India vs Sri Lanka eye second title in all-Asian final

Co-organizers from India and Sri Lanka will be gunning for their second World Cup title when they face throughout Asia Final Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai Saturday. The showdown will also be the last duel in the field between Sachin Tendulkar and Muttiah Muralitharan - the best drummer

and the most successful bowler of the era.


While Tendulkar, 37, has not yet indicated when he retires, Muralitharan, who will turn 39 later this month, will play his last international match on Saturday.

Muralitharan, the only surviving team from Sri Lanka in 1996 World Cup, is determined to take the field despite fighting against injuries to the thigh and knee.

It will be filmed sixth and final Tendulkar to add the only major trophy missing from his glittering office and this time he has the support of his audience to Wankhede Stadium.

More than one billion Indians hoping that the master drummer comes to an end and your hundredth waiting 28 years for the country's 50-second on the crown.

Led by two-stumper Mahendra Singh Dhoni drummers and Kumar Sangakkara, the neighbors have lost only one match in their campaign to date.

For Saturday's game, India is almost certain to miss seamer Ashish Nehra due to a fractured finger while Sri Lanka has lost all-rounder Angelo Mathews for a thigh injury.

If India beat Sri Lanka, they have broken all past world champions on their way to victory - West Indies in their last group stage match, Australia in the quarterfinals and Pakistan in the semi- final.