Sri Lanka&rsquo;s captain Mahela Jayawardene admitted his team choked in the World Twenty20 final against the West Indies, denying themselves a long-awaited title. <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/oct/jaya.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 380px; " /> Mahela Jayawardene &ldquo;When we were put under pressure, we did not react well,&rdquo; Jayawardene said after the hosts crashed to a 36-run defeat. &ldquo;As a team we gave everything we had,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We wanted to win a big tournament to give something to the fans who have been cheering us. We just did not execute a good game plan and we were not ruthless enough. We are very disappointed that we could not give the fans what they wanted, and that hurts a lot. &ldquo;We need to sit together, have a chat on what went wrong and then move on,&rdquo; he added.u00a0

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Sri Lanka skipper admits  his team choked under pressure in the World Twenty20 final

We failed to handle pressure: Mahela Jayawardene

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