West Indies tri-series 2013: Five reasons why Sri Lanka can win the final

1. Top Order Batting

Sri Lanka can depend upon the senior statesmen of the side to get the runs for them in the final against India. Mahela Jayawardene has been amongst the runs ever since he struck a half-century against England in the group stage of the Champions Trophy. He has 177 runs in this tournament so far at an average of just below 45.00.

Kumar Sangakkara, on the other hand, came good when the team needed him the most, playing a gritty innings of 90 of 95 balls against West Indies. Sangakkara and Jayawardene have had to bear the burden of scoring for Sri Lanka for quite some time now, but the pressure was eased a little by Upul Tharanga. His innings of 174 against India was probably his best and he will need to replicate a bit of that effort in the final to give Sri Lanka a fighting chance against India.