and Twenty20) summit clash.
The diverse challenges that a small target Final: It was time for Calypso in Colombo as a collective dream of the cricketing world, which revolved around tagging the word ‘champion’ to the West Indies team, finally bore fruit under a warm night sky, amidst a stunned crowd and a shocked hot. The West Indies defeated Sri Lanka by 36 runs in the ICC World Twenty20 final at the R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.Chasing the West Indies 137 for six, Sri Lanka was a nervous-wreck and finished with a measly 101. strangely evoke were in full force once Ravi Rampaul cleaned up Tillakaratne Dilshan’s stumps. Mahela Jayawardene (33) had the onerous task of keeping his head and anchoring the chase while his nation, including President Mahinda Rajapaksa, watched with bated breath. Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara shared 42 runs for the second-wicket but the night’s party-rights inevitably seemed headed towards the West Indies dugout. Sangakkara failed to clear the square-leg fence and Angelo Mathews attempted a scoop off Sammy and watched his stumps quiver. And with Jayawardene perishing with a reverse hit off Sunil Narine (three for nine), it, soon proved to be a weekend of grief in the Emerald Isle though Nuwan Kulasekara’s assault on Rampaul (16th over, 22 runs) briefly nudged in hopes of a miracle,
Samuel’s superb knock:
Earlier, Marlon Samuels (78, 56b, 3*4, 6*6) waged a lone-battle while the Sri Lankan spinners buzzed around and nearly ruined Sammy’s dreams of batting big on winning the toss. Mathews’ wicket-maiden was the perfect first over that Jayawardene would have hoped for and while Johnson Charles left, Chris Gayle remained ponderous at the crease against a niggardly attack.
The stands went into a delirium and off-spinner Ajantha Mendis (four for 12) haunted the West Indies again after his earlier 4-1-12-2 yield in the Super Eights stage that whispered suffocation and after 10 overs the West Indies was at an abominable 32 for two. Samuels scored 78.
The Scores :
West Indies : 137
Sri-Lanka: 101
Man of the Match : Marlon Samuels
Player of the Tournament : Shane Watson
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