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{{Infobox cricket series
| series= Sri Lanka Coca-Cola Cup 2001 
| partof=[[Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2001]] 
| image= 
| caption= 
| date= 18 July – 5 August 2001
| place = [[Sri Lanka]]
| result= {{cr|SL}} won the 2001 Sri Lanka Coca-Cola Cup 
| player of series=  [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] (Sri)
| team1= {{cr|SL}}
| team2= {{cr|IND}}
| team3= {{cr|NZ}}
| captain1= [[Sanath Jayasuriya]]
| captain2= [[Saurav Ganguly]]
| captain3= [[Stephen Fleming]] <br> [[Craig McMillan]] <small>4th, 6th ODIs</small>
| runs1= [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] (305)
| runs2= [[Rahul Dravid]] (259)
| runs3= [[Nathan Astle]] (290)
| wickets1= [[Dilhara Fernando]] (11)
| wickets2= [[Harbhajan Singh]] (11)
| wickets3= [[Chris Harris (cricketer)|Chris Harris]] (9)
}}

The '''2001 Sri Lanka Coca-Cola Cup''' was a [[One Day International]] (ODI) [[cricket]] tournament held in Sri Lanka in late June 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/61090.html |title=COCA-COLA CUP (SRI LANKA) |access-date=24 October 2015|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> It was a tri-nation series between the national representative cricket teams of the [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]], [[India national cricket team|India]] and [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]]. Sri Lanka won the tournament by defeating India by 121 runs in the final.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/95910.html |title=Sri Lanka overwhelm India in Coca-Cola Cup final |access-date=27 June 2016|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

==Squads==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:0 auto"
|-
! style="width:20%;"|{{cr|SL}}<ref name="Sri-Squad">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/101370.html |title=Lankan squad for tri-series with India, New Zealand |access-date=19 May 2016|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
! style="width:20%;"|{{cr|IND}}<ref name="Ind-Squad">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/101381.html |title=Injured Tendulkar ruled out for Sri Lanka tri-series |access-date=30 March 2016|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
! style="width:20%;"|{{cr|NZ}}<ref name="Nzl-Squad">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/103158.html |title=Nash and Vettori return to CLEAR Black Caps for One-Day International tri-series against Sri Lanka and India |access-date=6 May 2016|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
* [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Marvan Atapattu]]
* [[Romesh Kaluwitharana]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Russel Arnold]]
* [[Mahela Jayawardene]]
* [[Kumar Sangakkara]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Avishka Gunawardene]]
* [[Chamara Silva]]
* [[Chaminda Vaas]]
* [[Dulip Liyanage]]
* [[Suresh Perera]]
* [[Nuwan Zoysa]]
* [[Kumar Dharmasena]]
* [[Muttiah Muralitharan]]
* [[Dilhara Fernando]]
|
* [[Sourav Ganguly]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Rahul Dravid]]
* [[Ashish Nehra]]
* [[VVS Laxman]]
* [[Hemang Badani]]
* [[Sameer Dighe]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Debashish Mohanty]]
* [[Zaheer Khan]]
* [[Harbhajan Singh]]
* [[Reetinder Singh Sodhi]]
* [[Yuvraj Singh]]
* [[Ajit Agarkar]]
* [[Rahul Sanghvi]] 
* [[Virender Sehwag]]
* [[Amay Khurasiya]]
|
* [[Stephen Fleming]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Adam Parore]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Nathan Astle]]
* [[Grant Bradburn]]
* [[James Franklin (cricketer)|James Franklin]]
* [[Chris Harris (cricketer)|Chris Harris]]
* [[Craig McMillan]]
* [[Kyle Mills]]
* [[Dion Nash]]
* [[Mathew Sinclair]]
* [[Jacob Oram]]
* [[Daryl Tuffey]]
* [[Daniel Vettori]]
* [[Lou Vincent]]
|}

