What happened in the final

Injury concerns over Muttiah Muralitharan and Angelo Mathews forced the Sri Lanka team to call up Chaminda Vaas and Suraj Randiv as standbys.

Sri Lanka made four changes and went with a six-five combination: six batters and five bowlers

Chamara Kapugedara came in place of Chamara Silva, Suraj Randiv for Ajantha Mendis, Nuwan Kulasekara for Rangana Herath and Thisara Perera for Angelo Mathews.

Muttiah Muralitharan was only half-fit as he was carrying an injury but the selectors decided to play him considering his experience.

A controversy developed when Kumar Sangakkara called the toss. The toss came up heads, but the match referee Jeff Crowe did not hear the call. The toss that had been carried out was null and void. When MS Dhoni threw up the coin again, Sangakkara called 'heads' and the coin fell Sri Lanka's way. Replays of the toss indicated that Sangakkara called heads the first time as well, and the call is audible to producers of the host broadcasters ESPN-Star Sports.

Sri Lanka scored 274 for the loss of six wickets with Mahela Jayawardena making an unbeaten 103.

India lost two early wickets but, on the back of two fine innings from Gautam Gambir (97) and MS Dhoni (91 not out), raced to victory with 10 balls to spare.