Ajantha Mendis won the Man of the Tournament award for his 17 wickets in the Asia Cup.  

Ajantha Mendis won the Man of the Match award for his 6 wickets for 13 runs today.  

Sri Lanka are the deserved victors of the Asia Cup 2008. They made the 'famed' Indian batting order look like a pack of tail-enders owing largely to the guile of their new-found spin-wizard Ajantha Mendis. This is the fourth time that Sri laka have lifted the Asia Cup. They win by 100 runs which bangs a nail in the coffin for the Indian side who have only won 2 finals out of the 22 they have reached in the last few years.  

India seem to have made it a habit of reaching finals and losing them. Today was another one as they lost to Sri Lanka by 100 runs. They played superbly throughout the Asia Cup but one Sri Lankan bowler was all it took to reduce the Indian batting line-up to shreds. Ajantha Mendis had his name pasted all over the Indian scorecard. He picked up his career-best figures of 6 wickets for 13 runs as he kept sending Indian batsmen to the pavillion one after the other. Chasing 273 runs to wins, India believed they stood a chance but clearly the match belonged to Ajantha Mendis who proves that he is spinner that's here to stay for a very very long time. India will vouch for that.