Tri-Series in Bangladesh in 2009–10

The Tri-Series in Bangladesh in 2009–10 was a One Day International cricket tournament for the Idea Cup which was held in Bangladesh from 4 January to 13 January 2010. The tournament involved the national teams of India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.[1] The tournament was won by Sri Lanka who defeated India in the final match which was held on 13 January 2010.

Tri-Series in Bangladesh in 2009-10
Date	4–13 January 2010
Location	Bangladesh
Result	Won by  Sri Lanka
Player of the series	Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
Teams  India  Bangladesh  Sri Lanka Captains Mahendra Singh Dhoni Shakib Al Hasan Kumar Sangakkara Most runs Virat Kohli (275) Mahmudullah (193) Sangakkara (274) Most wickets Harbhajan Singh (6) Naeem Islam (3) Chanaka Welegedara (8)

Background

India: Indian team's key batsman Sachin Tendulkar opted out of the tournament in order to rest for the tests against Bangladesh which are scheduled to be held after this tournament.[2] Tendulkar will be replaced by Rohit Sharma in the 16-man squad. The fast bowlers Ishant Sharma and Praveen Kumar have been dropped and replaced by Sreesanth and Ashok Dinda and spinner Pragyan Ojha has been replaced by Amit Mishra.[2]

Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka made various changes to its side due to the poor performance of players such as Sanath Jayasuriya, Chamara Kapugedera, Lasith Malinga and Ajantha Mendis in the recently concluded tour of India and injuries to players namely Mahela Jayawardene, Angelo Mathews and bowlers Muttiah Muralitharan and Dilhara Fernando.[3] However Tillakaratne Dilshan suffered a groin injury in the first match against Bangladesh and missed the two successive matches of the tournament.[4] Other players who suffered injuries were, Chamara Silva who fractured his thumb during the training and Muthumudalige Pushpakumara who injured his shoulder in the second match of the tournament against India. To fill the void in the squad, Sri Lanka brought Mahela Jayawardene, Dinesh Chandimal and Mahela Udawatte into the team.[5]

Bangladesh: Bangladesh are going into the tournament without their fast bowler, Mashrafe Mortaza who failed to recover from his knee injury. The Bangladeshi squad also features two former ICL players, opener Shahriar Nafees and batsman Aftab Ahmed. The squad will also feature an uncapped player, Shafiul Islam who is a fast bowler.[6] Just before the start of the tournament Bangladesh fast bowler Nazmul Hossain was ruled out of the tri-series because of his injury and was replaced by Shahadat Hossain in the squad.[7]

Squads

Squads for the Tri-Series

#	India	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh
1	Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain & WK)	Kumar Sangakkara (Captain & WK)	Mushfiqur Rahim (Captain & WK)
2	Virender Sehwag (Vice-Captain)	Tillakaratne Dilshan (Vice-Captain)	Shakib Al Hasan (Vice-Captain)
3	Gautam Gambhir	Upul Tharanga	Mohammad Ashraful
4	Virat Kohli	Thilan Samaraweera	Abdur Razzak
5	Suresh Raina	Thilina Kandamby	Tamim Iqbal
6	Rohit Sharma	Chamara Silva	Syed Rasel
7	Ravindra Jadeja	Lahiru Thirimanne	Raqibul Hasan
8	Harbhajan Singh	Thissara Perera	Mahmudullah
9	Zaheer Khan	Muthumudalige Pushpakumara	Shahadat Hossain
10	Ashish Nehra	Malinga Bandara	Naeem Islam
11	Yuvraj Singh	Suraj Randiv	Imrul Kayes
12	Sudeep Tyagi	Thilan Thushara	Rubel Hossain
13	Dinesh Karthik	Suranga Lakmal	Shafiul Islam
14	Sreesanth	Nuwan Kulasekara	Shahriar Nafees
15	Ashok Dinda	Chanaka Welegedara	Aftab Ahmed
16	Amit Mishra

Matches

Group Stage

Pos	Team	P	W	L	NR	T	Points	NRR	For	Against
1	India	4	3	1	0	0	13	+0.753	1039 (173.1 overs)	1039 (194.1 overs)
2	Sri Lanka	4	3	1	0	0	12	-0.051	1009 (181.5 overs)	1002 (182.4 overs)
3	Bangladesh	4	0	4	0	0	0	-0.684	1052 (200.0 overs)	1059 (178.1 overs)

= Qualified for Finals

= Did not qualify

4 January 2010 D/N Scorecard

Bangladesh  260/7 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 261/3 (44.5 overs)
Mohammad Ashraful 75 (94) Suranga Lakmal 2/63 (9 overs)		Tillakaratne Dilshan 104 (122) Mahmudullah 1/32 (6 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Enamul Haque (Ban) and Ian Gould (Eng) Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)

• Points: Sri Lanka 4, Bangladesh 0.
• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Shafiul Islam made his ODI debut for Bangladesh.

