Indian fast bowler, Ashish Nehra, was on song during the final of the Indian Oil Cup played between Sri Lanka and India at Colombo in 2005. The left-arm pacer picked up his second five-wicket haul in ODIs, but, unfortunately ended up on the losing side.

Marvan Atapattu, the then Sri Lanka captain, had won the toss and chose to bat. On the back of half-centuries from Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Jayawardene and Russell Arnold, Sri Lanka went on to score a healthy 281-9 in 50 overs. Nehra, who was the only Indian bowler to be amongst the wickets, registered figures of 10-1-59-6.

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In reply, India could manage 263-9 in their allotted quota of 50 overs, which meant that the visitors had to experience another loss in the finals. The then skipper, Rahul Dravid, top-scored with 69 (99), including three fours. Sehwag, who has opened the innings with Sourav Ganguly, scored a blistering 48 (22) with the help of nine fours & a six.

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For Sri Lanka, Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas and Upul Chandana had picked up a couple of wickets each. Mahela Jayawardene was declared the ‘Man of the Match’ and the ‘Man of the Series’. Having scored 230 runs in five matches at an average of 57.50 and a strike rate of 80.13, he was the highest run-scorer in the series.