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Sri Lanka Vs India Final

Coca-Cola Cup (Sri Lanka) India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka - 2001 (2001) · R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo · 5 August 2001

Sri Lanka won by 121 runs

Sri Lanka won by 121 runs. Sanath Jayasuriya top-scored with 99 for Sri Lanka.

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MATCH FACTS

Series
Coca-Cola Cup (Sri Lanka) India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka - 2001 (2001)
Ground
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Date
5 August 2001
Toss
Sri Lanka, chose to bat
Result
Sri Lanka won by 121 runs
Player of the match
Russel Arnold
Captains
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka), Sourav Ganguly (India)
Umpires
EAR de Silva and TH Wijewardene
Match referee
CW Smith

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.

Sri Lanka batted first and made 295 for 5. Sanath Jayasuriya top-scored with 99 off 102 balls, and Mahela Jayawardene made 57. The innings was built on a 104-run stand for the third wicket between Sanath Jayasuriya and Mahela Jayawardene. That was well above the 2000s average first-innings total at R Premadasa Stadium, 241 across 59 ODIs.

Chasing 296, India made 174 all out. VVS Laxman top-scored with 37 off 51 balls.

Sri Lanka won by 121 runs.

SRI LANKA: 295 FOR 5
BatterHow outRB
Sanath Jayasuriyac Sourav Ganguly b Virender Sehwag99102
Avishka Gunawardenelbw b Harbhajan Singh3431
Marvan Atapattuc Sourav Ganguly b Virender Sehwag511
Mahela Jayawardenelbw b Harbhajan Singh5780
Russel Arnoldc Sourav Ganguly b Zaheer Khan5245
Romesh Kaluwitharananot out3132

Did not bat: Kumar Dharmasena, Suresh Perera, Chaminda Vaas, Muthiah Muralidaran, Dilhara Fernando

Extras 17 · Total 295 for 5

Bowler (India)OMRW
Zaheer Khan80581
Ashish Nehra90650
Harbhajan Singh100292
Virender Sehwag90582
Sourav Ganguly40200
Yuvraj Singh100570

FALL OF WICKETS

1-71 (Avishka Gunawardene, 10.5 ov), 2-100 (Marvan Atapattu, 15.2 ov), 3-204 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 34.6 ov), 4-218 (Mahela Jayawardene, 39.3 ov), 5-295 (Russel Arnold, 49.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstSanath Jayasuriya (34) and Avishka Gunawardene (34)7165
secondMarvan Atapattu (5) and Sanath Jayasuriya (19)2927
thirdSanath Jayasuriya (46) and Mahela Jayawardene (50)104119
fourthRussel Arnold (7) and Mahela Jayawardene (7)1427
fifthRomesh Kaluwitharana (31) and Russel Arnold (45)7763
INDIA: 174 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Sourav Gangulyc Russel Arnold b Dilhara Fernando17
Virender Sehwagrun out (Russel Arnold)44
VVS Laxmanc Mahela Jayawardene b Kumar Dharmasena3751
Rahul Dravidb Dilhara Fernando2136
Hemang Badanirun out (Mahela Jayawardene, Russel Arnold)2238
Yuvraj Singhb Russel Arnold66
Reetinder Sodhib Muthiah Muralidaran715
Sameer Dighec Romesh Kaluwitharana b Chaminda Vaas2363
Harbhajan Singhc Russel Arnold b Muthiah Muralidaran1528
Zaheer Khanb Chaminda Vaas1633
Ashish Nehranot out210

Extras 20 · Total 174 all out

Bowler (Sri Lanka)OMRW
Chaminda Vaas9.22412
Dilhara Fernando102322
Kumar Dharmasena80331
Sanath Jayasuriya3090
Russel Arnold71211
Muthiah Muralidaran101322

FALL OF WICKETS

1-5 (Virender Sehwag, 1.4 ov), 2-5 (Sourav Ganguly, 1.5 ov), 3-61 (Rahul Dravid, 13.1 ov), 4-91 (VVS Laxman, 20.5 ov), 5-100 (Yuvraj Singh, 23.1 ov), 6-100 (Hemang Badani, 23.2 ov), 7-114 (Reetinder Sodhi, 28.3 ov), 8-136 (Harbhajan Singh, 34.3 ov), 9-169 (Zaheer Khan, 43.5 ov), 10-174 (Sameer Dighe, 47.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstSourav Ganguly (1) and Virender Sehwag (4)510
secondSourav Ganguly (0) and VVS Laxman (0)01
thirdRahul Dravid (21) and VVS Laxman (29)5671
fourthVVS Laxman (8) and Hemang Badani (19)3046
fifthHemang Badani (3) and Yuvraj Singh (6)914
sixthReetinder Sodhi (0) and Hemang Badani (0)01
seventhReetinder Sodhi (7) and Sameer Dighe (3)1431
eighthHarbhajan Singh (15) and Sameer Dighe (7)2236
ninthSameer Dighe (10) and Zaheer Khan (16)3360
tenthSameer Dighe (3) and Ashish Nehra (2)521
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