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5 January 2010 D/N Scorecard

India  279/9 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 283/5 (48 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 74 (82) Chanaka Welegedara 5/66 (10 overs)		Thilan Samaraweera 105* (106) Harbhajan Singh 3/47 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Nadir Shah (Ban) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Thilan Samaraweera (SL)

• Points: Sri Lanka 4, India 0.
• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Lahiru Thirimanne made his ODI debut for Sri Lanka.

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7 January 2010 D/N Scorecard

Bangladesh  296/6 (50 overs)	v	India 297/4 (47.3 overs)
Imrul Kayes 70 (100) Yuvraj Singh 1/33 (10 overs)		Mahendra Singh Dhoni 101* (107) Shakib Al Hasan 1/45 (10 overs)

India won by 6 wickets Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Enamul Haque (Ban) and Ian Gould (Eng) Player of the match: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind)

• Points: India 4, Bangladesh 0.
• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Bangladesh posted their highest total against a Test-playing nation, putting up a total of 296.

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8 January 2010 D/N Scorecard

Bangladesh  249/9 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 252/1 (42.5 overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 47 (75) Thissara Perera 2/32 (10 overs)		Upul Tharanga 118* (126) Naeem Islam 1/35 (5 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Sharfuddoula (Ban) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Upul Tharanga (SL)

• Points: Sri Lanka 4, Bangladesh 0
• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• The opening partnership of 215 runs by Upul Tharanga and Mahela Jayawardene is the 3rd highest partnership for 1st wicket and 4th highest partnership for any wicket for Sri Lanka in ODI cricket.

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10 January 2010 D/N Scorecard

Sri Lanka  213 (46.1 overs)	v	India 214/2 (32.4 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 68 (78) Zaheer Khan 3/38 (10 overs)		Virat Kohli 71* (68) Thissara Perera 1/32 (5 overs)

India won by 8 wickets Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Enamul Haque (Ban) and Ian Gould (Eng) Player of the match: Zaheer Khan (Ind)

• Points: India 5, Sri Lanka 0.
• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

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11 January 2010 D/N Scorecard

Bangladesh  247/6 (50 overs)	v	India 249/4 (43 overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 85 (97) Ashish Nehra 2/58 (10 overs)		Virat Kohli 102* (95) Naeem Islam 2/35 (8 overs)

India won by 6 wickets Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Sharfuddoula (Ban) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Ind)

• Points: India 4, Bangladesh 0.
• India won the toss and elected to field.

Final

13 January 2010 D/N Scorecard

India  245 (48.2 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 249/6 (48.3 overs)
Suresh Raina 106 (115) Nuwan Kulasekara 4/48 (10 overs)		Mahela Jayawardene 71* (81) Harbhajan Singh 2/41 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Enamul Haque (Ban) and Ian Gould (Eng) Player of the match: Nuwan Kulasekara (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Virender Sehwag became the sixth Indian batsman to score over 7000 ODI runs.

Tournament statistics

Highest totals

Highest team total (Top 5)

Score (Overs)	Country	Versus	Venue	Date
297-4 (47.3)	India	Bangladesh	Dhaka	07-01-2010
296-6 (50)	Bangladesh	India	Dhaka	07-01-2010
283-5 (48)	Sri Lanka	India	Dhaka	05-01-2010
279-9 (50)	India	Sri Lanka	Dhaka	05-01-2010
261-3 (44.5)	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Dhaka	04-01-2010
Source: Cricinfo.com

Most runs in the tournament

Most runs (Top 5)

