oh come one. yeh saaf dhandhli hay. 
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**Man Of the Series Jayasuriya. *
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disgusting decision....
against UAE...
21 runs....
0 wickets.....
against IND....
did not play....
against PAK....
20 runs....
1 wicket....
against BD....
107 runs....
0 wickets....
against IND....
130 runs....
1 wicket....
FINAL....
15 runs....
2 wickets....
WHY????
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*Originally posted by armughal: *
disgusting decision....
WHY????
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because the Asia Cup is faulty
anyway Ganguly was saying that"INDIAN NO MORE CHOKERS"....and today his team did everything to prove him wrong.......indians open up their mouth little too much in advance these days....they shud have learnt the lesson from soahib akhtar...
and today even though indians lose th Asia cup but they have Officialy earnt themselves a title......INDIANS ARE THE CHAMPION CHOKERS
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**Man Of the Series Jayasuriya. *
Very surprising decision.
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yep. Totally undeserving. His only hundred against a good team was fruitless in the end. Whereas Shoaib Malik consistently took wickets and scored runs.
Oh well, this asia cup was full of horrors and pathetic decisions, so not THAT surprsing. Come to think of it, Lankans winning the cup, MOM, medals, and against the run of the proceedings, Malik announced as MOS? Crowds would have boo-ed.
What a comment, I know what you mean.
Man the Indians are shameless self promoters. If Tendi won MOS I ca’nt even imagine how many papers would be singing his praises and confirming that he is greater than Bradman.
To be fair though he would be a more deserving winner that Jayasouria. No question Malik should have won it though. Malik was an effective frontline bowler and a good batsman. But who cares about MOS, let’s hope he can continue his form.
Sri Lanka seize Asia Cup as India choke](http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/040801/3/5dez.html)
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka lifted the Asia Cup with a 25-run victory that showed once again how badly Sourav Ganguly’s India choke when confronted with the pressure of one-day tournament finals.
The Indians, who did well to restrict Sri Lanka to a modest 228-9 from 50 overs, collapsed under the lights at the Premadasa stadium to be shut out at 203-9.
Sachin Tendulkar was the lone top-order batsman to defy the Sri Lankans, making a spirited 74 after a 10-over spell of tidy leg-spin which fetched him two wickets for 40 runs.
The ninth-wicket pair of Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan put on the highest stand of the innings of 46, but the effort came too late to deny Sri Lanka victory.
Sri Lankan leg-spinner Upul Chandana demolished India’s batting on the dry, slow surface, taking the wickets of vice-captain Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif.
Sanath Jayasuriya claimed two for 34 and was declared man of the series for his all-round effort earlier in the tournament.
It was India’s 10th defeat in their last 13 one-day finals with the lone victory coming in the NatWest Trophy against hosts England at Lord’s in 2002. Two matches were rained off.
“We need to pick up in all areas,” said a disappointed Indian captain Sourav Ganguly.
"We did not bat well, did not bowl well and did not field well. The team has to show commitment. We need to get our heads right.
“A total of 228 was always chase-able even though the wicket was slow. But we did not have many partnerships.”
Sri Lankan captain Marvan Atapattu, who top-scored with 65, was named man of the match.
“We deserved to win because we were the best team in the tournament,” he said.
"The boys had been working hard and this was just reward for their efforts.
“It was not the easiest wicket to bat on but we took our chances and won.”
Atapattu added 116 for the third wicket with Kumar Sangakkara (53) to steady the innings that was rocking at 31-2 in the eighth over.
But 32 extras was the next highest contributor as the Indians sent down 11 wides and three no-balls.
India, who needed 4.58 runs an over to win, made a disastrous start when they lost Virender Sehwag and Ganguly by the eighth over with the total at 26.
Sehwag was trapped leg-before by Chaminda Vaas for five, while Ganguly was superbly caught in the slips by a diving Mahela Jayawardena off Nuwan Zoysa.
Venkatsai Laxman, returning from a knee injury, helped Tendulkar take the score to 62 when he mistimed a drive off Jayasuriya to short mid-off.
India slid further to 96-4 in the 27th over when Dravid edged Chandana to Tillekeratne Dilshan at first slip, who juggled with the ball before taking the catch.
Chandana struck again in the 35th when he clean bowled Yuvraj Singh, who managed only eight runs in his 100th one-dayer.
Mohammad Kaif holed out in the deep off Chandana after making five, before Tendulkar himself departed.
