Chanting for the cup

Thousands of fans cheered themselves hoarse at the semi-final encounter between New Zealand and Sri Lanka on Tuesday. Sri Lanka qualified for the World Cup final for the second time running as iconic spinner “Murali” as he is fondly known to a cricket crazed nation played his final one-day match on home soil. Now all eyes are on the final which will be fought out in India on Saturday – Pix by Shantha Ratnayake and Reuters