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SL better than India at the Premadasa

Mohandas Menon

Out of the 15 matches played between the two teams at this venue since 25-7-1993, India has managed to win just four matches (by 1 run on 25-7-1993; by 8 wkts on 19-6-1998; by 6 runs on 7-7-1998; by 7 wkts on 28-7-2001), while Sri Lanka has won ten matches with one match declared as no-result.

This will be the fourth tournament final played between the two teams at this ground. Sri Lanka won the Asia Cup final by 8 wickets on 26-7-1997; India won the Nidahas (Independence) Cup by 6 runs on 7-7-1998 but the home team won the Coca Cola tri series last year by 121 runs on 5-8-2001.

Individual hundreds (10)

For India (6)
SR Tendulkar 128 on 7/07/1998
AD Jadeja 119 on 17/08/1997
SC Ganguly 113 on 20/08/1997
M Azharuddin 111* on 17/08/1997
SR Tendulkar 110 on 28/08/1996
SC Ganguly 109 on 7/07/1998

For Sri Lanka (4)
A Ranatunga 131* on 18/07/1997
ST Jayasuriya 120* on 28/08/1996
MS Atapattu 118 on 17/08/1997
PA de Silva 105 on 7/07/1998

Best bowling

For India
AB Agarkar 4-53 (10 ov) on 7/07/1998
Harbhajan Singh 3-29 (10 ov) on 22/07/2001

For Sri Lanka
GP Wickramasinghe 3-28 (5 ov) on 5/09/1994
UDU Chandana 3-32 (8 ov) on 20/08/1997
GP Wickramasinghe 3-34 (8 ov) on 12/08/1993
RS Kalpage 3-42 (10 ov) on 25/07/1993
WPUJ Vaas 3-63 (10 ov) on 17/08/1997