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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Sri Lanka vs. India Compaq Cup Final Live Scores | SL vs Ind Compaq Cup Final | Scorecard, Commentary

Final of Compaq Cup will be played between India and Sri Lanka on Monday, September 14, at 2.30 IST.

Live Score Card with Live Commentary between Sri Lanka and India, final of Compaq Cup.

India and Sri Lanka Compaq Cup Final Live Score Card:

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Ind v SL Final of Compaq Cup | India vs Sri Lanka Compaq Cup Final Scorecard & Commentary

In the Compaq Cup final, India will meet host Sri Lanka who already beat visitors in the last match by 139 runs. The Match will start on September 14th, 2009 at at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo at 14:30 local/IST, 09:00 GMT.

India without their in-form openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir struggling to get a good start even though Sachin Tendulkar making some runs. Rahul Dravid on his return in One Day cricket unable to put a mark while Yuvraj Singh continues to struggle against spinners. India has to put good all round show in order to take revenge and to loft the title.

Sri Lanka is on high after two big wins against both opponents of the Compaq Cup tri-series. Sanath Jayasuriya is back in form at a crucial time, has scored 692 runs at 57.66 in 12 finals against India. Muralitharan will replace Ajantha Mendis and will create more trouble along with last match hero Angelo Mathews.

India Team for Compaq Cup Final:

Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Ashish Nehra, RP Singh, Amit Mishra, Dinesh Karthik and Abhishek Nayar

Sri Lanka Team for Compaq Cup Final:

Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara(capt/wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Thilina Kandamby, Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thilan Thushara, Lasith Malinga, Muthaiah Muralitharan

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