# 2009–10 Bangladesh Tri-Series

The Tri-Series in Bangladesh in 2010 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. The tournament was won by Sri Lanka who defeated India in the final match which was held on 13 January 2010.

## Background

India: Indian team's key batsman Sachin Tendulkar opted out of the tournament in order to rest for the tests against Bangladesh which were scheduled to be held after this tournament. Tendulkar was replaced by Rohit Sharma in the 16-man squad. The fast bowlers Ishant Sharma and Praveen Kumar were dropped and replaced by Sreesanth and Ashok Dinda and spinner Pragyan Ojha was replaced by Amit Mishra.
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. However Tillakaratne Dilshan suffered a groin injury in the first match against Bangladesh and missed the two successive matches of the tournament. 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.
Bangladesh: Bangladesh went into the tournament without their fast bowler, Mashrafe Mortaza who failed to recover from his knee injury. The Bangladeshi squad also featured two former ICL players, opener Shahriar Nafees and batsman Aftab Ahmed. The squad also featured an uncapped player, Shafiul Islam who is a fast bowler. 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.

## 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.
* 5 January 2010 D/N Scorecard
| India 279/9 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 283/5 (48 overs) |
| Yuvraj Singh 74 (84) 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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
### Team
#### 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 |||||

### Batting
#### 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 |||||||

### Bowling
#### 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 |||||||||||||

### Fielding
#### 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 |
| 4 | Thilan Samaraweera | Sri Lanka | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | Gautam Gambhir | India | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | Suresh Raina | India | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | Suranga Lakmal | Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Chanaka Welegedara | Sri Lanka | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Yuvraj Singh | India | 5 | 5 |
| Source: Cricinfo.com |||||

### Wicket-keeping
#### 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