And India Wins The 2011 Cricket World Cup!

[Prometheus]

Bleed blue...........good luck india

 

[rockstarIN]

I rated India, then Sri Lanka in this WC. And they got into the final...

India have a slight edge coz they are better in pressure cooker situations..

 

[twoplustwoisfour]

Bleed blue...........good luck india

Bleed 'Sky' Blue

 

[Humanist]

Indian batsman has played Malinga,murali and mendis so many times in last few years in international match and IPL that i dont see any problem for india...In case of Pakistan we didnt played their bowlers from last so many years so pakistan bowling was a kind of mystry for indian batsman but not srilankan bowlers.....

Moreover Sehwag and sachin loved srilankan bowling... If u see the average of Indian batsman against srilanka it is around in 50-60's...

 

[Fireurimagination]

anybody knows what happened to the girl that was going to strip?

She's shopping for body suits or else she's gonna get arrested for indecent exposure, she forgot she's in India not in US

 

[sid426]

My Guess:- Kohli Out- Pathan In

with three spinners in SL side, Pathan has to be there!..

 

[twoplustwoisfour]

My Guess:- Kohli Out- Pathan In

with three spinners in SL side, Pathan has to be there!..

My guess is Herath/Mendis out, Kulasekara/Parera in.

No way is Sri Lanka going to play only Malinga and Matthews as their front line fast bowlers against India.

 

[Markus]

This is going to be a TOUGH TOUGH TOUGH match.

 

[Kinetic]

Indian officials in the United Nations are planning to invite envoys of all cricket-playing nations to watch the World Cup final at the country's mission in New York.

Also Indian, Pakistani and Sri Lankan envoys watched yesterday's match together. Celebration of victory coming from all over the world. 1 billion people watched the match live.

I think they will keep same team for the final may be Ashwin as Lankan plays spinners well.

Fans in Dubai

 

[Kinetic]

Bleed blue...........good luck india

India is...

All the best to Team INDIA for the World Cup final 2011.

 

[JonAsad]

Taufel and Dar to umpire World Cup final

Simon Taufel and Aleem Dar have been named as the on-field Umpires for the World Cup final between India and Sri Lanka on Saturday. Ian Gould and Steve Davis will be third and fourth umpires, respectively, while Jeff Crowe will perform match referee duties for the game.

The DRS has played a strong role in this World Cup - sometimes controversially - but both Taufel and Dar have had largely flawless tournaments, while Gould and Davis have also been generally accurate in their decisions.

Two of the younger umpires on the ICC's elite panel, Taufel and Dar's umpiring careers have run almost concurrently. Taufel officiated in his first one-day international in January 1999, while Dar's first international came just over a year later, and since then both have earned reputations for consistently accurate decision-making.

Taufel was named Umpire of the Year for five consecutive years from 2004 to 2008, and when he finally lost the title it was to Dar, who won the award in both 2009 and 2010.

Both have stood in two previous World Cups, and in 2007 Dar was one of the on-field umpires for the final between Australia and Sri Lanka - although he came in for some criticism after the farcical finale of that match for his role in misinterpreting the rules regarding bad light.

Taufel officiated in the final of the 2004 Champions Trophy and as the ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa, where he was an on-field umpire in the thrilling India v Pakistan final. He once joked "if Ricky and the boys slip up eventually I might get the chance to do a [World Cup] final", and with Australia having crashed out of this tournament after three consecutive World Cup triumphs, he will finally get his chance.Link
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Who is the best umpire and why- What you guys think?-

 

[DelhiDareDevil]

Ouch, not happy with Dar.

 

[AAtish]

Ouch, not happy with Dar.

don't worry he is going to stay neutral .. i'm sure of that 100%

 

[Rafael]

atleast 1 Pakistani will show up in th e final

 

[KS]

Its a no brainer.

Taufel and Koertzen should have been there.