The Knockout stage of the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 took place from 3 April to 6 April 2014. Defending champions the West Indies were knocked out in the first semi-final, while India defeated South Africa in the second semi-final.
Sri Lanka and India had played each other over sixty times in the last seven years, with India winning the majority of the matches. During the tournament India was the only unbeaten team heading into the final, whereas Sri Lanka had lost a group match to England. Despite this, statistically there had been little between the two teams during the tournament.[1] India, sent into bat by Sri Lanka after they won the toss, posted 130 runs in their 20 overs. Virat Kohli top scored with 77, but Yuvraj Singh's 11 runs off 21 balls slowed the innings momentum in the final overs.[2] Sri Lanka reached 134 runs in 17.5 overs with the loss of 4 wickets. Kumar Sangakkara, playing his last Twenty20 international match, guided Sri Lanka home with an unbeaten 52 runs.[3] Sangakkara was named Player of the Match, while Kohli was named Player of the Tournament.[4][5][6][7]
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| ①1 |  Sri Lanka (D/L)
| 160/6 (20 overs) | |||||||
| ②2 |  West Indies
| 80/4 (13.5 overs) | |||||||
| ①1 | Sri Lanka
| 134/4 (17.5 overs) | |||||||
| ②1 |  India
| 130/4 (20 overs) | |||||||
| ②1 | India
| 176/4 (19.1 overs) | |||||||
| ①2 |  South Africa
| 172/4 (20 overs) | |||||||
Semi-finals
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat
- Rain and hail ended the match after 13.5 overs in the West Indies' innings. Their par score was 107 runs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.
- With this result West Indies were eliminated and Sri Lanka qualified for the Final for the 3rd time after 2009 and 2012
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat
- With this result South Africa were eliminated and India qualified for the Final for the 2nd time after 2007
Final
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field first.
- This was the last Twenty20 International for Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene[8]
- Mahela Jayawardene became the first batsman to reach 1000 runs in ICC World Twenty20[9]
- Sri Lanka won the ICC World Twenty20 2014
See also
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edit- ^ S Rajesh (April 5, 2014). "Stats give India edge in familiar face-off". Cricinfo.
- ^ Abhishek Purohit (April 6, 2014). "Yuvraj innings applies Dementor kiss to India". Cricinfo.
- ^ Sidharth Monga (April 6, 2014). "Cool Sangakkara breaks final hoodoo". Cricinfo.
- ^ http://www.icc-cricket.com/world-t20/news/2014/media-releases/80091/kohli-named-as-icc-world-twenty20-2014-player-of-the-tournament Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine kohli named as icc-world twenty20 2014 player of the tournament
- ^ "Cricket T20: Sri Lanka win the World Twenty20 final – as it happened". Guardian. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ "Sri Lanka beat India to win title". BBC Sport. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ "Sri Lanka greats Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara bow out victorious". Daily Telegraph. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ Monga, Sidharth (6 April 2014). "Cool Sangakkara breaks final hoodoo". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ Jayaraman, Shiva (6 April 2014). "Yuvraj's 21-ball struggle, and SL's death bowling". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 8 April 2014.