Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkaras week has been a rather busy one. A visit to the match referee after Saturdays game was preceded by a fire-fighting exercise after his team was accused of tarnishing the spirit of the game. While owing up responsibility of the actions of his teammates,Sangakkara has left no opportunity to make it clear that the onus wasnt only on Sri Lanka to maintain the sanctity of the game. On Saturday,Sangakkara was asked about all the controversies surrounding him and the Lankan side. Sangakkara took the opportunity to defend his team while taking a potshot at the Indian cricketers only days after accusing Virender Sehwag of changing his stance on the no-ball incident between the post-match presentation and the media briefing. We always try and play in the right spirit. If we dont,if we make a mistake,we always take responsibility. But we dont try and hide behind the press or hide behind our board. We always try as a team to take responsibility. Thats how we play our cricket and thats how we take pride in what we do on the field, Sangakkara said on the eve of the game. Meanwhile,Sunday's game has taken on a different hue. Both India and Sri Lanka have been affable to each other no matter how competitive the cricket in the middle has been between them,but one deliberate no-ball seems to have changed the equation a little bit. Do-or-die for Lanka But the big talking point of Sundays game is that it is a do-or-die match for Sri Lanka,which has only once failed to make the final of a one-day series played on their soil. A Sri Lankan win with or without a bonus point on Sunday will see them move to 10 points and that will guarantee them a place in final,making Wednesdays India- New Zealand match a virtual semi-final. If India wins then Sri Lanka will be knocked out and India and New Zealand will book their berths in the final. However if both matches are washed out,the teams involved in the games will be presented with two points each. In such a scenario,Sri Lanka will once again fail to make it to the final as both India and New Zealand will have a point more than the host side. Live on Ten Sports,2.30 pm
