IND v SRL 2011 CWC Final Preview at Mumbai - India v Sri Lanka Cricket WC 2011 Final Teams

Hosts of 2011 Cricket World Cup, India and Sri Lanka are ready for the battle of Grand Finale to lift the prestigious trophy on Saturday, 2nd April, 2011 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, in a day-night game starting from 09:00 GMT, 14:30 local, 14:30 IST.

India reached the final by winning two high profile against top teams under pressure, first beat defending champions in the quarter final and then biggest match of the tournament against arch rivals Pakistan in the semi final, as both the match were close. Good thing is that in both the matches India's weakest link, i.e. their bowling clicked and bowlers bowled brilliantly under pressure as Zaheer Khan is now the 2nd highest wicket taker in the tournament with 19 wickets 2 short of Shahid Afridi, while Harbhajan Singh also back in form. Sachin Tendulkar is also at the 2nd amongst highest scorer, 3 runs short of leader Dilshan. They will highly depend on their batting one last time in the tournament specially openers.

Sri Lanka's knock out journey was quite easy as they beat England and New Zealand comfortably. Their openers are in great touch specially Dilshan who is leading the highest run chart along with captain Kumara Sangakkara, but their lower middle order has not much exposed. They will be much depend on 3 M's Makinga, Mendis and Muralitharan as the later is injured but he will probably in his last ODI. It will be interesting if they will go for 3 spinners with Herath. Other advantage is that they had played and won here in Mumbai in the league match against Kiwis,

Indian Team, Squad for the Grand Finale of 2011 CWC:

Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (wk/capt), Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, R Ashwin/Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel

Sri Lankan Team, Squad for the Grand Finale of 2011 CWC:

Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (capt & wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Angelo Mathews, Thilan Samaraweera, Chamara Silva, Nuwan Kulasekara/Rangna Herath, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis

Asish Nehra is injured may miss Final on 2nd April, Muralia also unfit

India's fast bowler Ashish Nehra who played a big role in the 29 runs win against Pakistan at Mohali may miss the Final of 2011 Cricket World Cup with finger injury.

Nehra who took 2 wickets in the semi for just 33 runs was injured while attempting an unsuccessful catch of Shahid Afridi as replays confirmed the ball had bounced in front of him, was in pain and immediately had his finger taped.He however Nehra was able to get through three more overs in the match, as the injury was on his non-bowling hand.

India will take the decision only on Friday, told Ranjib Biswal, the Indian team manager.

Sri Lankan spin legend Muralitharan who is probably playing his last match is also injured even though he played semi with hamstring injury, a side strain, a troublesome knee and a groin issue, and chances are that he may play one final time.

India v Pakistan 2011 Cricket World Cup 2nd SF Photos - Tendulkar Man of Match

In a high profile 2nd Sei-Final of 2011 CWC, which was watched by Prime Ministers, Manmohan Singh & Yusuf Raza Gilani, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and bollywood film stars, India beat Pakistan by 29 runs in a close match to reach the final where they meet Sri Lanka on 2nd April, 2011. Sachin Tendulkar got Man of the Match for his 85 runs.

IND v PAK 2011 CWC 2nd SF Result - India v Sri Lanka Final, beat Pakistan by 29 runs

India maintained their winning streak in the World Cup against bitter Rivals as they beat Pakistan in the high profile 2nd Semi-Final, by 29 runs in a thriller on Wednesday, 30th March, at Mohali to reach in the dream Final at home against Sri Lanka on Saturday, 2nd April, 2011.

India got a great start by openers Sehwag 38 and Tendulkar put 48 runs in 6 overs and they were on top with 116-1 in 19 overs but Wahab took 2 wickets in 2 balls to push them on back foot. India some how managed 260/9 in 50 overs thanks to Tendulkar's 85 runs and Raina's unbeaten 36 runs. Wahab Riaz bowled brilliantly with 5 wickets haul.

Pakistan got a decent start with 44 runs with Hafeez hit 43 runs but regular wickets will never allowed to come on top as all the 5 bowlers Zaheer, Nehra, Munaf, Harbhajan and Yuvraj bolwed brilliantly and took 2 wickets each. Misbah tried hard with 56 runs but didn't get any support from others.

Match Summary:

India - 260/9 in 50 overs (Tendulkar 85, Sehwag 38, Wahab 5-46)

Pakistan - 231 all out in 49.5 overs (Misbah 56, Hafeez 43, Nehra 2-33, Muna 2-40)

Toss - India won the toss and elected to bat first.

Man of the Match - Sachin Tendulkar (India)

Result - India won by 29 runs

India v Pakistan 2011 World Cup 2nd Semi Final Live Score at Mohali - PAK v IND WC 2nd SF Match Live Commentary

Watch and enjoy the live score card with ball by ball commentary of the 2nd Semi-Final of 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, between two bitter rivals India and Pakistan will meet in the biggest match of the tournament on Wednesday, 30th March, 2011 at Mohali, Chandigadh in a day-night match will start from 2.30 PM IST.

India v Pakistan World Cup 2nd SF Match Live Score with ball by ball Commentary: