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Road to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Finals for Sri Lanka!
Sri Lanka finish the top of the team standings of Group A with 5-1 record. In the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup quarterfinals Sri Lanka beat England by 10 wickets.
The Englishmen stuttered to 229-6 in 50 overs on an easy, slow wicket at the Premadasa stadium, Colombo, making batting look difficult. But Sri Lanka replied with 231-0 in 39.3 overs, scattering fours and sixes in crushing 10-wicket victory over England to the delight the Colombo cricket fans.
In semifinal match against New Zealand, the Kiwis bat first with restricted bowling from Sri Lanka only manage 217 runs in 48.5 overs. Sri Lankans easily cruised with 220/5 in 47.5 overs to win it by 5 wickets.
If the batting openers of Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga off to a great start, Sri Lanka could find themselves sitting pretty since they have the best spinners in the trade like Lasith Malinga and Muttiah Muralidaran when Sri Lanka's turn to bowl.
Road to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Finals for India!
India shows inconsistency in the Group B team standing by finishing second with 4-1 record including the controversial tied game against England. India beat Australia on 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup quarterfinals, with the terrific performance of Yuvraj Singhbringing in 57 runs. In the semifinal match against Pakistan it was Sachin Tendulkar who step up the plate bringing in 85 runs in 37 over for India.
India lead by Yuvraj Singh, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag have a dream team batting machine as most of their top order batsmen have been producing highest in runs could create problems to Sri Lanka.
2011 ICC Cricket World Cup Final
Sri Lanka vs India prediction - India team has full of talented guys that each rises to any given challenge, plus considering the home advantage playing in front of the biggest cricket fans in the world. Although the result would be decided by both teams best efforts but India has the edge of this matchup. India will win the Cup!
Sources: http://www.allvoices.com
