Sri Lanka became World Twenty20 champion after beat India
Mohit Sharma drew first blood to remove Kusal Perera. Perera (6) tried to swing at a ball that was outside off but a thick leading edge sent the ball to the safe hands of Ravindra Jadeja at mid-off. But Mahela Jayawardene (24) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (18) came out charging to keep the pressure on India.
Finally, R Ashwin struck in his first over to remove Dilshan. It was the carrom ball again that did the trick for Ashwin as Dilshan top-edged to deep square leg. The run rate still kept going but the part-time spin of Suresh Raina came in handy. Jayawardene attempted a cross batted shot but edged it. Ashwin took a brilliant diving catch at midwicket to remove him.
Amit Mishra put the pressure tighter on in the 13th over by romoving Lahiru Thirimanne (7) and giving just three runs in the over. Thirimanne bottomedged a Mishra deliver and Dhoni latched on to a lovely catch.
Kumar Sangakkara has held down the other end for Sri Lanka. The former captain has scored 32 off 24 balls. In the earlier session, fantastic death bowling by Lasith Malinga and Nuwan Kulasekara saw Sri Lanka restrict India to a below-par 130 in their 20 overs in the ICC World T20 2014 final at the Sher-e Bangla National stadium in Mirpur.
Losing the toss and put in to bat first, India lost Ajinkya Rahane in the second over when the opener tried to slog away a back-of-the-length delivery and was bowled by Angelo Mathews.The dismissal brought together, Virat Kohli (77) and Rohit Sharma (29) for the most fruitful partnership of the innings.
They took some time to settle themselves in. In the fifth over, they showed signs of shifting gears when Sachithra Senanayake was taken for eight runs. They did not rely only on the big shots and rotated the strike nicely.
Kohli had a reprieve in the seventh over when Malinga failed to latched on to a sharp chance. Kohli was 11 at time. Not the one to be bogged down, Kohli replied by hitting the bowler Rangana Herath for a massive six off the last ball of the over.
Rohit fell in the eleventh over to Herath when he made room and looked to drive through cover - but he neither tried to go over nor kept it down, playing it straight into the hands of short cover. Kohli continued with Yuvraj Singh (11) for company. He took only 58 balls to get to his 77. This was his eighth T20 half-century for India.
