India v Sri Lanka 1st Test
Sri Lanka tour of India - 2005 (2005/06) · MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai · 2 December 2005
Match drawn
Match drawn. Mahela Jayawardene top-scored with 71 for Sri Lanka. Chaminda Vaas took 4/20.
MATCH FACTS
- Series
- Sri Lanka tour of India - 2005 (2005/06)
- Ground
- MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
- Dates
- 2 December 2005 to 6 December 2005
- Toss
- India, chose to bat
- Result
- Match drawn
- Player of the match
- Chaminda Vaas
- Captains
- Rahul Dravid (India), Marvan Atapattu (Sri Lanka)
- Debut
- MS Dhoni (India)
- Umpires
- DJ Harper and MR Benson
- Match referee
- CH Lloyd
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
India won the toss and chose to bat. It was MS Dhoni's first Test.
India batted first and made 167 all out. Virender Sehwag top-scored with 36 off 28 balls. Chaminda Vaas took 4 for 20 for Sri Lanka. From 108 for 4 they lost 4 wickets for 20 runs, to 128 for 8. That was well below the 2000s average first-innings total at MA Chidambaram Stadium, 303 across 6 Tests.
Sri Lanka replied with 168 for 4. Mahela Jayawardene top-scored with 71 off 80 balls. Anil Kumble took 3 for 41 for India. Sri Lanka led by 1 on first innings.
Match drawn.
INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 167 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gautam Gambhir | b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 7 |
| Virender Sehwag | c Marvan Atapattu b Chaminda Vaas | 36 | 28 |
| Rahul Dravid | c Kumar Sangakkara b Chaminda Vaas | 32 | 105 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | lbw b Muthiah Muralidaran | 22 | 126 |
| VVS Laxman | run out (Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara) | 5 | 43 |
| Sourav Ganguly | c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Dilhara Fernando | 5 | 24 |
| MS Dhoni | c Avishka Gunawardene b Malinga Bandara | 30 | 54 |
| Irfan Pathan | c & b Muthiah Muralidaran | 0 | 4 |
| Ajit Agarkar | run out (Avishka Gunawardene, Kumar Sangakkara) | 4 | 16 |
| Anil Kumble | c & b Chaminda Vaas | 9 | 35 |
| Harbhajan Singh | not out | 4 | 4 |
Extras 20 · Total 167 all out
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaminda Vaas | 21 | 14 | 20 | 4 |
| Dilhara Fernando | 16 | 4 | 58 | 1 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | 25 | 6 | 60 | 2 |
| Malinga Bandara | 11.2 | 6 | 15 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-13 (Gautam Gambhir, 2.1 ov), 2-45 (Virender Sehwag, 8.5 ov), 3-97 (Rahul Dravid, 37.2 ov), 4-108 (Sachin Tendulkar, 49.1 ov), 5-109 (VVS Laxman, 53.1 ov), 6-117 (Sourav Ganguly, 56.4 ov), 7-118 (Irfan Pathan, 57.3 ov), 8-128 (Ajit Agarkar, 62.2 ov), 9-159 (Anil Kumble, 72.2 ov), 10-167 (MS Dhoni, 73.2 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Gautam Gambhir (0) and Virender Sehwag (12) | 13 | 14 |
| second | Rahul Dravid (4) and Virender Sehwag (24) | 32 | 41 |
| third | Sachin Tendulkar (16) and Rahul Dravid (28) | 52 | 173 |
| fourth | Sachin Tendulkar (6) and VVS Laxman (5) | 11 | 71 |
| fifth | Sourav Ganguly (1) and VVS Laxman (0) | 1 | 23 |
| sixth | Sourav Ganguly (4) and MS Dhoni (4) | 8 | 21 |
| seventh | MS Dhoni (1) and Irfan Pathan (0) | 1 | 5 |
| eighth | Ajit Agarkar (4) and MS Dhoni (5) | 10 | 29 |
| ninth | Anil Kumble (9) and MS Dhoni (16) | 31 | 61 |
| tenth | Harbhajan Singh (4) and MS Dhoni (4) | 8 | 6 |
SRI LANKA, FIRST INNINGS: 168 FOR 4
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avishka Gunawardene | c MS Dhoni b Irfan Pathan | 4 | 6 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | lbw b Anil Kumble | 30 | 52 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | c Gautam Gambhir b Anil Kumble | 71 | 80 |
| Thilan Samaraweera | not out | 35 | 93 |
| Marvan Atapattu | b Anil Kumble | 7 | 20 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | not out | 8 | 14 |
Did not bat: Chaminda Vaas, Malinga Bandara, Dilhara Fernando, Muthiah Muralidaran, Jehan Mubarak
Extras 13 · Total 168 for 4
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irfan Pathan | 7 | 0 | 43 | 1 |
| Ajit Agarkar | 10 | 3 | 29 | 0 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 9 | 2 | 34 | 0 |
| Anil Kumble | 15 | 3 | 41 | 3 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-5 (Avishka Gunawardene, 0.6 ov), 2-62 (Kumar Sangakkara, 14.6 ov), 3-124 (Mahela Jayawardene, 28.6 ov), 4-158 (Marvan Atapattu, 38.4 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Avishka Gunawardene (4) and Kumar Sangakkara (0) | 5 | 6 |
| second | Mahela Jayawardene (25) and Kumar Sangakkara (30) | 57 | 86 |
| third | Mahela Jayawardene (46) and Thilan Samaraweera (9) | 62 | 86 |
| fourth | Marvan Atapattu (7) and Thilan Samaraweera (25) | 34 | 60 |
| fifth | Tillakaratne Dilshan (8) and Thilan Samaraweera (1) | 10 | 27 |
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