LOL Report - Celkon Cup Final, India vs Sri Lanka

The great MS

Dhoni ran quickly despite having problems with his leg and was also hit on the body by a Mathews throw. Within the blink of an eye, Sangakkara was seen appealing. Was he asking for leg before wicket? Oh dear, they wanted Dhoni out for obstructing the field. The umpires were clear that Dhoni wasn’t even looking at the ball and denied the appeal. Sangakkara and Mahela kept arguing, losing some respect among the Indian fans.

Had they been active on Twitter, they would have lost half their follower count by then. Also, you sometimes look at Sangakkara and wonder, is this the person they chose to deliver the MCC Spirit of Cricket lecture?

An agitated fan threw a bottle at Malinga. He must have been a Sri Lankan fan. Seriously, why would an Indian fan want Malinga hurt when he knows what Dhoni can do to him? Malinga had already gone for plenty. The police walked out in a ACP Pradyuman-esque way, took a hand towel and picked up the bottle to send it to Dr. Salunke’s lab (assuming everybody knows about the epic TV show CID) for finger prints.

In the meantime, the commentators were promoting the IPL. Well, if people ever wondered why the tri-series is being played, here they had an answer.

Vinay Kumar tried to do an Ashton Agar by swinging the ball out of the park and ended up doing an Ashish Nehra, hitting it straight to the fielder.

Ishant came in and his running was all over the place. He made a full length dive to avoid a run-out. It got Dhoni all animated. Well, he shouldn’t have. Ishant is so tall, if he dives full length, he will cover the entire pitch from the bowler’s end to the other. His bat would perhaps be near the keeper.

15 runs were needed off 1 over. Even Ravi Shastri wouldn’t have said, “All three results possible” because it was Dhoni at the other end. Everybody knew there was only one way this game was heading.

Eranga was the man to bowl. He had wickets of Dhawan and Kohli in his pocket earlier and was the best bowler for Sri Lanka after Herath in the game. Dhoni changed his bat, a 2 kg bat as he told later, and smacked a six straight over the bowler’s head. Another four and a six and he’d done it. There were no celebrations from the legend and it just seemed as if it was just another day at work for him.

It was World Cup revisited for Sri Lanka. On another note, Microsoft must consider naming their ‘task manager’ after MS Dhoni. Seriously, nobody ends tasks better than him. Kohli too played a hand in leading India to the Celkon Cup win. At the end of the day, Tamanna was the real winner.

When we all thought we’ve had everything – drama, action, emotions – there was still time for bloopers. Arun Lal’s mispronunciations made the presentation ceremony exciting. While that was on, he saw a bird flying over his head, lost his senses and said, “that’s all we have from the presentation” before handing the winners trophy to Team India.

To those who missed the game, don’t forget to catch the highlights of the presentation, because you might just see Dhoni do this again, but you may never see a Arun Lal mess up the presentation ceremony like this in future.