
miracle with bat, hurricane hits displayed all around the fence by Pathan brothers stole the show and showed team India, brand India, the T 20 world champions. Yusuf Pathan blasted 22 runs in 10 balls declared man of the match,brother Irfan Pathan 33 in 16 balls scored 59 runs in 26 balls remained unbeaten gave India a win with three wickets,in the only T20 International Cricket Match at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo tonight, played day and night . Pathan brothers made their family proud,their team proud and India proud with their scintillating batting in tintalising match evenly poised till the last ball.
Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina scored sixty seven runs, third wicket partnership in 48 balls with thier brilliant swashbuckling knock which gave scoring momentum, after India lost both their openers for paltry 14 runs on the board. Duo batted with ease and played wonderful cricket with their style,a treat to watch, gifted Yuvraj punishing the Sri Lankan bowlers with massive six
and fourkept the Sri Lankan crowd in tenterhooks.Yuvraj was decalred the glamourous cricketer of the series.
Sri Lanka fought the match with good batting display TM dilshan scoring 61 runs in 47 balls gave boost to their Inning,taking control of the game from the first ball.
Jaysuriya with support of 33 runs in 17 balls put first wicket partnership to 59 runs in just 35 balls thus scoring ten runs per over.
Sri Lankan played both with bats and ball balance game and the match was evenly poised but Pathan brothers made the difference with their marvellous hits to the ropes.A thriller at last favouring India showed India is The best in T20.
India beat Sri Lanka by 3 wickets with four balls to spare in the 20-20 International Cricket Match at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo tonight. Earlier, Srilanka won the toss and elected to bat first. Sri Lanka set a target of 172 runs for India to win the match. Yusuf Pathan was declared Man of the Match.
India played Sri Lanka for the first time in a 20-20 format. Surprisingly, this was the first time that a 20-20 game played at this ground as well.