in 2000, in the Coca Cola Champions Trophy final Sri Lanka handed India a massive 245 #defeat. #India fell for their lowest ever total – 54/10. #Jayasuriya started off in his usual attacking mode and Sri Lanka reached the 100-run mark in the 21st over despite losing three wickets. Jayasuriya reached his century off 118 balls and scored 89 runs in the next 43 balls he faced. By the time the Sri Lankan skipper fell in the 49th over, Sri Lanka had resurrected their innings by some way and set India a target of 300.
India lost their captain Sourav Ganguly playing a straight slog while his opening partner Sachin Tendulkar could not stay much longer as he was dismissed after handing a return catch to the bowler’s hands.
When India lost Yuvraj and Vinod Kambli, they were 19-4 in the 9th over with all four wickets claimed by Vaas. Next to go was Hemang Badani who tried to take on Nuwan Zoysa’s persistent short-ball strategy followed by Vijay Dahiya whose stumps were shattered by a sharp off-spinner from Muralitharan. Robin Singh, who was the only to get into double figures, also fell to the off-spinner after trying to cut.
India’s total in this match, which was (and still is) their lowest ever in all ODIs beating the 63 against Australia at Sydney in 1981. The total was also the third lowest in the game's history after the 43 by Pakistan vs West Indies in 1993 and 45 by Canada vs England in 1979 at that time. It was also the lowest total at Sharjah for any team with the previous lowest being 55 by Sri Lanka vs West Indies in 1986.
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