2005 Indian Oil Cup
| Indian Oil Cup, 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 30 July – 7 August 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | Sri Lanka beat India by 18 runs in the final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series | Mahela Jayawardene (SL) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | |||
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 Sri Lanka
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 India
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 West Indies
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| Captains | |||
| Marvan Atapattu | Rahul Dravid |
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (2nd, 3rd and 5th ODIs) Sylvester Joseph (6th ODI) |
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| Most runs | |||
| Mahela Jayawardene (230) | Yuvraj Singh (192) | Denesh Ramdin (127) | |
| Most wickets | |||
| Ashish Nehra (12) | Muttiah Muralitharan (8) | Narsingh Deonarine (5) | |
The Indian Oil Cup 2005 was a three-team One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament held in Sri Lanka between 30 July and 7 August 2005. The participating teams were hosts Sri Lanka, and India and West Indies. Sri Lanka won the tournament beating India by 18 runs in the final.
Entering the tournament, Sri Lanka were second in the ICC ODI rankings, and were the favorites to win the tournament. West Indies did not field their strongest side as the team was in the middle of a contract dispute with their governing board. Each team played the others twice during the round-robin stage and the two top-placed teams based on points met in the final.
Points System:
In the event of teams finishing on equal points, the right to play in the final match or series was determined as follows:
In a match declared as no result, run rate is not applicable.
Opting to bat first, India got off to a poor start losing Virender Sehwag in the third over, after he scored three fours off Farveez Maharoof and Dilhara Lokuhettige. The other opener Mahendra Singh Dhoni soon followed him to the pavilion, and Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh were to rebuild, from the score at 22/2. They played cautiously, yet the former gave away his wicket, pulling to substitute fielder Upul Tharanga at mid-on. More wickets followed in the form of debutante, Suresh Raina, who was trapped leg before wicket in his first ball in senior international cricket, by Muttiah Muralitharan's doosra, as India crumbled to 64/5. Dravid, however, played a reliable knock, and together with another debutante, Yalaka Venugopal Rao, added 58 in thirteen overs. However, it came to an end too early to help India significantly in the late overs, with leg-spinner Upul Chandana sneaking a ball past his bat and pads and having him bowled for 54, and India were staring at a very low score – 123/6 after 33 overs. Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan added 20 each, however, which coupled with Irfan Pathan's slow but steady 21, lifted India to a somewhat competitive score of 205/9 at the end of 50 overs.
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