




When the match started between the Sri Lanka and India , I was confident that India will cruise easily and win the Asia cup. My confidence grew up several folds when I saw India bowled out the Lankans for the petite score of 273 on a flat wicket. Considering that in this tournament team making 300+ plus wasn’t safe at all, and now India has bowled them on 273, it would be easier for the india to chase this score . I thought it would be a piece of cake for india because batting of India was the only saving grace in this tournament. But Sri Lanka had some other plans for team India, the mysterious bowler Ajantha Mendis did the trick for the lankans. This guy is totally unfazed by the pressure of final, playing his first game against India he proved lethal for the Indian strong batting line up. He just has the experience of seven odd matches and this guy is progressing in leaps and bounds. At the end of the match his magical bowling figures was 8 overs- 13 runs- 6 wickets. Indian team bundled out for 173 runs in 39.3 overs.
India believed they stood a chance but clearly the match belonged to Ajantha Mendis who proved that he is spinner that's here to stay for a very very long time. India will vouch for that. Mendis won the man of the match as well as the man of the tournament award for his 17 wickets in the Asia cup.































