Musharraf hails successful Asia Cup Wicket game: Curator defends... Ajantha Mendis spun the kind of web only Muttiah Muralitharan usually conjures sending India crashing to a comprehensive defeat in the final of the Asia Cup. If India’s bowlers thought they had done a good job in restricting Sri Lanka to only 273, Mendis, with his mixed bag of deceptive spin, knocked the stuffing out of the Indian top order, snaring 4 for 8 from a first spell and ending with BLAH as India hurtled to defeat. Only Virender Sehwag, with 69, and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (49) put up any kind of resistance as the less experienced Indian bats failed to pick Mendis. At the end of the day it may appear as though the bowlers had a perfect day; but it wasn't success all the way. In the first half, even as India’s bowlers, led by Ishant Sharma, sent back one...
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