India were able to reach the finals of the 2011 ICC World Cup by beating arch-rival Pakistan and Sri Lanka were able to p(–foul word(s) removed–) through the Kiwis from New Zealand. The two teams have ensured that this year’s edition of World Cup will surely belongs to one of the South Asian countries.
India was the favorite team for this match not only for the reasons that they were playing in their home court but the mere fact that they came from a huge victory against their arch-rival Pakistan. Sri Lanka on the other hand was now under conditioning for some of their top players were suffering from injuries.
The final match-up will be held on April 02, 2011 at around 09:00 GMT/14:30 Indian Time. It will be held in Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, India.
In order to have a preview with what’s in store for the finals of ICC World Cup we will be having a head to head match-up of the team based on their previous performances.
India National Cricket Team were composed of: MS Dhoni, Team Captain and Wicket Keeper, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Munaf Patel, Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh, Ashwin Kumar, Piyush Chawla.
Sri Lanka National Cricket Team: Kumar Sangakkara (Team Captain, Wicket Keeper), Mahela Jayawardene , Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Thilan Samaraweera, Chamara Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath.
One of the interesting match-up about this two teams were the Team Captains, they were both Wicket Keeper. The openers of this Final match will most probably go in favor of India. With the tandem of Virender Sehwag ang Sachin Tendulkar as openers this team was considered as the most intimidating partnership in the cricket world.
Sri Lankan Team relies mostly from Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, two of the most prolific Sri Lankan athlete. Sri Lanka’s strength came from the bowling department. They have conceded fewer runs (1328 runs in 7 innings at an average of 190 runs per innings) than India (1996 runs in 8 innings at an average of 250 runs per innings) at a distinctly more economical run rate (4.4 runs per over vs 5.2).
India have won in a closer margin against their opponents while Sri Lanka have managed to do it with ease. Whoever will win this match will surely deserved commendations for a clean and honest game and a successful stagings of this year’s ICC World Cup which was hosted by both countries.
