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{{Infobox limited overs final
|title = 2010 Asia Cup Final
| image =
| event = [[2010 Asia Cup]]
| team1flag = {{flagicon|IND|size=40px}}
| team1 = [[India]]
| team2flag = {{flagicon|SRI|size=40px}}
| team2 = [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]]
| team1score = 268/6
| team1overs = (50 overs)
| team2score = 187
| team2overs = (44.4 overs)
| details = [[India]] won by 81 runs
| date = 24 June 2010
| stadium = [[Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium]]
| city = [[Dambulla]]
| man_of_the_match = [[Dinesh Karthik]] (Ind)
| umpires = [[Billy Bowden]] (NZ) and [[Billy Doctrove]] (WI)
| attendance =
| television =
|next=[[2012 Asia Cup Final|2012]]}}
'''The 2010 Asia Cup''' (also known as Micromax Asia Cup) was the tenth edition of the [[Asia Cup]] cricket tournament, which was held in [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] from 15–24 June 2010. Only the test playing nations [[India]], [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]], Sri Lanka and [[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh]] were taking part in the competition. [[India]] defeated [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] by 81 runs in the final to win a record 5th [[Asia Cup]] title.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22537360/absorbing-tournament-watchers|title=An absorbing tournament with few watchers|work=ESPNCricinfo|author=Siddharth Ravindran|accessdate=12 January 2019}}</ref>

The final match was played on 24 June 2010 at the [[Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium]], [[Dambulla]], which was played between [[India]] and [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] to determine the winner of the 2010 season of the [[Asia Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.cricbuzz.com/cricket-scorecard/2298/sl-vs-ind-final-asia-cup-2010|title=Match Highlights|website=Cricbuzz|access-date=2018-05-03|archive-date=2018-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712084425/http://m.cricbuzz.com/cricket-scorecard/2298/sl-vs-ind-final-asia-cup-2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Winning the toss, India elected to bat. India set up a total of 268/6 off 50 overs for their opposition. Sri Lanka chased the total unsuccessfully.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22537335/guys-were-pumped-perform-dhoni|title='The guys were pumped-up to perform' - Dhoni|work=ESPNCricinfo|author=Siddharth Ravindran|accessdate=22 February 2019}}</ref>

== Match Details and Officials ==
* '''On-field [[umpire (cricket)|umpires]]''': [[Billy Bowden]] (NZ) and [[Billy Doctrove]] (WI)
* ''' [[Third umpire|TV Umpire]]''': [[Ahsan Raza]] (Pak)
* '''[[Fourth umpire|Reserve umpire]]''': SH Sarathkumara (SL)
* '''[[Match referee]]''': [[Andy Pycroft]] (Zim)
* '''[[Toss (cricket)|Toss]]''': India won the toss and elected to bat
* '''Result''': India won by 81 runs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/424694/report/455237/sri-lanka-vs-india-final-asia-cup-2010|title=Seamers set up India's thumping title win|work=ESPNCricinfo|author=Siddhartha Monga|accessdate=12 January 2019}}</ref>
* '''League impact''': India won the 2010 Asia Cup<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22537490/ashish-nehra-stings-sri-lanka|title=Ashish Nehra stings Sri Lanka|work=ESPNCricinfo|author=|accessdate=22 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22537474/maharoof-nightmare-security-guard-close-call|title=Maharoof's nightmare, and a security guard's close call|work=ESPNCricinfo|author=Siddhrth Ravindran|accessdate=22 February 2019}}</ref>

== Background ==
<div style="text-align: center;">
{| class="wikitable"
|+Points Table
|-
! Team || {{Tooltip|P|Played}} || {{Tooltip|W|Won}} || {{Tooltip|L|Lost}} || {{Tooltip|T|Tie}} || {{Tooltip|NR|no Result}} || {{Tooltip|NRR|RUn rate}} || {{Tooltip|BP|Bonus point}} || Points
|- bgcolor="ccffcc"
| align="left" | {{cr|SRI}}
|| 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || +1.424 || 2 || 14
|- bgcolor="ccffcc"
| align="left" | {{cr|IND}}
|| 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || +0.275 || 1 || 9
|- bgcolor="pink"
| align="left" | {{cr|PAK}}
|| 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || +0.788 || 1 || 5
|- bgcolor="pink"
| align="left" | {{cr|BAN}}
|| 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || −2.627 || 0 || 0
|-
| colspan="9" | <small>Source:[http://www.cricinfo.com/asia2010/engine/series/424694.html?view=pointstable ESPNCricinfo]</small>
|}
</div>

== Final Match ==
=== India innings ===
The final of the 2010 Asia Cup was played on 24 June 2010 in [[Dambulla]] between [[India national cricket team|India]] and [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]]. Indian captain [[MS Dhoni]] won the toss and elected to bat first. [[Gautam Gambhir]] and [[Dinesh Karthik]] gave India a promising start but Gambhir was soon dismissed at 30 with India rollicking at 38/1 off 6.1 overs. Then [[Virat Kohli]] and Karthik put up a partnership of 62 runs after which Kohli was caught by [[Kumar Sangakkara]] behind the [[wicket]]s. The highest scorer for the Indian team was Karthik (66 off 84) followed by [[Rohit Sharma]] (41) and [[MS Dhoni]] (38). India managed to score 268/6 in their 50 overs with Sri Lanka needing 269 runs to win the championship.

