The next season he was named in the Sri Lankan squad for the 2000 Coca-Cola Champions Trophy in Sharjah, playing in four of the five matches in Sri Lanka's successful campaign. He took just 1 wicket in the tournament, but maintained a reasonable economy rate of 4.53 in the 30 overs which he bowled. He was subsequently part of the Sri Lankan squad which toured South Africa in December 2000 and January 2001, playing in two of the six ODIs, but made a limited impact, finishing with just 13 runs and combined bowling figures of 1/54 in his eight overs. He was subsequently left out of the squad for the immediately following ODI series in New Zealand.