6.6.08

Asia Cup Final today....

The two titans of world cricket, India and Sri Lanka will face each other today in the final of the Asia Cup at the National Stadium in Karachi, the port city of Pakistan. Bangladesh Television will telecast the match live from 3.20 PM (Indian Standard Time) from the stadium.

Earlier, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh moved to the second round from their respective groups.

India and Sri Lanka confirmed their final berth securing six points each while

Pakistan and Bangladesh were ousted from the title race. Pakistan collected four points while Bangladesh failed to earn any point from the second round. The National Stadium is set to prepare to stage the gala final between the two giants of world cricket.

India's key batsmen are: Gautam Gambhir, Virendar Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni. Their key bowlers are: RP Singh, Irfan Pathan and Praveen Kumar.

On the other hand, Sri Lanka have world class batsmen like Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara.
Besides, skipper Mahela Jayawardene is also capable to resist debacle. Sri Lanka's bowling line up is marvellous as they have two weapons like pacer Chaminda Vaas and wizard spinner Muralitharan.