Player	Team	M	I	NO	Total	Avg	50s	100s	HS	S/R	4s	6s
Virat Kohli	India	5	5	2	275	91.0	2	1	102*	96.49	28	0
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	5	5	1	274	68.05	4	0	74	92.56	33	0
Suresh Raina	India	5	4	2	210	105.0	1	1	106	94.59	20	2
Mahmudullah	Bangladesh	4	4	3	193	48.5	2	0	64*	98.46	18	2
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	3	3	0	186	37.2	0	1	104	96.37	28	0
Source: Cricinfo.com

Highest individual scores

Highest scores (Top 5)

Runs	Balls	Batsman	Country	Versus	Venue	Date	Strike Rate
118*	126	Upul Tharanga	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Dhaka	08-01-2010	93.65
108	117	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Dhaka	08-01-2010	92.30
106	115	Suresh Raina	India	Sri Lanka	Dhaka	13-01-2010	92.17
105*	106	Thilan Samaraweera	Sri Lanka	India	Dhaka	05-01-2010	99.05
104	122	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Dhaka	04-01-2010	85.24
Source: Cricinfo.com

Highest partnerships of the tournament

Highest Partnerships (Top 5)

Runs (Balls)	Wicket	Partnerships	Country	Versus	Venue	Date
215 (227)	1st	Upul Tharanga/Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Dhaka	08-01-2010
152 (161)	4th	Virat Kohli/Mahendra Singh Dhoni	India	Bangladesh	Dhaka	07-01-2010
148 (152)	2nd	Tillakaratne Dilshan/Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Dhaka	04-01-2010
122 (124)	3rd	Kumar Sangakkara/Thilan Samaraweera	Sri Lanka	India	Dhaka	05-01-2010
106 (128)	6th	Shakib Al Hasan/Mahmudullah	Bangladesh	India	Dhaka	11-01-2010
Source: Cricinfo.com

Most wickets in the tournament

Most wickets (Top 5)

Player	Team	Matches	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	S/R	4wi	5wi
Chanaka Welegedara	Sri Lanka	4	33.4	2	209	8	5/66	26.12	6.20	25.2	0	1
Nuwan Kulasekara	Sri Lanka	3	30.0	2	142	7	4/48	20.28	4.73	25.7	1	0
Thissara Perera	Sri Lanka	4	29.2	1	140	6	2/27	23.33	4.77	29.3	0	0
Harbhajan Singh	India	3	29.0	1	144	6	3/47	24.00	4.96	29.0	0	0
Suraj Randiv	Sri Lanka	5	45.0	1	193	5	2/40	38.60	4.28	54.0	0	0
Source: Cricinfo.com

Most catches in the tournament

Only players with 2 catches or more are listed

Catches	Player	Team	Matches	Innings
4	Virat Kohli	India	5	5
	Thilan Samaraweera	Sri Lanka	5	5
3	Gautam Gambhir	India	5	5
	Suresh Raina	India	5	5
2	Suranga Lakmal	Sri Lanka	3	3
	Chanaka Welegedara	Sri Lanka	4	4
	Yuvraj Singh	India	5	5
Source: Cricinfo.com

Most dismissals in the tournament

Dismissals (stumpings)	Player	Team	Matches	Innings
7 (0)	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	5	5
4 (0)	Mushfiqur Rahim	Bangladesh	4	4
3 (1)	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	India	5	5
Source: Cricinfo.com

Media coverage

Television

• NEO Cricket (live) - India, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
• Doordarshan (live) - India's matches only
• Zee Sports (live) - United States of America
• Commonwealth Broadcasting Network (live) - Canada
• Fox Sports (live) - Australia
• Sky Sports (live) - United Kingdom
• Supersport (live) – South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe
• Eurosport (live) - Europe
• StarHub (pay per view) - Malaysia and Singapore

Online

• Espn360.com (Free) - USA

References

1. "Fixtures, Schedule". ESPNcricinfo.
2. "Tendulkar opts out of Bangladesh tri-series". ESPNcricinfo.
3. "Sri Lanka make sweeping changes for Bangladesh tri-series". ESPNcricinfo.
4. "Dilshan to miss game against India due to groin injury". ESPNcricinfo.
5. "Mahela Jayawardene arrives to bolster injury-hit squad". ESPNcricinfo.
6. "Mashrafe Mortaza not picked for tri-series". ESPNcricinfo.
7. "Injured Nazmul Hossain out of tri-series". ESPNcricinfo.

External links

• Tri-Nation Tournament in Bangladesh 2009/10