India Vs Sri Lanka Final
Coca-Cola Champions Trophy India, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe in United Arab Emirates - 2000 (2000/01) · Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah · 29 October 2000
Sri Lanka won by 245 runs
Sri Lanka won by 245 runs. Sanath Jayasuriya top-scored with 189 for Sri Lanka. Chaminda Vaas took 5/14.
MATCH FACTS
- Series
- Coca-Cola Champions Trophy India, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe in United Arab Emirates - 2000 (2000/01)
- Ground
- Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah (then Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium)
- Date
- 29 October 2000
- Toss
- Sri Lanka, chose to bat
- Result
- Sri Lanka won by 245 runs
- Player of the match
- Sanath Jayasuriya
- Captains
- Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka), Sourav Ganguly (India)
- Umpires
- DJ Harper and G Sharp
- Match referee
- DT Lindsay
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.
Sri Lanka batted first and made 299 for 5. Sanath Jayasuriya top-scored with 189 off 161 balls, and Russel Arnold made 52. The innings was built on a 166-run stand for the fifth wicket between Sanath Jayasuriya and Russel Arnold, 56% of the total. That was well above the 2000s average first-innings total at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, 236 across 45 ODIs.
Chasing 300, India made 54 all out. Robin Singh top-scored with 11 off 38 balls. Chaminda Vaas took 5 for 14 for Sri Lanka. From 30 for 5 they lost 5 wickets for 24 runs, to 54 for 10.
Sri Lanka won by 245 runs. It is the largest victory by runs at Sharjah Cricket Stadium across the 249 ODIs in our archive. India's 54 all out is the lowest completed total at Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Sanath Jayasuriya's 189 is the highest individual score at Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
SRI LANKA: 299 FOR 5
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanath Jayasuriya | st Vijay Dahiya | 189 | 161 |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana | bowled | 15 | 19 |
| Marvan Atapattu | run out (Sachin Tendulkar) | 9 | 24 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | c Yuvraj Singh | 3 | 10 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | bowled | 8 | 26 |
| Russel Arnold | not out | 52 | 62 |
| Chaminda Vaas | not out | 1 | 4 |
Did not bat: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kaushalya Weeraratne, Muthiah Muralidaran, Nuwan Zoysa
Extras 22 · Total 299 for 5
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zaheer Khan | 10 | 1 | 53 | 1 |
| Ajit Agarkar | 10 | 1 | 67 | 0 |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 7 | 0 | 73 | 0 |
| Sunil Joshi | 9 | 2 | 33 | 1 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 10 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Robin Singh | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-44 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 8.1 ov), 2-90 (Marvan Atapattu, 17.2 ov), 3-98 (Mahela Jayawardene, 20.2 ov), 4-116 (Kumar Sangakkara, 27.5 ov), 5-282 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 48.1 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sanath Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitharana | 44 | 49 |
| second | Marvan Atapattu and Sanath Jayasuriya | 46 | 55 |
| third | Sanath Jayasuriya and Mahela Jayawardene | 8 | 18 |
| fourth | Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara | 18 | 45 |
| fifth | Sanath Jayasuriya and Russel Arnold | 166 | 122 |
| sixth | Chaminda Vaas and Russel Arnold | 17 | 11 |
INDIA: 54 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar | c Chaminda Vaas | 5 | 11 |
| Sourav Ganguly | c Sanath Jayasuriya | 3 | 13 |
| Yuvraj Singh | c Kumar Sangakkara | 3 | 8 |
| Vinod Kambli | c Sanath Jayasuriya | 3 | 15 |
| Hemang Badani | c Russel Arnold | 9 | 17 |
| Robin Singh | bowled | 11 | 38 |
| Vijay Dahiya | bowled | 4 | 14 |
| Sunil Joshi | run out (Kumar Sangakkara) | 4 | 11 |
| Ajit Agarkar | bowled | 2 | 10 |
| Zaheer Khan | c Romesh Kaluwitharana | 1 | 14 |
| Venkatesh Prasad | not out | 3 | 10 |
Extras 6 · Total 54 all out
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaminda Vaas | 9.3 | 1 | 14 | 5 |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 7 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| Kaushalya Weeraratne | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-8 (Sourav Ganguly, 2.6 ov), 2-10 (Sachin Tendulkar, 4.2 ov), 3-15 (Yuvraj Singh, 6.5 ov), 4-19 (Vinod Kambli, 8.2 ov), 5-30 (Hemang Badani, 11.5 ov), 6-39 (Vijay Dahiya, 17.3 ov), 7-44 (Robin Singh, 19.4 ov), 8-49 (Sunil Joshi, 21.3 ov), 9-50 (Ajit Agarkar, 23.1 ov), 10-54 (Zaheer Khan, 26.3 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly | 8 | 18 |
| second | Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh | 2 | 8 |
| third | Vinod Kambli and Yuvraj Singh | 5 | 15 |
| fourth | Vinod Kambli and Hemang Badani | 4 | 9 |
| fifth | Robin Singh and Hemang Badani | 11 | 21 |
| sixth | Robin Singh and Vijay Dahiya | 9 | 34 |
| seventh | Robin Singh and Sunil Joshi | 5 | 13 |
| eighth | Sunil Joshi and Ajit Agarkar | 5 | 11 |
| ninth | Ajit Agarkar and Zaheer Khan | 1 | 10 |
| tenth | Venkatesh Prasad and Zaheer Khan | 4 | 20 |
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