T20 World Cup Final India Vs Sri Lanka Today: Preview

Today is the final of T20 World Cup 2014. Team India was not even a favorite when the tourney started. Everybody thought it would be difficult for India to even reach the semifinal. But India won all the matches in the tourney and stormed into the finals.

Mirpur: India will meet Sri Lanka in the finals. Defeating Pakistan, West Indies, Australia and South Africa is different and facing Sri Lanka is different. Sri Lanka is the strongest and most dangerous opponent in T20 world cup tourney.

India reached the final of T20 world cup final twice before and failed to win it. This time, the team is with the strong determination of winning the cup. Sri Lanka lost the world cup to India three years ago and wants to take revenge now. Sangakkara and Jayawardene are bidding farewell to this format of cricket and the team wants their career in T20 format to end with a great win. Thus Team India needs to perform well in all departments to add another feature to their cap.

Virat Kohli is today recognized as one of the best batsman in the world. This T20 tourney is very special for him. He played a crucial role in Team India reaching to the final. He scored runs in every match. His innings in the semifinal match against South Africa is the best in his T20 career. His fans are expecting another great innings from Kohli even when India is setting the target or chasing the target.

Biggest challenge for Indian batsmen is facing the bowling of Malinga. He is one of the dangerous bowlers in T20 matches. Malinga is more dangerous when the opponent team is chasing the target.

The pitch at Mirpur will be favorable to spinners. This is proved in all the matches of the present tourney. The pitch will not be changed much for the final match also. The team that wins the toss will choose to bat first.

Dhoni is only one step away from creating a record of a captain who won both one day and t20 world cups. He will become the first captain to lead to team that won three world cups – two T20 and one one day world cup.

Compared to Sri Lanka India appears strong is batting. Kohli is in good form and opener Rohit Sharma is also playing well. Raina and Yuvraj are also back to their forms. On the other side Sri Lanka is suffering in batting department. No batsman is playing consistently.

Lanka is definitely stronger is pace bowling. It has the likes of Malinga and Kulasekhara who singlehandedly can win matches. India has no dependable pacer. Sri Lanka is stronger in fielding also. India also has some good fielders such as Kohli, Rahane, Jadeja and Rohit.