Top 10 brutal innings in ODI cricket

4. Sanath Jayasuriya (189 vs India, 2000)

In one of the greatest knocks he has ever played, Sanath Teran Jayasuriya not only helped his side post a challenging total, but put the opposition completely out of the game during the final of the Coca Cola Trophy at Sharjah in 2000.

Initially, though, nothing in Sri Lanka’s approach suggested that they were on their way to a match-winning score. They were four down after having barely crossed the 100-run mark.

Then Russel Arnold came in, and took the pressure off Jayasuriya with his calm, level-headed strategy. The skipper was encouraged, and he broke the shackles upon him with a devastating blow. From then on, it was all Jayasuriya as none of the Indian bowlers could contain him.

Unfettered, unrestricted and unhampered by anything thrown at him, the Matara Marauder plundered his last 89 runs from just 43 balls, before his opposite number had him stumped. But by then, maximum damage had been inflicted through 21 fours and four huge sixes.

Sadly for India, though, they collapsed like a pack of cards in the face of hostile bowling from Chaminda Vaas and Muttiah Muralitharan. They were bundled out for 54, without any trimmings of any sort, and only one player managed to get into double figures.