Rain ruined 2002 champions final

Ranjan Anandappa

The 2002 Champions Trophy final between Sri Lanka and India at the R. Premadasa Stadium played under floodlights was twice hit by rain to disappoint the 35,000 crowd.

The home team batting first was spearheaded by a pleasing innings by Sanath Jayasuriya who thumped a top score of 74 and Kumar Sangakkara second best with a score of 54. Jaysuriya who captained the side batted till the 30th over. Harbhajan Singh was the main wicket taker for the visitors, 3 for 27 in his 10 overs.

India in their turn were 14 for no loss when the heavens opened. Play was called off around 8.05pm. The reserve day too was a wash out. The prize money and the trophy was shared by Sri Lanka and India.

Sri Lanka: S.Jayasuriya c Harbhajan b Agarkar 74, M Atapattu c Agarkar b Harbhajan 34, K Sangakkara c Sehwag b Harbhajan 34, Aravinda de Silva c Dravid b Harbhajan 18, M Jayawardena c and b Tendulkar 13, R Arnold not out 18, C Vaas not out 11.

Did not bat. K Dharmasena, M Muralidharan, Pulasthy Gunaratne, Dilhara Fernando.

Extras. 22,

Total (For 5 wickets in 50 overs) 244,

Fall of wickets. 65,155,185,207,212, Bowling Zaheer Khan10-0-43-0, Javagal Srinath 8-0-55-0, Ajith Agarkar 6-0-37-1, Harbhajan Singh 10-1-27-3, Virender Sehwag10-0-32-0, Sachin Tendulkar 6-0-36-1.

India: Dinesh Mongia not out 1, Virender Sehwag not out 13.

Total. (For no wickets in 2 overs) 14.

Did not bat. S Gangully, S Tendulkar, R Dravid, Yuraj Singh, M Kaif, Harbhajan Singh, Ajith Agarkar, Zaheer Khan, J Srinath. Bowling. C Vaas 1-1-0-0, P.Gunaratne 1-0-14-0