2014 ICC World Twenty20 final
The 2014 ICC World Twenty20 Final was played between India and Sri Lanka at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on 6 April 2014. This was the 5th ICC World Twenty20. Sri Lanka won the match by six wickets,[1] its first World Twenty20 victory, after being runners-up twice at 2009 and 2012.[2][3] Sri Lanka became the 5th team to win this title after India, Pakistan, England , West Indies[4] This was the third time where both the finalists were Asian teams.[4] In the stadium, the match was watched by 25,000 spectators.
| Event | 2014 ICC World Twenty20 | ||||||||
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| Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets | |||||||||
| Date | 6 April 2014 | ||||||||
| Venue | Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | ||||||||
| Player of the match | Kumar Sangakkara (Sri) | ||||||||
| Umpires | Ian Gould (Eng) Richard Kettleborough (Eng) | ||||||||
| Attendance | 25,000 | ||||||||
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Background
Prior to this match India and Sri Lanka played 5 times against each other in Twenty20s, where Sri Lanka won 3 times and India won 2 times.[5] In 2010 ICC World Twenty20 these teams met each other where Sri Lanka beat India by 5 wickets in a last ball thriller.[6] This was their only meeting in an ICC World Twenty20 until this match.
Road to the final
India
India directly qualified for the super 10s. They started their tournament strongly. They won their first match against Pakistan very easily. They beat West Indies, Bangladesh and Australia easily to be the topper of Group 1 with a 100% win rate. In the semi-final they faced South Africa. A 72 not out innings from Virat Kohli helped India to qualify for the final.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka was one of the favorite of this tournament. They were the champions of Group 2 with wins against Netherlands, South Africa and New Zealand. But they lost to England. Their win against Netherlands was the biggest victory in terms of balls remaining in all T20I.[7] Also they bowled out Netherlands for only 39 runs which is the lowest score in all T20I.[8] In the semifinal Sri Lanka met defending champion West Indies. Sri Lanka won by 27 runs (D/L method) in that rain interrupted game.
Team Composition
India team was unchanged from their semi final line up. The team didn't want to change their winning combination so they didn't change their line up for the final.
But there was a change in the Sri Lankan line up. Thisara Perera replaced Seekkuge Prasanna in the Sri Lankan line up for the final.[9]
Match details
Match officials
The on-field umpires were Ian Gould and Richard Kettleborough of England, with Rod Tucker being the third (TV) umpire. Bruce Oxenford was the fourth umpire. David Boon was the match referee.[10][11]
Toss
Sri Lankan captain Lasith Malinga won the toss and decided to field first in that rain delayed final.[1]
Match Summary
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field first.
- This was the last Twenty20 International for Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene[12]
- Mahela Jayawardene became the first batsman to reach 1000 runs in ICC World Twenty20[13]
- Sri Lanka won the ICC World Twenty20 2014
References
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- "The ICC World Twenty20". ESPNCricinfo.
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- "Sri Lanka eliminate India to set up England semi-final". BBC. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
- "ICC World Twenty20 stats: When Sri Lanka claimed the fastest win in T20 internationals". NDTV. Archived from the original on 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- "ICC World T20: Netherlands bowled out for lowest score in T20I history". Zee News. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
- "Sri Lanka tame India to win ICC T20 World Cup 2014".
- "Umpire and match referee appointments for finals of ICC World Twenty20 2014". ICC. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- "ICC World Twenty20: Ian Gould, Richard Kettleborough to be on-field umpires for India vs Sri Lanka final". NDTV. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- Monga, Sidharth (6 April 2014). "Cool Sangakkara breaks final hoodoo". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- Jayaraman, Shiva (6 April 2014). "Yuvraj's 21-ball struggle, and SL's death bowling". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 8 April 2014.