==Fixtures==
===1st ODI===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 18 July 2001
| time = 
| daynight = true
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SL}}
| team2 = {{cr|NZ}}
| score1 = 220 (48.5 overs)
| runs1 = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] 88 (108)
| wickets1 = [[Chris Harris (cricketer)|Chris Harris]] 2/42 (10 overs) <br> [[Daniel Vettori]] 2/42 (10 overs)
| score2 = 204/9 (50 overs)
| runs2 = [[Adam Parore]] 51* (83)
| wickets2 = [[Dilhara Fernando]] 2/28 (6 overs)
| result = Sri Lanka won by 16 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66319.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[R Premadasa Stadium]], [[Colombo]]
| umpires = [[Lalith Jayasundara]] (SL) and [[Nandasena Pathirana]] (SL)
| motm = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] (SL)
| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = Points: Sri Lanka 2, New Zealand 0.
}}

===2nd ODI===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 20 July 2001
| time = 
| daynight = true
| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZ}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 211/8 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Nathan Astle]] 117 (150)
| wickets1 = [[Harbhajan Singh]] 2/25 (10 overs)
| score2 = 127 (41.1 overs)
| runs2 = [[VVS Laxman]] 60 (103)
| wickets2 = [[Dion Nash]] 3/13 (6 overs)
| result = New Zealand won by 84 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66320.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[R Premadasa Stadium]], [[Colombo]]
| umpires = [[Gamini Silva]] (SL) and [[Nandasena Pathirana]] (Zim)
| motm = [[Nathan Astle]] (NZ)
| toss = New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = Points: New Zealand 2, India 0.
}}

===3rd ODI===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 22 July 2001
| time = 
| daynight = true
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SL}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 221/9 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Avishka Gunawardene]] 63 (107)
| wickets1 = [[Harbhajan Singh]] 3/29 (10 overs)
| score2 = 215/7 (50 overs)
| runs2 = [[Saurav Ganguly]] 69 (105)
| wickets2 = [[Suresh Perera]] 2/26 (6 overs)
| result = Sri Lanka won by 6 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66321.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[R Premadasa Stadium]], [[Colombo]]
| umpires = [[Peter Manuel (umpire)|Peter Manuel]] (SL) and [[Tyron Wijewardene]] (SL)
| motm = [[Suresh Perera]] (SL)
| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = Points: Sri Lanka 2, India 0.
}}

===4th ODI===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 25 July 2001
| time = 
| daynight = true
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SL}}
| team2 = {{cr|NZ}}
| score1 = 240/5 (48.3 overs)
| runs1 = [[Russel Arnold]] 91* (116)
| wickets1 = [[Kyle Mills]] 2/32 (8 overs)
| score2 = 236/8 (50 overs)
| runs2 = [[Nathan Astle]] 54 (67)
| wickets2 = [[Kumar Dharmasena]] 3/52 (10 overs)
| result = Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66322.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[R Premadasa Stadium]], [[Colombo]]
| umpires = [[Lalith Jayasundara]] (SL) and [[Asoka de Silva (cricketer)|Asoka de Silva]] (SL)
| motm = [[Russel Arnold]] (SL)
| toss = New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = Points: Sri Lanka 2, New Zealand 0.
}}

===5th ODI===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 26 July 2001
| time = 
| daynight = 
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|NZ}}
| score1 = 133 (39.4 overs)
| runs1 = [[Virender Sehwag]] 33 (54)
| wickets1 = [[Chris Harris (cricketer)|Chris Harris]] 2/9 (7 overs)
| score2 = 200 (46.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Dion Nash]] 42 (58)
| wickets2 = [[Saurav Ganguly]] 3/32 (9 overs)
| result = New Zealand won by 67 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66323.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[R Premadasa Stadium]], [[Colombo]]
| umpires = [[Peter Manuel (umpire)|Peter Manuel]] (SL) and [[Gamini Silva]] (Zim)
| motm = [[Dion Nash]] (NZ)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = Points: New Zealand 2, India 0.
}}

