West Indies captain Darren Sammy says rain denied his team an opportunity for a blast in the final overs and hence Sri Lanka won the match by 27 runs under the Duckworth/Lewis system.
West Indies were 80 for four after 13.5 overs chasing 161 runs for victory when rain ended the game. The West Indies needed to be 108 for four.
Sammy said there was no panic in the dressing room despite the West Indies slow start. "We back ourselves. Today would have been a very difficult job, but with the remaining batting, anything could have been possible. It was God smiling on Sanga and Mahela probably."
Sammy added he was disappointed his team's run had ended. He refused to lay the blame on the West Indies poor start with the bat and the early loss of Chris Gayle and Dwayne Smith. "Gayle and Smith have a clear idea on how they want to play. We started very well, but their offspinner bowled very well to Gayle and Smith. From there on, we were behind."
Sammy, who lamented the poor performance of Marlon Samuels, said: "Marlon hasn't been batting well, he didn't have a good tournament, but that's one area to improve. Hopefully, we will do well in the other matches coming up."
On the bowling, Sammy said Dwayne Bravo had a side strain: "That's why he didn't bowl. In our team, except Ramdin, everyone bowls. (Andre) Russell had been bowling well and today was probably an off day. They were off to a flier, but we did well to peg them back. They got a few more than we expected.
"Normally Santokie and Russell bowled well at the back end, but today was just one of those days. Sri Lanka played very well."
Sri Lanka stand in captain Lasith Malinga said: "We were looking to get the batsmen out early. We never looked at the rain. We got a good start before losing our way in the middle, then Angelo (Mathews) played very well to push it to 160. It is our fifth final, it is a big one. Everyone is looking forward to it."