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Throwback to Jayasuriya's 189 that paved way for India's lowest ODI total: On this day

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India registered lowest ODI total on this day [Source: AFP Photos]India registered lowest ODI total on this day [Source: AFP Photos]

Sanath Jayasuriya, the Sri Lanka all-rounder was famous for his destructive batting style during the 90s. The southpaw fancied the Indian attack quite a lot; his highest Test and ODI scores of 340 and 189 respectively came against India. On this day, Sanath Jayasuriya scored 189, a batting masterclass at Sharjah Cricket Ground that eventually saw India recording their lowest ODI total.

An ODI masterclass by Jayasuriya

Jayasuriya was already in form scoring 224 runs in the group stage, but he saved his best for the final of the Coca-Cola Champions Trophy final. Batting first he dominated from the word go and batted aggressively till the penultimate over aggregating 189 runs off 161 deliveries with 21 fours and 4 sixes. He contributed nearly 63% of Sri Lanka’s total of 299/5 as Russel Arnold was the second highest scorer with an unbeaten 52.

Sanath Jayasuriya [Source: @_Naviya_]Sanath Jayasuriya [Source: @_Naviya_]

At one stage, it looked like Jayasuriya could score the first ODI double hundred, but he was dismissed on the first ball of the 49th over. Stumped by wicket-keeper Vijay Dahiya off the bowling of Sourav Ganguly Jayasuriya missed the opportunity.

Chaminda Vaas firework with the ball

After the Jayasuriya fire work, it was the Chaminda Vaas show in the evening. Although 300 was a daunting target, the Indian team had the potential to score those runs as they had done two years back at Dhaka, chasing 314 against Pakistan.

Chaminda Vaas [Source: @ICC]Chaminda Vaas [Source: @ICC]

However, Vaas became lethal under the lights and dismissed the famed opening duo of Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly within first five overs. This was a big blow for India and the inexperienced middle order just collapsed with Vass picking up two more wickets of Yuvraj Singh and Vinod Kambli in his next two overs. As the spin wizard Muthiah Muralidaran joined the party none of the Indian batters could put up any fight. They were folded for just 54 runs within 27th over with Robin Singh being the solitary batter to reach double figure with 11. 

Fittingly Vaas picked up the last wicket of Zaheer Khan to complete his fifer conceding just 14 runs in 9.3 overs. Muralidaran finished with an extraordinary spell of 6-3-6-3. Sri Lanka won the match by 245 runs.

This remains India’s lowest total in One Day Internationals, a record they would not like to break any time soon. Jayasuriya was not only the winning captain of the tournament, but he also grabbed both the Player-of-the-match and the Player-of-the-series awards for his all-round performance.