5 exciting cricket matches that were ruined by rain

#5 India vs Sri Lanka, Colombo, 2002

Virender Sehwag got off to a flier in the second final

India were in their best form going into the Champions Trophy after their memorable Natwest Trophy win under skipper Sourav Ganguly. On the other hand, Sri Lanka too made it to the finals after defeating World Champions Australia in the semis and were threatening to disturb India's applecart when the two teams met in the final. The first final saw Sri Lanka struggle to an average score of 244 but when India came into bat, it started raining and left the Indian fans waiting.

The Indians must have thanked their stars that there was a reserve day in the final and when they opted to bowl on the next day too, they put themselves in an even better position to lift the Trophy that had eluded them 2 years ago in Nairobi. But once again, for the second time in 2 days, the rain started pouring heavily just when India were starting to look threatening in their chase of 223 and the final was washed out once again. Muttiah Muralitharan was in red hot form in the tournament and it would have made for really interesting cricket to see Indians face the legendary spinner in the chase.