=== Sri Lanka innings ===
The Sri Lankan batting started off to a slow start with [[Tillakaratne Dilshan]] caught in the first over. First five wickets fell off in quick succession within the score of 50 runs. [[Upul Tharanga]], [[Mahela Jayawardene]], [[Angelo Mathews]] and [[Kumar Sangakkara]] followed Dilshan soon after. After this, a promising partnership developed between [[Thilina Kandamby]] and [[Chamara Kapugedera]] (55 runs) which seemed to bring back Sri Lankan hopes in the match. But after the fall of this partnership, Sri Lanka never managed to recover and were all out for a score of 187 in 44.4 overs. India won the match by 81 runs, and with it, the [[Asia Cup]] after 15 years.

=== Summary ===
[[Thilina Kandamby]] (2/37 in 7 overs) was the best in the bowling department for Sri Lanka, followed by [[Lasith Malinga]] who also took 2 wickets giving 57 runs in 10 overs.

The Indian bowling attack was spearheaded by [[Ashish Nehra]] who took 4 wickets in 9 overs, followed by [[Ravindra Jadeja]] (2 wickets), [[Praveen Kumar (cricketer)|Praveen Kumar]] (2 wickets) and [[Zaheer Khan]] (2 wickets).

[[Dinesh Karthik]] was declared the [[Man of the Match]] for his match winning innings of 66 off 84 balls while [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan's]] [[Shahid Afridi]] was declared [[Man of the Series]] for scoring 265 runs in 3 matches during the tournament.

{{Limited overs international
| date = 24 June<br>14:30 ([[Day/Night cricket|D/N]])
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| score1 = 268/6 (50 overs)
| score2 = 187 (44.4 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|SRI}}
| runs1 = [[Dinesh Karthik]] 66 (84)
| wickets1 = [[Thilina Kandamby]] 2/37 (7 overs)
| runs2 = [[Chamara Kapugedera]] 55[[not out|*]] (88)
| wickets2 = [[Ashish Nehra]] 4/40 (9 overs)
| result = India won by 81 runs
| report = [http://www.cricinfo.com/asia2010/engine/current/match/455237.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium]], [[Dambulla]]
| umpires = [[Billy Bowden]] (NZ) and [[Billy Doctrove]] (WI)
| motm = [[Dinesh Karthik]] (Ind)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.
}}

== Scorecard ==
'''Source''' : <div style="font-size:75%">[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8532/scorecard/455237/sri-lanka-vs-india-final-asia-cup-2010/ Scorecard on ESPNcricinfo]</div>

{{Cricket match batting box begin|title={{cr|IND}} batting}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Gautam Gambhir]] |status=run out (Tharanga/Kulasekara)|runs=15|balls=16|4s=2|6s=0|strike_rate=93.75}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Dinesh Karthik]] |status=c Jayawardene b Kandamby|runs=66|balls=84|4s=9|6s=0|strike_rate=78.57}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Virat Kohli]] |status=c †Sangakkara b Malinga|runs=28|balls=34|4s=4|6s=0|strike_rate=82.35}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[MS Dhoni]] *† |status=c Kulasekara b Kandamby|runs=38|balls=50|4s=2|6s=1|strike_rate=76.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Rohit Sharma]] |status=c Maharoof b Kulasekara|runs=41|balls=52|4s=3|6s=0|strike_rate=78.84}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Suresh Raina]] |status=lbw b Malinga|runs=29|balls=31|4s=3|6s=0|strike_rate=93.54}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Ravindra Jadeja]] |status=not out|runs=25|balls=27|4s=1|6s=0|strike_rate=92.59}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Harbhajan Singh]] |status=not out|runs=7|balls=7|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=100.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Praveen Kumar (cricketer)|Praveen Kumar]] |status=did not bat|runs=|balls=|4s=|6s=|strike_rate=}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Zaheer Khan]] |status=did not bat|runs=|balls=|4s=|6s=|strike_rate=}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Ashish Nehra]] |status=did not bat|runs=|balls=|4s=|6s=|strike_rate=}}

{{Cricket match batsman status|player=Extras|status=(b 2, lb 7, nb 1, w 9)|runs=19|balls=|4s=|6s=|strike_rate=}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player='''Total'''|status=(6 wickets; 50 overs)|runs='''268'''|balls=|4s=24|6s=1|strike_rate=}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

