India won Compaq Cup, beat Sri Lanka by 46 runs, Tendulkar hit 44th ODI Century

Master blaster played one of his best ODI innings on the way to his 44th century and spinner Harbhajan Singh took 5 wickets in a high scoring final and helps India to break the jinx in loosing finals and won the Compaq up by 46 runs against Sri Lanka on September 14, at Colombo.

SachinTendulkar (138 runs) with Dravid (39) started the inning and put 95 runs for the 1st wicket then put 110 runs with Dhoni (56) and then 71 runs with Yuraj (56*) as India made a huge total of 319 runs in 50 overs. Sachin Tendulkar hit his 44th ODI and 86th International century got Man of the Match as well as Man of the series award.

Jayasuriya and Dilshan started positively for a big chase and scored 60 runs in 7 overs before Harbhajn took 2 wickets in 2 overs. Sri Lankan tried to maintain high run rate but wickets at regular intervals reduced their chance. Kapugedera and Kandamby put 70 runs in the end but unable to finish the game. Harbhajan took 5 wickets for 56 runs.

India 319 for 5 (Tendulkar 138, Yuvraj 56*, Dhoni 56) beat Sri Lanka 273 (Kandamby 66, Harbhajan 5-57) by 46 runs

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