Pakistan T20 Champions Photos - Win ICC 20 20 World Cup Championship 2009

Kumara Sangakara, Sri Lanka captain won the toss and elected to bat first

Mohammad Aamer strikes in the first over, with the wicket of Tillakaratne Dilshan

Dilshan's failed playing his favourite shot, giving a dolly to Shahzab Hasan

Next to go was Jehan Mubarak who was removed by Abdul Razzaq

Sanath Jayasurya was cleaned off by Abdul Razaq who had a great game as his comeback match

Razzq being congratulated by team mates after taking the wicket of M Jayawardene. he ened with 3 important wickets

Sangakara scored 64 runs with wickets tumbling at the other end

Umar Gul celebrates the wicket of LPC Silva

Uduna bowled by Shahid Afridi, his faster one doing the trick

Kamran started well with a quick 37 runs

Shahid Afridi played yet another memorable innings when it ws required the most

Shoaib Malik pulls one to long on, he gives good support to Shahid Afridi to lead Pakistan to victory

Man of the match innings by Shahid Afridi yet again.

Pakistan lifts the ICC 20 20 World Cup Championship Trophy

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20 20 World Cup Finals, Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Finals ICC T20 World Cup on 21 June 2009

The last two World cups have been experiencing an all Asia clashes, where last ICC 20 20 World cup was between India and Pakistan, where India emerged winners and this time around Pakistan again making it to the finals looking seem to be favourites and lifting the trophy.

Sri Lanka had an awesome tournament till now with a run of no losses in this tournament and is a tough contender for the championship title. Both teams being involved in a massive terrorist attack in the infamous Lahore incident have recovered well to make it to the finals of the ICC 20 20 World Cup.

It had been a swift move to the finals for Sri Lanka, with confident cricket and a perfect team effort. For Pakistan it had been a rough start in the beginning and for once it had the scare of being thrown out by new comers Ireland. But Pakistan pulled it over very well and had been just growing in confidence since then. If Pakistan does not win the championship it would be another heart break for them.

So keep your eye glued here for more updates on the final stage of ICC 20 20 World Cup Championship.

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Sri Lanka beat West Indies in 2nd Semi Finals, T Dilshan swings his bat to victory

A massive defeat for West Indies going down to Sri Lanka by 56 runs (a huge number for a 20 20 over match) . Sri Lanka makes it way to the finals of the World Cup.

A brief summary of the game:
Sri Lanka 158 for 5 (Dilshan 96*) beat West Indies 101 (Gayle 63*, Mathews 3-16, Muralitharan 3-29) by 57 runs

Tillakaratne Dilshan was an one man army for Sri Lanka’s batting order scoring the highest individual score by any player in this ICC 20 20 World Cup, he managed to remain unbeaten at 96 in 56 balls (he was unable to score a century as he didn’t retain strike and his partner at the other end A Mathews was going great guns).

West Indies had an aweful start losing 3 early wickets in the first over by A Mathews. The score read 1 for 3 at the end of the first over, Three top order batsmen gone in the first over Xavier Marshall, Lendl Simmons & Dwayne Bravo. Chris Gayle was the lonesome warrior who remained unbeaten on 63 runs which could not help the team to earn a victory. Tackling the spin wizards in Ajantha Mendis and M Murlitharan and early blows by A Mathews, West Indies was never a threat for Sri Lanka.

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