2014 ICC World Twenty20 final explained

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2014 ICC World Twenty20 Final
Event:2014 ICC World Twenty20
Team1:India
Team1flag:
Team1score:130/4
Team1overs:20 overs
Team2:Sri Lanka
Team2score:134/4
Team2overs:17.5 overs
Details:Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
Date:6 April 2014
Stadium:Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium
City:Dhaka
Man Of The Match:Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
Umpires:Ian Gould (Eng)
Richard Kettleborough (Eng)
Attendance:25,000
Television:see Broadcasting rights
Previous:2012
Next:2016

The 2014 ICC World Twenty20 Final was played between India and Sri Lanka at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on 6 April 2014. This was the 5th ICC World Twenty20. Sri Lanka won the match by six wickets,[1] its first World Twenty20 victory, after being runners-up twice at 2009 and 2012.[2] [3] Sri Lanka became the 5th team to win this title after India, Pakistan, England, West Indies[4] This was the third time where both the finalists were Asian teams. In the stadium, the match was watched by 25,000 spectators.

Background

Prior to this match India and Sri Lanka played 5 times against each other in Twenty20s, where Sri Lanka won 3 times and India won 2 times.[5] In 2010 ICC World Twenty20 these teams met each other where Sri Lanka beat India by 5 wickets in a last ball thriller.[6] This was their only meeting in an ICC World Twenty20 until this match.

Road to the final

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India

India directly qualified for the super 10s. They started their tournament strongly. They won their first match against Pakistan very easily. They beat West Indies, Bangladesh and Australia easily to be the topper of Group 1 with a 100% win rate. In the semi-final they faced South Africa. A 72 not out innings from Virat Kohli helped India to qualify for the final.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka was one of the favorite of this tournament. They were the champions of Group 2 with wins against Netherlands, South Africa and New Zealand. But they lost to England. Their win against Netherlands was the biggest victory in terms of balls remaining in all T20I.[7] Also they bowled out Netherlands for only 39 runs which is the lowest score in all T20I.[8] In the semifinal Sri Lanka met defending champion West Indies. Sri Lanka won by 27 runs (D/L method) in that rain interrupted game.

Team Composition

India team was unchanged from their semi final line up. The team didn't want to change their winning combination so they didn't change their line up for the final.

But there was a change in the Sri Lankan line up. Thisara Perera replaced Seekkuge Prasanna in the Sri Lankan line up for the final.[9]

Match details

Match officials

Source:[10] [11]

Toss

Sri Lankan captain Lasith Malinga won the toss and decided to field first in the rain delayed final.

Match Summary

Scorecard

Source:[12]

1st innings

Fall of wickets: 1/4 (Rahane, 1.3 ov), 2/64 (Rohit, 10.3 ov), 3/119 (Yuvraj, 18.1 ov), 4/130 (Kohli, 19.6 ov)

2nd innings

Fall of wickets: 1/5 (K Perera, 1.1 ov), 2/41 (Dilshan, 5.5 ov), 3/65 (Jayawardene, 9.5 ov), 4/78 (Thirimanne, 12.3 ov)

Key

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cricket T20: Sri Lanka win the World Twenty20 final – as it happened . The Guardian . 6 April 2014 . 6 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Sri Lanka v Pakistan.
  3. Web site: World T20 cricket: West Indies beat Sri Lanka in final. BBC . 7 October 2012. 7 October 2012.
  4. Web site: The ICC World Twenty20 . ESPNCricinfo.
  5. Web site: India v Sri Lanka / Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Match results.
  6. News: Sri Lanka eliminate India to set up England semi-final. 11 May 2010 . BBC. 11 May 2010.
  7. Web site: ICC World Twenty20 stats: When Sri Lanka claimed the fastest win in T20 internationals. NDTV. 2015-11-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20151125230501/http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/222327-icc-world-twenty20-stats-when-sri-lanka-claimed-the-fastest-win-in-t20-internationals. 2015-11-25. dead.
  8. Web site: ICC World T20: Netherlands bowled out for lowest score in T20I history. Zee News. March 24, 2014.
  9. Web site: Sri Lanka tame India to win ICC T20 World Cup 2014.
  10. Web site: Umpire and match referee appointments for finals of ICC World Twenty20 2014. ICC. 5 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150628134910/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2014/media-releases/80039/umpire-and-match-referee-appointments-for-finals-of-icc-world-twenty20-2014. 28 June 2015. dead.
  11. Web site: ICC World Twenty20: Ian Gould, Richard Kettleborough to be on-field umpires for India vs Sri Lanka final. NDTV. 5 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20151117104823/http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/222744-icc-world-twenty20-ian-gould-richard-kettleborough-to-be-on-field-umpires-for-india-vs-sri-lanka-final. 17 November 2015. dead.
  12. Web site: 6 April 2014 . 2014 ICC World Twenty20 Final . ESPN Cricinfo.