When Sanath Jayasuriya's on song, bowlers would be well advised to develop a mystery injury. Venkatesh Prasad (7-0-73-0) obviously couldn't think one up quickly enough as Jayasuriya took India to the cleaners in the final of the Coca-Cola Champions' Trophy in Sharjah in October 2000. Jayasuriya's third fifty took him only 25 balls, and he blasted 21 fours and four sixes in all. It didn't much matter that he had little support until Russel Arnold made 52 from No. 6. Sri Lanka reached a turbocharged 299 for 5, then Chaminda Vaas (whose 5 for 14 is fifth in the bowling 100) and Muttiah Muralitharan (3 for 6) hustled India out for an embarrassingly puny total of 54.

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