Asia Cup final photos

1 of 11 With 28 runs on the board, Sri Lanka suffer their first loss as Irfan Pathan traps Sanath Jayasuriya lbw for 15

2 of 11 Avishka Gunawardene departs shortly after when he lofts an Ashish Nehra delivery into the hands of Sourav Ganguly

3 of 11 Kumar Sangakkara and captain Marvan Atapattu steady the innings with a 116-run partnership that restores respectability

4 of 11 Tillakaratne Dilshan gets stumped by Rahul Dravid for 22 as Sri Lanka lose four important wickets and slump to 194-6

5 of 11 Harbhajan Singh runs out Farveez Maharoof as Sri Lanka try to glean as many runs as possible but finish on 228-9

6 of 11 India's run chase gets off to a bad start as prolific runscorer Virender Sehwag is trapped lbw by Chaminda Vaas for five

7 of 11 Sri Lanka celebrate again just 11 runs later when Nuwan Zoysa has Ganguly caught out, leaving India on 26-2

8 of 11 Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman put on 36 before the latter falls to the left-arm spin bowling of Jayasuriya

9 of 11 India's prospects take another blow when vice-captain Rahul Dravid edges to Dilshan leaving his team on 96-4

10 of 11 The hosts claim the vital wicket of Tendulkar and from there it is all downhill for India as Sri Lanka claim a 25-run win

11 of 11 Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya celebrates after claiming the man of the series award following the win over India