===6th ODI===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 28 July 2001
| time = 
| daynight = true
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SL}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 183 (46.5 overs)
| runs1 = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] 57 (72)
| wickets1 = [[Zaheer Khan]] 2/30 (8 overs)
| score2 = 184/3 (45.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[VVS Laxman]] 87* (127)
| wickets2 = [[Chaminda Vaas]] 2/47 (10 overs)
| result = India won by 7 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66324.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[R Premadasa Stadium]], [[Colombo]]
| umpires = [[Asoka de Silva (cricketer)|Asoka de Silva]] (SL) and [[Peter Manuel (umpire)|Peter Manuel]] (SL)
| motm = [[VVS Laxman]] (Ind)
| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = Points: India 2, Sri Lanka 0.
}}

===7th ODI===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 31 July 2001
| time = 
| daynight = true
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SL}}
| team2 = {{cr|NZ}}
| score1 = 221/6 (36 overs)
| runs1 = [[Mahela Jayawardene]] 58 (46)
| wickets1 = [[Craig McMillan]] 2/17 (2 overs)
| score2 = 115/9 (36 overs)
| runs2 = [[Dion Nash]] 23 (43)
| wickets2 = [[Chaminda Vaas]] 3/20 (7 overs)
| result = Sri Lanka won by 106 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66325.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sinhalese Sports Club Ground]], [[Colombo]]
| umpires = [[Nandasena Pathirana]] (SL) and [[Tyron Wijewardene]] (SL)
| motm = [[Chaminda Vaas]] (SL)
| toss = New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = Points: Sri Lanka 2, New Zealand 0.
}}

===8th ODI===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 1 August 2001
| time = 
| daynight = true
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SL}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 181 (45.5 overs)
| runs1 = [[Mahela Jayawardene]] 34 (78)
| wickets1 = [[Ashish Nehra]] 3/35 (8.5 overs)
| score2 = 227/8 (50 overs)
| runs2 = [[Yuvraj Singh]] 98* (127)
| wickets2 = [[Dilhara Fernando]] 3/47 (9 overs)
| result = India won by 46 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66326.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sinhalese Sports Club Ground]], [[Colombo]]
| umpires = [[Asoka de Silva (cricketer)|Asoka de Silva]] (SL) and [[Gamini Silva]] (SL)
| motm = [[Yuvraj Singh]] (Ind)
| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = Points: India 2, Sri Lanka 0.
}}

===9th ODI===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 2 August 2001
| time = 
| daynight = 
| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZ}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 264/7 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Nathan Astle]] 108 (143)
| wickets1 = [[Ashish Nehra]] 3/30 (9 overs)
| score2 = 267/3 (45.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Virender Sehwag]] 100 (70)
| wickets2 = [[Craig McMillan]] 2/49 (8.4 overs)
| result = India won by 7 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66327.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[R Premadasa Stadium]], [[Colombo]]
| umpires = [[Lalith Jayasundara]] (SL) and [[Tyron Wijewardene]] (Zim)
| motm = [[Virender Sehwag]] (Ind)
| toss = New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = Points: New Zealand 0, India 2.
*''[[Virender Sehwag]] (Ind) scored his first century in ODIs.
}}

==Final==
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 5 August 2001
| time = 
| daynight = true
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SL}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 295/5 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] 99 (102)
| wickets1 = [[Harbhajan Singh]] 2/29 (10 overs)
| score2 = 174 (47.2 overs)
| runs2 = [[VVS Laxman]] 37 (51)
| wickets2 = [[Dilhara Fernando]] 2/32 (10 overs)
| result = Sri Lanka won by 121 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66328.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[R Premadasa Stadium]], [[Colombo]]
| umpires = [[Asoka de Silva (cricketer)|Asoka de Silva]] (SL) and [[Tyron Wijewardene]] (SL)
| motm = [[Russel Arnold]] (SL)
| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = {{color|blue|Sri Lanka won the Sri Lanka Coca-Cola Cup }}.
}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/61089.html Series home at ESPN Cricinfo]

{{International cricket tours of Sri Lanka}}
{{International cricket in 2001}}

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