In a hall ,located on the first
floor of the Sinhalese Sports Club Stadium in the heart of Colombo , a cup
gleams alone under the light .It is the biggest affirmation of Sri Lanka’s
cricketing prowess and it is not just another cup it is the world cup that they
won in 1996 .Since than Sri Lanka has never looked back and its hence the
second best dossier reads : Runner-up in the 2007 and 2011 World Cups , Losing
finalist in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 are
some silver ware which defines their so-near-and yet-so- far tale .As now once
again Sri Lanka has entered into the world T20 final the script doesn’t get any
better for them to add another glittering trophy and emerge as a Champion from
just being the eternal bridesmaid in ICC tournaments.
With the other favorites have already
taken their flights back to home with India beating all the defending champions
England ,former champions Pakistan and the current ranked no. 1 in ICC T20
South Africa but lost the one which mattered against Australia -who has past inept rivals before getting hypnotised
by the Pakistani spinners and than lost to West Indies the way you have never
seen them before have actually justified their ranking in the ICC T20 and their
exit from the tournament .With Pakistan as usual seemed to suffer from the self destructive itch against Sri Lanka and
the world no. 1 actually standing last
in the group and the members of Group 2( group of death ) are all dead now.
Before the tournament West Indies
has been hyped as one of the strong contenders of winning this world T20 edition
, probably that’s what have acted as catalyst behind their strong performance
against Australia ,lets not talk about how they made it to the Semi’s .Now they
are going to face Sri Lanka and beating them at their home is considered even more
difficult than beating India or Australia in their home turf.
The stage is all set to have a
new champion this time and we have two highly motivated teams as a finalist in
the world T20 ,who will not let any stone unturned to prove themselves and regain
some dominance in the world cricket .For me , Sri Lanka is surly going to make
it this time with having both home advantage and electrifying home support in
their favor and of course by playing the
good cricket and taking all precautionary measures to deal with Gayle Storm as there
is already a warning from him..!!
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