Top 10 ODI Innings of the Century

#4 Sanath Jayasuriya 189 vs India (Final, Coca-Cola Champions Trophy at Sharjah, Oct 29, 2000)

Sanath Jayasuriya - Sri Lanka vs India,2000

The Sri Lankan opener did not just toy around with the Indian bowlers, he raised a clear dominance over the Indian team in the Coca-Cola Champions Trophy final,2000.

Sanath Jayasuriya hit 21 fours and 4 sixes during the course of the match, which left the Men Blue totally dispirited. The innings is still hard to imagine, given that his first 50 runs came at a strike rate of around run-a-ball. He didn't decelerate after reaching the ton mark and carried on the same way to reach a score of 189.

In a tournament where 250 was being chased easily, Jayasuriya ensured that Sri Lanka got past 290 to put the match beyond India. Of the many hundreds by him in ODIs, this has to go down as his best, taking into consideration the situation and the quality of the bowlers.