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Mendis 4/12 restricts WIndies to 137

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Mendis picked up 4 wickets for 12 runs as Sri Lanka limited West Indies to 137in WT20 final.

.Marlon Samuels smashed six sixes and three fours in his 78 off 56 balls, but Sri Lanka struck at regular intervals through its spinners.Mendis shut out West Indies hopes of putting up a big total when he had dangerman Chris Gayle trapped lbw for just three after the lefthander struggled for 16 balls to get going.The finger spinner polished off the top order with the wickets of Dwayne Bravo (19), Kieron Pollard (2) and Andre Russell (0) in front of boisterous 35,000 home fans at R Premadasa Stadium.Samuels hit five of his sixes off fast bowler Lasith Malinga (0-54) before he was dismissed in the 17th over.Scoreboard Sunday in the World Twenty20 final between Sri Lanka and West Indies at R Premadasa Stadium:Johnson Charles c Kulasekara b Mathews 0Chris Gayle lbw b Ajantha Mendis 3Marlon Samuels c Jeevan Mendis b Dananjaya 78Dwayne Bravo lbw b Ajantha Mendis 19Kieron Pollard c Dananjaya b Ajantha Mendis 2Andre Russell lbw b Ajantha Mendis 0Darren Sammy not out 26Denesh Ramdin not out 4Extras: (2lb, 3w) 5TOTAL: (for 6 wickets) 137