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Sport \| Previous \| Next India-Sri Lanka finals: The story so far By Mohandas Menon Neighbours India and Sri Lanka met each other for the first time at Old Trafford, Manchester on June 16, 1979 during the preliminary round of the 1979 World Cup. The Sri Lankans, who then were an ICC associate member, caused the first ever upset in World Cup history by winning by 47 runs.Since then the two teams have now met each other on 69 occasions, with India winning 36 matches, the Lankans 28 and the rest being a no- result. The two teams will now, on Sunday, meet for the eighth time in a final of a one-day tournament. The first occasion these two teams clashed in a tournament final was in the Asia Cup in 1988, which India won, and the last time was at Sharjah in October last year, when the Lankans won by a huge margin of 245 runs! Head to head record in a tournament final: ---------------------------------------------------------- No. Date Tournament Winner Venue ---------------------------------------------------------- 1. 4-11-1988 Asia Cup India by 6 wkts Dhaka 2 4-1-1991 Asia Cup India by 7 wkts Calcutta 3. 17-9-1994 Singer Cup India by 6 wkts Colombo 4. 14-4-1995 Asia Cup India by 8 wkts Sharjah 5. 26-7-1997 Asia Cup Sri Lanka by 8 wkts Colombo 6. 7-7-1998 Nidahas India by 6 runs Colombo Trophy 7. 29-10-2000 Champions Sri Lanka by 245 Sharjah ---------------------------------------------------------- Trophy runs Performances in a tournament final: Highest team scores: India: 307 for six (50 overs, 1998); Sri Lanka: 301 (49.3 overs, 1998). Lowest team scores: India: 54 (26.3 overs, 2000); Sri Lanka 176 (43.2 overs, 1988) Best individual performances: Batting: 189: S. Jayasuriya (SL, 2000), 128: S. Tendulkar (Ind, 1998); 109: S. Ganguly (Ind, 1998), 105: A de Silva (SL, 1998). Bowling: 5-14: C. Vaas (SL, 2000); 4-31 (incl. hat- trick): Kapil Dev (Ind, 1991), 4-53: A. Agarkar (Ind, 1998). Send this article to Friends by E-Mail
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Sport \| Previous \| Next India-Sri Lanka finals: The story so far By Mohandas Menon Neighbours India and Sri Lanka met each other for the first time at Old Trafford, Manchester on June 16, 1979 during the preliminary round of the 1979 World Cup. The Sri Lankans, who then were an ICC associate member, caused the first ever upset in World Cup history by winning by 47 runs.Since then the two teams have now met each other on 69 occasions, with India winning 36 matches, the Lankans 28 and the rest being a no- result. The two teams will now, on Sunday, meet for the eighth time in a final of a one-day tournament. The first occasion these two teams clashed in a tournament final was in the Asia Cup in 1988, which India won, and the last time was at Sharjah in October last year, when the Lankans won by a huge margin of 245 runs! Head to head record in a tournament final: ---------------------------------------------------------- No. Date Tournament Winner Venue ---------------------------------------------------------- 1. 4-11-1988 Asia Cup India by 6 wkts Dhaka 2 4-1-1991 Asia Cup India by 7 wkts Calcutta 3. 17-9-1994 Singer Cup India by 6 wkts Colombo 4. 14-4-1995 Asia Cup India by 8 wkts Sharjah 5. 26-7-1997 Asia Cup Sri Lanka by 8 wkts Colombo 6. 7-7-1998 Nidahas India by 6 runs Colombo Trophy 7. 29-10-2000 Champions Sri Lanka by 245 Sharjah ---------------------------------------------------------- Trophy runs Performances in a tournament final: Highest team scores: India: 307 for six (50 overs, 1998); Sri Lanka: 301 (49.3 overs, 1998). Lowest team scores: India: 54 (26.3 overs, 2000); Sri Lanka 176 (43.2 overs, 1988) Best individual performances: Batting: 189: S. Jayasuriya (SL, 2000), 128: S. Tendulkar (Ind, 1998); 109: S. Ganguly (Ind, 1998), 105: A de Silva (SL, 1998). Bowling: 5-14: C. Vaas (SL, 2000); 4-31 (incl. hat- trick): Kapil Dev (Ind, 1991), 4-53: A. Agarkar (Ind, 1998). Send this article to Friends by E-Mail
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