As India and New Zealand gear up for the all-important final of Videocon Tri-series on Tuesday, rediff.com takes a look at the past performances of these two teams in the finals of ODI tournaments.
The last time India won a ODI tournament was in July 2002 when India beat England in an epic NatWest Series final chasing a victory target of 326 runs. Since then India have played in nine tournaments, reached in the final seven times, but could not win even one on their own.
India can perhaps take solace from the fact that twice they succeeded in sharing the trophy as finals could not be completed because of rain and bad weather.
Sourav Ganguly have led India in 11 tournaments' finals in the past and have a none-too-impressive record of one win and 8 losses.
In a stark contrast New Zealand have reached the finals of an ODI tournament under Stephen Fleming only four times in the past, but they have clinched the trophy three times. Fleming's only defeat in a tournament final was in 2001-02 VB Series final when New Zealand were blanked 2-0 by South Africa.
India's performance in Tournament finals with Sourav Ganguly as captain:
|
Tournament |
|
|
Opp |
Result for India |
|
ICC Knock Out |
in Ken 2000-01 |
Nairobi (Gym) |
NZ |
lost by 4 wkts |
|
Champions Trophy |
in UAE 2000-01 |
Sharjah |
SL |
lost by 245 runs |
|
Coca Cola Cup |
in Zim 2001 |
Harare |
WI |
lost by 16 runs |
|
Coca Cola Cup |
in SL 2001 |
Colombo (RPS) |
SL |
lost by 121 runs |
|
Standard Bank |
in SA 2001-02 |
Durban |
SA |
lost by 6 wkts |
|
NatWest Series |
in Eng 2002 |
Lord's |
Eng |
won by 2 wkts |
|
ICC Knock Out |
in SL 2002-03 |
Colombo (RPS) |
SL |
No result |
|
Colombo (RPS) |
SL |
No result | ||
|
(India shared the trophy with SL) | ||||
|
World Cup |
in SA 2002-03 |
Johannesburg |
Aus |
lost by 125 runs |
|
TVS Cup |
in BD 2003 |
Dhaka |
SA |
No result |
|
(India shared the trophy with SA) | ||||
|
VB Series |
in Aus 2003-04 |
Melbourne |
Aus |
lost by 7 wkts |
|
Sydney |
Aus |
lost by 208 runs | ||
|
Asia Cup |
in SL 2004 |
Colombo (RPS) |
SL |
lost by 25 runs |
New Zealand's performance in Tournament finals with Stephen Fleming as captain:
|
Tournament |
|
|
Opp |
Result for NZ |
|
ICC Knock Out |
in Ken 2000-01 |
Nairobi (Gym) |
Ind |
won by 4 wkts |
|
VB Series |
in Aus 2001-02 |
Melbourne |
SA |
lost by 8 wkts |
|
Sydney |
SA |
lost by 6 wkts | ||
|
Bank Alfalah Cup |
in SL 2003 |
Dambulla |
Pak |
won by 4 wkts |
|
NatWest Series |
in Eng 2004 |
Lord's |
WI |
won by 107 runs |
One more area where Fleming has an edge over Ganguly in the finals of the tournament is performance with the bat.
Ganguly scored 117 in his first ever tournament final as a captain, but since then his scores in the final have been : 3,28,1,9,60,24,11*,6,3 & 4. The only fifty came in NatWest Series final, which incidentally is his only tournament win.
Fleming scored only 5 in his first innings, but has contributed 50,17,65 & 67 since then.
Performance of two captains with the bat in tournament finals:
|
|
Mts |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
Hs |
Ave |
100 |
50 |
0 |
|
Ganguly |
13 |
11 |
1 |
266 |
117 |
26.60 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Fleming |
5 |
5 |
0 |
204 |
67 |
40.80 |
0 |
3 |
0 |