Triangular Series in Sri Lanka of the 2009 season

The Triangular Series in Sri Lanka of the 2009 season was a three-nation tournament that was held from September 8 to 19, 2009 in Sri Lanka in one-day cricket . In addition to the host, teams from India and New Zealand took part in the tournament, which was part of the 2009 international cricket season . In the final India was able to prevail against Sri Lanka with 46 runs.

prehistory

The tournament was held in Sri Lanka immediately after the New Zealand Tour and served as preparation for the ICC Champions Trophy 2009 , which followed immediately. The tournament replaced the previously planned ODIs of the tour.

format

In a preliminary round, each team played against each other once. There were four points for a win, two points for a draw or no result. Bonus points were also awarded. The first two of the group qualified for the final and played for the tournament victory.

Stages

Colombo (RPS)

Tour venues

The following stadium was designated as the venue for the tournament and announced on July 10, 2009.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Colombo	R. Premadasa Stadium (RPS)	35,000	Preliminary round & final

Squad lists

India named their squad on August 16, 2009. New Zealand named their squad on July 7, 2009.

ODI
Sri Lanka	New Zealand	India
Kumar Sangakkara ( K , wk ) Tillakaratne Dilshan Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Thilina Kandamby Chamara Kapugedera Nuwan Kulasekara Lasith Malinga Angelo Mathews Ajantha Mendis Muthiah Muralitharan Dammika Prasad Thilan Samaraweera Upul Tharanga Thilan Thushara	Daniel Vettori ( K ) Shane Bond Neil Broom Ian Butler Grant Elliott Martin Guptill Gareth Hopkins ( wk ) Brendon McCullum Nathan McCullum Kyle Mills Jacob Oram Jeetan Patel Jesse Ryder Ross Taylor	Mahendra Singh Dhoni ( K , wk ) Yuvraj Singh ( UK ) Rahul Dravid Dinesh Karthik Virat Kohli Amit Mishra Abhishek Nayar Ashish Nehra Yusuf Pathan Suresh Raina Harbhajan Singh Sachin Tendulkar

Games

Preliminary round

table

Teams	Sp.	S.	N	U	R.	NO	BP	Points	NRR
Sri Lanka	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	10	+2,360
India	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4th	+1,040
New Zealand	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	−1,370

Win: 4 points; Draw: 2 points

Games

September 8 scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Sri Lanka 216-7 (50)	-	New Zealand 119 (36.1)
		Sri Lanka wins with 97 runs

September 11th scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	New Zealand 155 (46.3)	-	India 156-4 (40.3)
		India wins with 6 wickets

September 12th scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Sri Lanka 307-6 (50)	-	India 168 (37.2)
		Sri Lanka wins with 139 runs

final

September 14th scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	India 319-5 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 273 (46.4)
		India wins with 46 runs

Individual evidence

1. ^ India, NZ and SL to contest in triangular ( English ) Cricinfo. June 26, 2009. Accessed December 31, 2015.
2. ↑ New Zealand, Sri Lanka drop bilateral ODIs for tri-series with India ( English ) Cricinfo. July 10, 2009. Accessed December 31, 2015.
3. ↑ Compaq Cup 2009 Table ( English ) Cricket Archive. Accessed December 31, 2015.
4. ↑ New Zealand, Sri Lanka drop bilateral ODIs for tri-series with India ( English ) Cricinfo. July 10, 2015. Accessed December 31, 2015.
5. ↑ Dravid returns to one-day squad ( English ) Cricinfo. August 16, 2009. Accessed December 31, 2015.
6. ↑ Brydon Coverdale: Bond called up for tour of Sri Lanka ( English ) Cricinfo. July 7, 2009. Accessed December 31, 2015.

Web links

• The tournament on espncricinfo.com