{"id":19218,"date":"2014-04-07T08:36:12","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T08:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=19218"},"modified":"2014-04-07T08:36:12","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T08:36:12","slug":"sangakarras-half-century-gives-sri-lanka-their-maiden-world-t20-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=19218","title":{"rendered":"Sangakarra\u2019s half-century gives Sri Lanka their maiden World T20 title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-19217\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sangakkaraplaysthroughoffside.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" alt=\"sangakkaraplaysthroughoffside\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sangakkaraplaysthroughoffside.jpg 200w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sangakkaraplaysthroughoffside-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Mirpur: Kumar Sangakarra played an innings of his life as he hit a scintillating 52 off 35 balls to help Sri Lanka lift their maiden World Twenty20 title by beating India by six wickets at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka chased down the 131 target with 13 balls to spare.<\/p>\n<p>Sangakkara, who along with Mahela Jayawardene was playing their last T20 match, hit six boundaries and a six for his 52 while Mahela contributed 24 runs.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier put into bat, India lost opener Ajinkya Rahane in the second over before Kohli and Rohit Sharma added 60 runs for the second wicket. However, Yuvraj was a big disappointment as the left-hander failed to capitalize and struggled to find the middle of the bat, taking up 21 balls to score just 11.<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka bowled brilliantly in the death overs and restricted India to 130 in 20 overs. Kohli once again top-scored with 77 off 58 balls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-19217\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sangakkaraplaysthroughoffside.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" alt=\"sangakkaraplaysthroughoffside\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sangakkaraplaysthroughoffside.jpg 200w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sangakkaraplaysthroughoffside-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Mirpur: Kumar Sangakarra played an innings of his life as he hit a scintillating 52 off 35 balls to help Sri Lanka lift their maiden World Twenty20 title by beating India by six wickets at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka chased down the 131 target with 13 balls to spare.<\/p>\n<p>Sangakkara, who along with Mahela Jayawardene was playing their last T20 match, hit six boundaries and a six for his 52 while Mahela contributed 24 runs.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier put into bat, India lost opener Ajinkya Rahane in the second over before Kohli and Rohit Sharma added 60 runs for the second wicket. However, Yuvraj was a big disappointment as the left-hander failed to capitalize and struggled to find the middle of the bat, taking up 21 balls to score just 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sangakarra\u2019s half-century gives Sri Lanka their maiden World T20 title - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=19218\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sangakarra\u2019s half-century gives Sri Lanka their maiden World T20 title - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mirpur: Kumar Sangakarra played an innings of his life as he hit a scintillating 52 off 35 balls to help Sri Lanka lift their maiden World Twenty20 title by beating India by six wickets at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here on Sunday. 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