Having hit seven boundaries and a six, Tendulkar was seventh out when he was bowled by Dilshan. It was just reward for the off-spinner who had two close appeals for leg-before turned down by New Zealand umpire Billy Bowden.
Scoreboard
Sri Lanka:
A. Gunawardena c Ganguly b Nehra 8
S. Jayasuriya lbw b Pathan 15
M. Atapattu run out 65
K. Sangakkara b Sehwag 53
M. Jayawardena c Yuvraj b Tendulkar 0
T. Dilshan st Dravid b Tendulkar 22
U. Chandana lbw b Harbhajan 8
F. Maharoof run out 9
C. Vaas c Yuvraj b Pathan 6
N. Zoysa not out 6
M. Muralitharan not out 4
Extras: (b4, lb14, w11, nb3) 32
Total (for nine wickets) 228
Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-31, 3-147, 4-150, 5-174, 6-194
7-202, 8-213, 9-219
Bowling: Pathan 7-0-33-2, Nehra 6-0-22-1
Zaheer 7-0-35-0, Harbhajan 10-0-48-1
Sehwag 10-2-32-1, Tendulkar 10-0-40-2
Overs: 50
India:
V. Sehwag lbw b Vaas 5
S. Tendulkar b Dilshan 74
S. Ganguly c Jayawardena b Zoysa 4
V. Laxman c Dilshan b Jayasuriya 12
R. Dravid c Dilshan b Chandana 16
Y. Singh b Chandana 8
Mohammad Kaif c Jayawardena b Chandana 5
Irfan Pathan run out 2
H. Singh st Sangakkara b Jayasuriya 16
Zaheer Khan not out 29
A. Nehra not out 7
Extras: (b12, lb8, w3, nb2) 25
Total (for nine wickets) 203
Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-26, 3-62, 4-96, 5-119
6-135, 7-140, 8-147
Bowling: Vaas 7-1-24-1, Zoysa 8-2-18-1
Maharoof 2-0-16-0, Muralitharan 9-0-46-0
Jayasuriya 10-0-34-2, Chandana 10-0-33-3
Dilshan 4-0-12-1
Overs: 50
congrats to SL. No more comments. :D
yeh kya hoa ?
they lost to pakistan , they lost to srilanka and they were playing final!
huh u deserve that!
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they played well all the tournament....
played well to lose that match to india so they cud have an easy win in the final....
well thought.... well played.... well won....
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how so? i have a hard time believing the sri lankans were cowering in fear over playing a team that they had just bowled out for a pathetic 120 runs. meanwhile, india lost by just 13 runs and then came back and beat them.
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ask attapatu....
he is the one who said he dint want to face pakistan in the final....
and india did not beat SL....
it was planned by SL so that pakistan wud not make the final....
rite..
and atapattu sucessfull raha..
darpok
pak in really unpredictable…wat if it tunred out dat it was a gud day fer pak…then lanka wudav lost asia cup…therefore they planned so dat indi in final…and in such a way that it wudnt look suspicous…clever ppl 
pak will show the world jus how good they r at amstelveen 
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*Originally posted by armughal: *
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ask attapatu....
he is the one who said he dint want to face pakistan in the final....
and india did not beat SL....
it was planned by SL so that pakistan wud not make the final....
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was the being bowled-out for 120 runs also pre-planned?
hahahahha... so they got routed in the final eh.
Mashallah Mashallah. Well done SL!
Yayyyyy, India won 
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*Originally posted by armughal: *
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ask attapatu....
he is the one who said he dint want to face pakistan in the final....
and india did not beat SL....
it was planned by SL so that pakistan wud not make the final....
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hum...they didnt want india and final still fought till lastover to lose it by 4 runs. had hogaye bewaqofi ki. he was scared of team who got out at 122 and was willing to take on a team who almost chased 280 and almost beat them. Aqal se kaam lo !!!
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*Originally posted by fair_&_balance: *
was scared of team who got out at 122 and was willing to take on a team who almost chased 280 and almost beat them. Aqal se kaam lo !!!
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almost is the key word.
You really think India played better than Pakistan in this tournament.
Yay! Sirlanka.... Well deserve!
Congrats to Runners up India... but Man.. they SUCK!... they have 5X better team den sirlanka... and pakistan... oh well.... Asia Cup is OVA!
the best batsman for india was zaheer khan:smooth:
kya sixes thay;)