- New Zealand vs. India (2000 finals)
Both India and New Zealand reached the finals of ICC Knockout tournament held at Nairobi, Kenya on 15th October 2000. New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming won the toss and elected to field. Indian openers Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly gave the team a flying start putting on 141 runs for the first wicket. Sachin was dismissed for 69 in 83 balls with 10 fours and 1 six. Sourav Ganguly scored a brilliant 117 in 130 balls with 9 fours and 4 sixes. The other Indian batsmen failed to make big runs and were restricted to 264 for 6 in 50 overs.
Chasing the target of 265, New Zealand lost an early wicket of Spearman for 3 runs. They were struggling at 132 for 5 in 23.2 overs. Chris Cairns and Chris Harris showed their class with a brilliant 122 runs for the sixth wicket. Chris Cairns remained not out on 102 in 118 balls with 8 fours and 2 sixes. New Zealand won the match by 4 wickets with 2 balls to spare. It was their first major ICC title.
New Zealand 265 for 6 in 49.4 overs (Chris Cairns 102, Venktash Prasad 3/27) beat India 264 for 6 in 50 overs (Sourav Ganguly 117, Sachin Tendulkar 69, Scott Syris 2/53) by 4 wickets.
