League, Match 1, Sharjah, October 20, 2000, 12:00 AM
India
224/8(50ov)
Sri Lanka
225/5(43.5ov)
Sri Lanka beat India by 5 wickets
India Playing XI
Sri Lanka Playing XI
| Vijay Dahiya † | Wicket Keeper |
| Ajit Agarkar | Bowler |
| Rahul Dravid | Batsman |
| Sourav Ganguly (c) | Batsman |
| Vinod Kambli | Batsman |
| Zaheer Khan | Bowler |
| Anil Kumble | Bowler |
| Venkatesh Prasad | Bowler |
| Robin Singh | All Rounder |
| Sachin Tendulkar | Batsman |
| Yuvraj Singh | All Rounder |
| Nuwan Zoysa | Bowler |
| Russel Arnold | All Rounder |
| Marvan Atapattu | Batsman |
| Avishka Gunawardene | Batsman |
| Sanath Jayasuriya (c) | Batsman |
| Mahela Jayawardene | Batsman |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana † | Wicket Keeper |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | Bowler |
| Kumar Sangakkara † | Wicket Keeper |
| Chaminda Vaas | Bowler |
| Kaushalya Weeraratne | Bowler |