2014 World Twenty20 final
 Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, the venue for the Final during a Matchday | |||||||||
| 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(SL) | ||||||||
| Umpires | Ian Gould(Eng) Richard Kettleborough(Eng) | ||||||||
| Attendance | 25,000 | ||||||||
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The2014 ICC World Twenty20 Finalwas played betweenIndiaandSri Lankaat theSher-e-Bangla National StadiuminDhakaon 6 April 2014. This was the 5thICC World Twenty20.Sri Lanka won the match by six wickets,[1]its first World Twenty20 victory, after being runners-up twice at2009and2012.[2][3]Sri Lanka became the 5th team to win this title afterIndia,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.
Background
[edit]Prior to this match India and Sri Lanka played 5 times against each other inTwenty20s,where Sri Lanka won 3 times and India won 2 times.[5]In2010 ICC World Twenty20these 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
[edit]India
[edit]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 ofGroup 1with a 100% win rate. In the semi-final they faced South Africa. A 72 not out innings fromVirat Kohlihelped India to qualify for the final.
Sri Lanka
[edit]Sri Lanka was one of the favorite of this tournament. They were the champions ofGroup 2with 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
[edit]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 PererareplacedSeekkuge Prasannain the Sri Lankan line up for the final.[9]
Match details
[edit]Match officials
[edit]- On-field umpires:Ian Gould(Eng) andRichard Kettleborough(Eng)
- TV umpire:Rod Tucker(Aus)
- Reserve umpire:Bruce Oxenford(Aus)
- Match referee:David Boon(Aus)
Toss
[edit]Sri Lankan captainLasith Malingawon the toss and decided to field first in the rain delayed final.[1]
Match Summary
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field first.
- This was the lastTwenty20 InternationalforKumar SangakkaraandMahela Jayawardene.[12]
- Mahela Jayawardenebecame the first batsman to reach 1000 runs inICC World Twenty20.[13]
Scorecard
[edit]Source:[14]
- 1st innings
 Indiabatting
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| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Rohit Sharma | c Senanayake b Herath | 29 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 111.53 | |
| Ajinkya Rahane | b Mathews | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| Virat Kohli | run out (Senanayake) | 77 | 58 | 5 | 4 | 132.75 | |
| Yuvraj Singh | c T Perera b Kulasekara | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 52.38 | |
| MS Dhoni*† | not out | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 | |
| Suresh Raina | did not bat | ||||||
| Ravichandran Ashwin | did not bat | ||||||
| Ravindra Jadeja | did not bat | ||||||
| Amit Mishra | did not bat | ||||||
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | did not bat | ||||||
| Mohit Sharma | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 2, w 2) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets; 20 overs) | 130 | 8 | 4 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1/4 (Rahane, 1.3 ov), 2/64 (Rohit, 10.3 ov), 3/119 (Yuvraj, 18.1 ov), 4/130 (Kohli, 19.6 ov)
 Sri Lankabowling
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| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Wides | NBs |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 7.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Angelo Mathews | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 6.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Sachithra Senanayake | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Lasith Malinga* | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 | 0 |
| Rangana Herath | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 5.75 | 1 | 0 |
- 2nd innings
| Sri Lankabatting
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| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Kusal Perera | c Jadeja b Mohit | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 71.42 | |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | c Kohli b Ashwin | 18 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 112.50 | |
| Mahela Jayawardene | c Ashwin b Raina | 24 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Kumar Sangakkara† | not out | 52 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 148.57 | |
| Lahiru Thirimanne | c †Dhoni b Mishra | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 63.63 | |
| Thisara Perera | not out | 23 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 164.28 | |
| Angelo Mathews | |||||||
| Nuwan Kulasekara | |||||||
| Sachithra Senanayake | |||||||
| Rangana Herath | |||||||
| Lasith Malinga* | |||||||
| Extras | (lb 2, w 3) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets; 17.5 overs) | 134 | 16 | 4 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1/5 (K Perera, 1.1 ov), 2/41 (Dilshan, 5.5 ov), 3/65 (Jayawardene, 9.5 ov), 4/78 (Thirimanne, 12.3 ov)
| Indiabowling
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| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Wides | NBs |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohit Sharma | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 3.5 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 7.56 | 1 | 0 |
| Amit Mishra | 4 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 8.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Suresh Raina | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 |
Key
- * –Captain
- † –Wicket-keeper
- cFielder– Indicates that the batsman was dismissed by a catch by the namedfielder
- bBowler– Indicates whichbowlergains credit for the dismissal
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