They batted brilliantly and posted a challenging score of 274 which should have been defended.
They got off to a great start removing Sehwag and Tendulkar.
Sangakarra got his tactics right leaving Murali after the 20th over however Murali didn't have his usual zip that day and he think they employed a 4 offside field and 5 onside field which India exploited.
Also to Randiv the field was 6 on the offside for Gambhir.
I guess Sri Lanka wanted India to chase 75+ in the last 10 while hoping Murali would've taken 1-2 wickets in the middle which did not happen. I seen a few finals were India lost the match in the final 10 overs to Sri Lanka like that. One of them when they were only 2 wickets down at 35 overs and needed 8 an over however India collapsed. I guess that did not happen for Sri Lanka that day which they were probably hoping for.
I guess India just batted well that day, for 31-2, with the run rate climbing up and Murali bowling 10 overs from 20+, Sri Lanka had a golden chance however India just batted well.
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