India vs Sri Lanka 2001 - Coca Cola Cup Highlights @ Colombo

8th Match, Coca-Cola Cup (Sri Lanka) at Colombo, Aug 1 2001
Yuvraj stars for India with match winning knock
In recent times, India have started one-day tournaments like champions before ending it as losers. However, in the Coca Cola Cup, they have done the opposite and, after a 46-run victory against Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club today, they look to be peaking at just the right time.
They had lost their first three games, but after successive victories against Sri Lanka they look to be on a roll. They now take on New Zealand tomorrow in what is effectively a knock out match, as the winner will proceed to the final.
Today's victory was highly impressive, as the team displayed all the fighting qualities that the Indian coach John Wright has demanded from his players. They looked down and out after slumping to 38 for four within the first hour of play.
The Indian innings, however, was transformed by Rahul Dravid (47) and Yuvraj Singh (98*), who added 102 for the fifth wicket. With enthusiastic support from Ritender Sodhi (30), they were able to post a challenging target of 227.
The Indian pace bowlers then made early inroads as Sri Lanka slipped to 24 for three in the eighth over of the innings. The middle order threatened a recovery, but were unable to turn promising stands into match winning partnerships and Sri Lanka were eventually bowled out for 181.
The one clear match winner in the game was Yuvraj Singh. Since bursting on to the international scene with an aggressive 84 against Australia in the ICC KnockOut Trophy last year, the tall left-hander had failed to fulfill the lofty expectations placed upon him by an adoring public.
Dropped for India's tour of Zimbabwe, Yuvraj handsomely repaid the faith of the selectors today - not as an opener, which is how he batted at the start of the tournament - but as a middle order batsmen. A free scoring player, he scored an unbeaten 98 from 110 deliveries and hit seven powerful boundaries. Unfortunately, he narrowly failed to score a well-deserved century, as leg cramps hampered his batting in the final stages of the innings.
Yuvraj had come to the wicket after an early flurry of wickets. Virender Shewag was trapped first ball of the match by Chaminda Vaas. Sourov Ganguly square cut uppishly to Kumar Sangakkara at backward point, who was playing in place of Avishka Gunawardene. VVS Laxman was caught at mid off and Hemang Badani nibbled at a delivery from Dilhara Fernando.
India were on the ropes at 38 for four, but Dravid and Yuvraj consolidated. Eschewing risks, but still remaining positive they steadied the innings, adding 32 runs between the 15th and 25th over of the innings. They then raised the tempo a notch in the next ten, scoring just over four runs per over.
When Dravid was stumped in the 35th over, Sodhi joined Yuvraj and the pair added 57 more runs and steadily increased the run rate. In the end India scored 97 in the final 15 overs to leave Sri Lanka with a tricky target on a sporting pitch.
They couldn't have got off to a worse start. Romesh Kaluwitharana (0) was run out for a duck and Marvan Atapattu (1) was caught behind off a good delivery from Zaheer Khan, who bowled with an extra yard of pace today despite suffering from sore shins.
Sanath Jayasuriya (10) was sent back to the pavilion in the eighth over after he was brilliantly caught at short mid wicket by Dravid who dived full length to his right. Sri Lanka were 24 for three.
Russel Arnold (21) and Mahela Jayawardene (34) steadied the innings with a 43-run stand, not without the odd alarm, before Ganguly trapped Arnold leg before wicket with a full-length inswinger.
Having had a vehement caught behind appeal turned down the previous ball, Ganguly celebrated his wicket by directing a volley of abuse towards the outgoing batsmen. Fully pumped up he had several verbal exchanges with the Sri Lankan batsmen afterwards and his behaviour unsurprisingly attracted the attention of match referee Cammie Smith, who hauled him into his office after the game.
Ganguly went on to bowl Jayawardene and Sri Lanka's hopes started to slip away. Kumar Sangakkara (18), Suresh Perera (32), and Kumar Dharmasena (27) all started well, but were unable to keep up the momentum and wickets fell regularly in the desperate search for boundaries.
The Indian team now faces a worrying wait to see whether they will be playing with their captain tomorrow. If Cammie Smith is consistent, then he could well be suspended.

[@jithinplus]

These types of cricket archives like Gold . Even the the biggest brodcasters like Star and sony missing these old footages or with some reasons they are not able to show these matches on present day television . Cricket matches played in Pakistan srilanka india Bangladesh between the period 1996 till 2005 all are completely vanished from present day sports channel instead they are showing Icc cricket world Cup matches and india tour England 2018 💯 times

[@vijaydhiman9243]

Saurav ganguly k jaisa mahan captain na kbi hua na kbi hoga , love you always Dada

[@dheeru1185.]

क्या दिन थे यार ये भी अपने बचपन के पूरी की पूरी मित्र मण्डली साथ बैठ कर क्रिकेट का मजा लेती थी ❤🇮🇳

[@harikrishnashabu3547]

Sourav Gangulay captaincy & John Wright coaching changed Indian cricket completely

[@livingcreatures9346]

Dada with the bowl during neccessary times. A diamond for Indian cricket

[@chaipaani4931]

Once in a generation player, Yuvraj Singh. Hatsoff....

[@zg9560]

Ganguly first Indian hero dada is the best all time

[@rahulrnair8540]

Yuvi ws a gem during this period..how many matches he saved India 🙆🏼‍♂️ he's the real finisher...

[@bangalpreet9452]

First odi series of India in 2001 against aus lost 2_3 but they fought well against a tough aus side,in Harare tournament 2001,India fought all the round matches against wi and zim,but again lost at finals but they showed that they were fighters ,again they fight in this series against a strong srilanka and newzealand side,lost back to back matches ,winning back to back matches,again fought well in the standard bank series against a tough South African side,the Indian side beat SA at 10 th October ,2001 they lost the finals ,but they fight ,at least Indian in year 2001 shows they were fighters not loosers and rose to no 5 and no 6 in odi rankings ,top odi teams in 2001 were aus,South Africa,Sri Lanka,Pakistan ,India,newzealand,westindies,England,Zimbabwe,kenya

[@sounak60]

Thanks dada the father of Indian cricket..

[@sureshroyyuri3397]

This series time my age 12 year's, sachin injury in this series. What a golden days

[@partha123dbr]

Dravid was always there to guide youngsters..

[@sameerkaginkar3323]

That was cricket golden Era of Indian cricket and ganguly

[@mainakchatterjee1142]

Dilhara fernando-Muthaya murlidharan-Chaminda vaas the legend bowler of SL forever....🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰

[@anikbiswas4073]

Dada's era

[@prakashkv8413]

Red and Green LED experience very nice compare to LCD display

[@anshgl1115]

As soon as Yuvraj scored his half-century, I knew that India were going to win this with no prior recollection of this game because of this stat that I remembered-- India had not lost a game when Yuvraj scored a half-century, for the first eight or ten times he had done so (don't remember the exact number); and this was only his second

[@nageshrkale2280]

Dravid n yuvi saved many times when indian team in trouble

[@Naag007]

GANGULY Z TREND SETTEER IN INDIAN CRICKET..

[@jeetubanna7417]

Yuvraj great inning love you paji