Fall of wickets: 1/38 (Gambhir, 6.1 ov), 2/100 (Kohli, 18.2 ov), 3/146 (Karthik, 28.1 ov), 4/167 (Dhoni, 32.2 ov), 5/217 (Raina, 40.6 ov), 6/249 (Rohit, 47.2 ov)

{{Cricket match bowling box begin|title={{cr|SRI}} bowling}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Nuwan Kulasekara]]|overs=9|maiden=0|runs=44|wickets=1|econ=4.88|wides=2|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Lasith Malinga]]|overs=10|maiden=0|runs=57|wickets=2|econ=5.70|wides=6|no-balls=1}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Farveez Maharoof]]|overs=6|maiden=0|runs=41|wickets=0|econ=6.83|wides=0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Angelo Mathews]]|overs=3|maiden=1|runs=16|wickets=0|econ=5.33|wides=0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Muttiah Muralitharan]]|overs=10|maiden=0|runs=34|wickets=0|econ=3.40|wides=0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Thilina Kandamby]]|overs=7|maiden=0|runs=37|wickets=2|econ=5.28|wides=0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Tillakaratne Dilshan]]|overs=5|maiden=0|runs=30|wickets=0|econ=6.00|wides=1|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

{{Cricket match batting box begin|title={{cr|SRI}} batting}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Upul Tharanga]] |status=b Khan|runs=16|balls=30|4s=1|6s=0|strike_rate=53.33}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Tillakaratne Dilshan]] |status=c Harbhajan b Kumar|runs=0|balls=2|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=0.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Kumar Sangakkara]] *† |status=c Khan b Nehra|runs=17|balls=38|4s=2|6s=0|strike_rate=44.73}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Mahela Jayawardene]] |status=c †Dhoni b Nehra|runs=11|balls=19|4s=1|6s=0|strike_rate=57.89}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Angelo Mathews]] |status=c †Dhoni b Nehra|runs=0|balls=2|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=0.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Thilina Kandamby]] |status=run out (Kohli/Jadeja)|runs=31|balls=45|4s=2|6s=0|strike_rate=68.88}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Chamara Kapugedera]] |status=not out|runs=55|balls=88|4s=4|6s=1|strike_rate=62.50}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Farveez Maharoof]] |status=c †Dhoni b Khan|runs=10|balls=14|4s=1|6s=0|strike_rate=71.42}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Nuwan Kulasekara]] |status=st †Dhoni b Jadeja|runs=20|balls=16|4s=4|6s=0|strike_rate=125.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Lasith Malinga]] |status=c Jadeja b Nehra|runs=7|balls=11|4s=1|6s=0|strike_rate=63.63}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Muttiah Muralitharan]] |status=c †Dhoni b Jadeja|runs=2|balls=5|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=40.00}}

{{Cricket match batsman status|player=Extras|status=(b 4, lb 3, nb 2, w 9)|runs=18|balls=|4s=|6s=|strike_rate=}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player='''Total'''|status=(all out; 44.4 overs)|runs='''187'''|balls=|4s=16|6s=1|strike_rate=}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

Fall of wickets: 1/5 (Dilshan, 0.5 ov), 2/31 (Tharanga, 7.6 ov), 3/50 (Jayawardene, 13.3 ov), 4/50 (Mathews, 13.5 ov), 5/51 (Sangakkara, 15.4 ov), 6/104 (Kandamby, 29.2 ov), 7/132 (Maharoof, 35.3 ov), 8/168 (Kulasekara, 40.3 ov), 9/177 (Malinga, 43.2 ov), 10/187 (Muralitharan, 44.4 ov)

{{Cricket match bowling box begin|title={{cr|IND}} bowling}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Praveen Kumar (cricketer)|Praveen Kumar]]|overs=9|maiden=1|runs=29|wickets=1|econ=3.22|wides=2|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Zaheer Khan]]|overs=8|maiden=2|runs=36|wickets=2|econ=4.50|wides=2|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Ashish Nehra]]|overs=9|maiden=0|runs=40|wickets=4|econ=4.44|wides=3|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Harbhajan Singh]]|overs=9|maiden=0|runs=30|wickets=0|econ=3.33|wides=1|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Virat Kohli]]|overs=3|maiden=0|runs=16|wickets=0|econ=5.33|wides=0|no-balls=1}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Ravindra Jadeja]]|overs=6.4|maiden=0|runs=29|wickets=2|econ=4.35|wides=0|no-balls=1}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Asia Cup}}
{{International cricket in 2010}}

[[Category:Asia Cup finals]]
[[Category:June 2010 sports events in Asia|Asia Cup Final]]
[[Category:International cricket competitions in 2010]]
[[Category:India–Sri Lanka sports relations]]
[[Category:India in international cricket]]
[[Category:Sri Lanka in international cricket]]

2010 Asia Cup final - Revision history

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