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Rain washes off India’s chances to lift Champions Trophy
20.44 IST   30th Sept 2002

By Manish Kumar

For the second day in a row, rain washed out the final of the ICC Champions Trophy at the Premadasa stadium in Colombo on September 30.

And for the second day in a row, it started pouring in the Indian run chase.

So the ICC Champions Trophy was shared amongst India and Sri Lanka, sad from the Indian point of view, because they had a big chance to win today.

India, chasing a victory target of 223 runs, were 38/1 with Virender Sehwag (25) and Sachin Tendulkar (7) at the crease. Opener Dinesh Mongia went for a duck.

Earlier, Sri Lankan skipper Sanath Jayasuriya won the toss and elected to bat.

Jayasuriya got out on the first ball of the match, edging a Zaheer Khan delivery on to his stumps.

Fired up Indians took three more wickets quickly to reduce the hosts to 71/4.

But Mahela Jayawardene (77) and Russel Arnold (56 n.o.) added 118 runs for the fifth wicket to take their team out of trouble.

Sri Lanka put up a total of 222 with the loss of five wickets in their allotted 50 overs.

For record, this was Sachin Tendulkar's 300th, Muttiah Muralitharan’s 200th and umpire Steve Bucknor’s 100th ODI.


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