# 2000–01 Sharjah Champions Trophy

The 2000–2001 Coca-Cola Champions Trophy was a triangular ODI cricket competition held in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates from 20 to 29 October 2000. It featured the national cricket teams of India, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Its official sponsor was Coca-Cola. The tournament was won by Sri Lanka, who defeated India in the final.

## Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | NRR | Pts |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.226 | 8 |
| India | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -0.397 | 4 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −0.819 | 0 |

## Group stage
### 1st ODI

* 20 October (D/N) Scorecard
| India 224/8 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 225/5 (43.5 overs) |
| Sachin Tendulkar 101 (140) Muttiah Muralitharan 2/36 (10 overs) | | Russell Arnold 59 (70) Ajit Agarkar 2/39 (8 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: George Sharp (ENG) and Steve Dunne (NZ) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (IND)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.

### 2nd ODI

* 21 October (D/N) Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 225/4 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 229/3 (43.5 overs) |
| Andy Flower 120* (141) Nuwan Zoysa 1/30 (10 overs) | | Marvan Atapattu 90 (138) Paul Strang 1/26 (4 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 7 Wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: George Sharp (ENG) and Daryl Harper (AUS) Player of the match: Andy Flower (ZIM)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
* Andy Flower scores his 2nd ODI century in his 150th match, after scoring a century on debut during the 1992 World Cup.

### 3rd ODI

* 22 October (D/N) Scorecard
| India 265/8 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 252/6 (50 overs) |
| Rahul Dravid 85 (121) Travis Friend 4/55 (10 overs) | | Andy Flower 63 (68) Zaheer Khan 3/37 (10 overs) |
* India won by 13 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Daryl Harper (AUS) Player of the match: Zaheer Khan (IND)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

### 4th ODI

* 25 October (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 276/9 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 153 (48.3 overs) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya 87 (66) Grant Flower 2/29 (8 overs) | | Dirk Viljoen 60 (86) Nuwan Zoysa 3/16 (9 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 123 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: George Sharp (ENG) and Steve Dunne (NZ) Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

### 5th ODI

* 26 October (D/N) Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 218/9 (50 overs) | v | India 219/7 (48.3 overs) |
| Alistair Campbell 105* (133) Zaheer Khan 4/42 (10 overs) | | Sourav Ganguly 66 (98) Travis Friend 3/39 (10 overs) |
* India won by 3 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Daryl Harper (AUS) Player of the match: Alistair Campbell (ZIM)
* India won the toss and elected to field.

### 6th ODI

* 27 October (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 294/5 (50 overs) | v | India 226 (48.5 overs) |
| Mahela Jayawardene 128 (123) Ajit Agarkar 3/48 (10 overs) | | Sachin Tendulkar 61 (54) Muttiah Muralitharan 7/30 (10 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 68 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: George Sharp (ENG) and Steve Dunne (NZ) Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)
* India won the toss and elected to field.

## Final

* 29 October (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 299/5 (50 overs) | v | India 54 (26.3 overs) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya 189 (161) Sourav Ganguly 1/15 (1 overs) | | Robin Singh 11 (38) Chaminda Vaas 5/14 (9.3) overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 245 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: George Sharp (ENG) and Daryl Harper (AUS) Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
* India recorded their lowest team total in ODI and the joint-third lowest overall