Sa’adi Thawfeeq reporting from Mumbai
MUMBAI, Saturday - Sri Lanka once again had to be content with the title of bridesmaid after finishing second to India in the Cricket World Cup final played to a packed Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.
They were runner-up to Australia at the 2007 World Cup in 2007.
For Kumar Sangakkara and his boys it was a big disappointment not to have the silver ware in their possession after months and months of practice and sacrifice.
Sri Lanka was one of the favourites to lift the World Cup and quite rightly they reached the final keeping faith with their ranking, but in a final only one team can win and on this occasion it happened to be Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s India who emerged triumphant by six wickets after nearly seven hours of intense cricket.
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