• - There was a second toss in this game as the first toss went in vain due to confusion as to who called correctly. On the second toss, Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first.

     

    - Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first provides the second occasion of Sri Lanka doing so in the finals of the World Cup. The other occasion was against Australia at Lahore on 17.03.96.

     

    - Sri Lanka became the third team to win the toss and electing to bat first in the finals of he World Cup on two or more occasions. Australia (three occasions} and Pakistan {two occasions} are the other two teams.

     

    - Zaheer Khan captured his 20th wicket in this edition of the World Cup when he claimed the wicket of WU Tharanga caught by V Sehwag for 2 in this game. He became the eleventh bowler to capture 20 plus wickets in a single edition of the World Cup. Others are - GD McGrath in 2006-07 {26} : WPJUC Vaas in 2002-03 {23} : M Muralitharan in 2006-07 {23} : SW Tait in 2006-07 {23} : B Lee in 2002-03 {22}

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  • It feels like only six months have passed since the opening game in Dhaka, but suddenly, and just as I was getting the hang of it all, this World Cup is about to end. 48 matches have been played, millions of air miles have been accrued by players, journalists and fans alike and Shastri, Morrison, Nicholas and co. are almost out of hyperbolic superlatives.

     

    Yes, we really are on the brink. Only one more match stands between us and the terrifying prospect of having no cricket to watch until the IPL begins next Friday, but what a match it promises to be. The two pre-tournament favourites go head to head in Mumbai in a contest that will once more bring the entire Indian sub-continent to a standstill.

     

    If we thought Wednesday's semi-final between India and Pakistan was the biggest match of the century we must now re-calibrate our hysteria monitors as the winners of the Mumbai showdown will have their exploits witnessed by, if the broadcasters are to be believed, the best part of 1.5

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  • India’s final countdown

    By Jharna Kukreja Chauhan | Yahoo! Cricket Columns – Fri 1 Apr, 2011 8:53 PM IST

    "Till the full stop
    doesn't come, the sentence is not complete."

     

    It's the latest analogy from Indian skipper Mahendra Singh
    Dhoni during India's 2011 World Cup campaign. It's also not the first; Dhoni previously
    compared his teammates to Formula one cars who were tuned up for a Sunday race,
    and then equated their fielding talent to old engines that don't improve with
    hybrid fuel. His latest comparison comes a day before his team attempts to
    complete their journey and establish themselves as ODI world champs.

     

    Always associated with the adjective 'cool', Dhoni had no
    plans to change his approach on the eve of the big final. His interaction with
    the media in Mumbai saw him harp on the fact that they were not dwelling on the
    result, which could hamper their preparation: "One good thing was that we
    didn't have a long break in between the semi-final and the final. Yesterday was
    a travelling day and today a practice day. That really helps you not think
    too much ahead of the future. You

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