Tri-Series in Sri Lanka in 2009

Tri-Series in Sri Lanka in 2009-10
Date	8 September – 14 September 2009
Location	Sri Lanka
Result	Won by India
Player of the series	Sachin Tendulkar
Teams India New Zealand Sri Lanka Captains Mahendra Singh Dhoni Daniel Vettori Kumar Sangakkara Most runs Sachin Tendulkar 211 Grant Elliott 63 Thilina Kandamby 172 Most wickets Harbhajan Singh 6 Daniel Vettori & Shane Bond 3 Angelo Mathews & Lasith Malinga 6

The Tri-Series in Sri Lanka in 2009 is a One Day International cricket tournament which was held in Sri Lanka from 8 September to 14 September 2009. The series involved the national teams of India, Sri Lanka and New Zealand.

Squads

India

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain/wicketkeeper), Yuvraj Singh (vice captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Abhishek Nayar, Dinesh Karthik, Harbhajan Singh, Amit Mishra, Ashish Nehra,

New Zealand

Daniel Vettori, Shane Bond, Neil Broom, Ian Butler, Grant Elliott, Martin Guptill, Gareth Hopkins (wicket keeper), Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Jeetan Patel, Jesse Ryder and Ross Taylor.

Sri Lanka

Kumar Sangakkara (captain, wicket keeper), Mahela Jayawardene, Sanath Jayasuriya, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Thilan Samaraweera, Chamara Kapugedera, Thilina Kandamby, Upul Tharanga, Angelo Mathews, Muthiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis, Thilan Thushara, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga and Dammika Prasad.

Matches

Group stage

Pos	Team	P	W	L	NR	T	Points	NRR	For	Against
1	Sri Lanka	2	2	0	0	0	10	+2.36	523/100.0	287/100.0
2	India	2	1	1	0	0	5	-1.04	324/90.3	462/100.0
3	New Zealand	2	0	2	0	0	0	-1.370	274/100.0	372/90.3

8 September Scorecard

Sri Lanka 216/7 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 119 (36.1 overs)
TT Samaraweera 104 (124) SE Bond 3/43 (10 overs)		GD Elliott 41 (76) SL Malinga 4/28 (6.1 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 97 runs R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: EAR de Silva (Sri Lanka) and BR Doctrove (West Indies) Player of the match: TT Samaraweera (Sri Lanka)

• Points: Sri Lanka 5, New Zealand 0

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11 September Scorecard

New Zealand 155 (46.3 overs)	v	India 156/4 (40.3 overs)
Daniel Vettori 25 (36) Ashish Nehra 3/24 (8.3 overs)		SR Tendulkar 46 (55) DL Vettori 2/33 (10 overs)

India won by 6 wickets R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Billy Doctrove (West Indies) and Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) Player of the match: Ashish Nehra

• Points: India 5, New Zealand 0

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12 September Scorecard

Sri Lanka 307/6 (50 overs)	v	India 168 (37.2 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 98 (79) Suresh Raina 1/14 (3 overs)		Rahul Dravid 47 (56) Angelo Mathews 6/20 (6 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 139 runs R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) & Billy Doctrove (West Indies) Player of the match: Angelo Mathews

• Points: Sri Lanka 5, India 0

Final

14 September (scorecard)

India 319/5 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 273 (46.4 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 138 (133) Thilan Thushara 2/71 (10 overs)		Thilina Kandamby 66 (94) Harbhajan Singh 5/56 (9.4 overs)

India won by 46 runs R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SRI) & Billy Doctrove (WIN) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar

• India won 2009 Compaq Cup

Media coverage

Television

• Arab Digital Distribution (live) – Middle East
• Ten Sports (live) – India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan
• DD National (live) – India (only India matches)