How good is Mendis...!!!!!
 
 
He came in when Sehwag was on fire and completey turned the game... Currently he's got 6 wickets for 9 runs, but there were 2 plum LBWs that were not given (including the hat-trick ball)... It has been an absolute treat to have watched this match...

 
Wow! Unbelievable! Well done Ajantha (and Sanath)! Well done Sri lanka!

Great work Sanath!
Great work Ajantha!
 
Congratulations to Sri Lanka!  This is a major victory for us, but we still have to learn from our mistakes and fix that middle order batting as our bowlers won't be able to rescue us in every match in this manner.
 
I am so happy that, when it mattered MOST, one old star (Sanath) and one new star (Ajantha) stepped in and SAVED us from defeat!

As I said at the start India walked into a trap by not batting first, because they were confident of chasing over 300, as they did two days ago.
 
But I did not expect this Ajantha magic.  
Quoting from Duleep Premachandran:
"Like a combine harvester scything through a field of corn, Mendis sliced through a line-up that has quite a reputation when it comes to playing spin. "
 
SP, mate we must give the "think tank" credit for hiding the trump card. This was a slaughter !! Biggest since Hannibal set a trap with his pinser movement against the Romans.
(sorry if I am on the over drive   )

Well done to the team..I thinks its our 1st Asia Cup outside of home, Although Pakistan as a venue seems to be good for us.  
 
Susantha i agree with you...Mahela has a habit of doing this. Taking bowler's off for no reason when they are doing well.
Why bring on Kulasekera at the end. The spinners in tandem could have wrapped it up. The result wouldn't have changed.
 
The modern ODI is tailored made for batsmen, so you take any big wicket hauls like that when they come along.
What he constantly does is almost like declaring when a batsmen reaches 90.
If he was front-line bowler he's prob be p****d off if it happened to him.
 
 

If Ishant Sharma's batting at number 11 proves to be much for our attack in the tests then there's something seriously wrong with our team, and we prob would deserve to lose the game.
 
 
The big 3 Sachin, Sourav, and Dravid will return for the tests...The first two if on song a good players of spin, and Ganguly may have had a brief practice in the nets against Mendis during the IPL.

Am i glad to be back .
 
First of all before I get attacked left , right and center, let me say that Sanath performed very well in the tournament and so did most of the batsman right through the tournament. The main reason for our batsman coming very good, should also not be forgotten and that partly and mainly is due to the batting paradises that were offered in terms of the wickets. I will not run away from reality and that is, we were superb in these conditions but have v little confidence yet to say that we can out up a good show if the pitches we played were australian or s african. We need to improve a lot to get there.
 
Ajantha exceeded his expectations specially in the finals coz I don't think we expected him to take as much as 6 wickets and turn the match around like the way he did. Indians were sailing and 273 was not that huge a score on those wickets, despite it being a final. The paces were not looking like they are going to break through and then comes this man to take the game to our side. As most of you are, I was also flabbergasted to see Ajantha not being given his full quota and a possible 8 wicket record hall. Someone the other day joked, it may have been because the team management would have thought ajantha getting a record this early in his career might ruin his head. In reality I couldnt come up with any logical reason for keeping him off from completing his magical spell that gave us the victory.
 
Ajith