India have set a target of 131 for Sri Lanka in the finals of the Twenty20 World Cup at Mirpur, credit to the tidy all-round bowling from the Lankans.
The set batsman, Virat Kohli not out at 77, faced only seven deliveries in the last four overs. No boundaries were scored in these overs.
India were off to a cautious start after being put to bat first, what led to a slow start with Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma struggling to time the ball.
After Sharma departed in the middle overs, Kohli’s attempt to step on the gears was held back by an out-of-form Yuvraj Singh (11 runs off 21 balls).
Malinga and Kulasekara made the ideal demonstrations of death-bowling.
India will have to demonstrate a decent bowling performance as well to retain the title of Twenty20 World Cup champions.
