Sri Lanka v India 3rd Test

India tour of Sri Lanka - 2015 (2015) · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo · 28 August 2015

India won by 117 runs

India won by 117 runs. Cheteshwar Pujara top-scored with 145* for India. Ishant Sharma took 5/54.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: India tour of Sri Lanka - 2015 (2015)
Ground: Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Dates: 28 August 2015 to 1 September 2015
Toss: Sri Lanka, chose to field
Result: India won by 117 runs
Player of the match: Cheteshwar Pujara
Captains: Virat Kohli (India), Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka)
Debuts: Naman Ojha (India), Kusal Perera (Sri Lanka)
Umpires: NJ Llong and RJ Tucker
Match referee: AJ Pycroft

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field. Naman Ojha and Kusal Perera played their first Tests.

India batted first and made 312 all out. Cheteshwar Pujara top-scored with 145 not out off 289 balls, and Amit Mishra made 59. Dhammika Prasad took 4 for 100 for Sri Lanka. The innings was built on a 104-run stand for the eighth wicket between Amit Mishra and Cheteshwar Pujara. That was well below the 2010s average first-innings total at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, 421 across 10 Tests.

Sri Lanka replied with 201 all out. Kusal Perera top-scored with 55 off 56 balls, and Rangana Herath made 49. Ishant Sharma took 5 for 54 for India. India led by 111 on first innings.

India made 274 all out in their second innings. Ravichandran Ashwin top-scored with 58 off 87 balls, and Rohit Sharma made 50. Nuwan Pradeep took 4 for 62 for Sri Lanka.

Set 386 to win, Sri Lanka made 268 all out. Angelo Mathews top-scored with 110 off 240 balls, and Kusal Perera made 70. Ravichandran Ashwin took 4 for 69 for India. The innings was built on a 135-run stand for the sixth wicket between Angelo Mathews and Kusal Perera, 50% of the total.

India won by 117 runs.

INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 312 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
KL Rahul	b Dhammika Prasad	2	2
Cheteshwar Pujara	not out	145	289
Ajinkya Rahane	lbw b Nuwan Pradeep	8	13
Virat Kohli	c Kusal Perera b Angelo Mathews	18	60
Rohit Sharma	c Upul Tharanga b Dhammika Prasad	26	65
Stuart Binny	lbw b Dhammika Prasad	0	1
Naman Ojha	c Upul Tharanga b Tharindu Kaushal	21	54
Ravichandran Ashwin	c Kusal Perera b Dhammika Prasad	5	14
Amit Mishra	st Kusal Perera b Rangana Herath	59	87
Ishant Sharma	b Rangana Herath	6	9
Umesh Yadav	b Rangana Herath	4	14

Extras 18 · Total 312 all out

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Dhammika Prasad	26	4	100	4
Nuwan Pradeep	22	6	52	1
Angelo Mathews	13	6	24	1
Rangana Herath	27.1	3	84	3
Tharindu Kaushal	12	2	45	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-2 (KL Rahul, 0.2 ov), 2-14 (Ajinkya Rahane, 3.4 ov), 3-64 (Virat Kohli, 23.3 ov), 4-119 (Rohit Sharma, 45.5 ov), 5-119 (Stuart Binny, 45.6 ov), 6-173 (Naman Ojha, 60.6 ov), 7-180 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 65.1 ov), 8-284 (Amit Mishra, 92.2 ov), 9-298 (Ishant Sharma, 96.6 ov), 10-312 (Umesh Yadav, 100.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Cheteshwar Pujara (0) and KL Rahul (2)	2	2
second	Cheteshwar Pujara (3) and Ajinkya Rahane (8)	12	21
third	Cheteshwar Pujara (24) and Virat Kohli (18)	50	121
fourth	Cheteshwar Pujara (28) and Rohit Sharma (26)	55	134
fifth	Stuart Binny (0) and Cheteshwar Pujara (0)	0	1
sixth	Naman Ojha (21) and Cheteshwar Pujara (31)	54	91
seventh	Ravichandran Ashwin (5) and Cheteshwar Pujara (2)	7	25
eighth	Amit Mishra (59) and Cheteshwar Pujara (41)	104	165
ninth	Cheteshwar Pujara (8) and Ishant Sharma (6)	14	28
tenth	Cheteshwar Pujara (8) and Umesh Yadav (4)	14	20

SRI LANKA, FIRST INNINGS: 201 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Upul Tharanga	c KL Rahul b Ishant Sharma	4	23
Kaushal Silva	b Umesh Yadav	3	11
Dimuth Karunaratne	c KL Rahul b Stuart Binny	11	37
Dinesh Chandimal	lbw b Stuart Binny	23	27
Angelo Mathews	c Naman Ojha b Ishant Sharma	1	9
Lahiru Thirimanne	c KL Rahul b Ishant Sharma	0	7
Kusal Perera	c Virat Kohli b Ishant Sharma	55	56
Dhammika Prasad	st Naman Ojha b Amit Mishra	27	23
Rangana Herath	c Naman Ojha b Ishant Sharma	49	84
Tharindu Kaushal	lbw b Amit Mishra	16	39
Nuwan Pradeep	not out	2	5

Extras 10 · Total 201 all out

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Ishant Sharma	15	2	54	5
Umesh Yadav	13	2	64	1
Stuart Binny	9	3	24	2
Ravichandran Ashwin	8	1	33	0
Amit Mishra	7.2	1	25	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-11 (Upul Tharanga, 4.5 ov), 2-11 (Kaushal Silva, 5.2 ov), 3-40 (Dinesh Chandimal, 11.5 ov), 4-45 (Angelo Mathews, 16.1 ov), 5-47 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 17.6 ov), 6-47 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 18.2 ov), 7-127 (Kusal Perera, 33.4 ov), 8-156 (Tharindu Kaushal, 44.4 ov), 9-183 (Rangana Herath, 49.5 ov), 10-201 (Dhammika Prasad, 52.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Upul Tharanga (4) and Kaushal Silva (3)	11	32
second	Kaushal Silva (0) and Dimuth Karunaratne (0)	0	3
third	Dimuth Karunaratne (5) and Dinesh Chandimal (23)	29	40
fourth	Angelo Mathews (1) and Dimuth Karunaratne (4)	5	26
fifth	Dimuth Karunaratne (2) and Lahiru Thirimanne (0)	2	11
sixth	Kusal Perera (0) and Lahiru Thirimanne (0)	0	2
seventh	Dhammika Prasad (1) and Kusal Perera (4)	5	4
eighth	Rangana Herath (22) and Kusal Perera (51)	75	89
ninth	Rangana Herath (11) and Tharindu Kaushal (16)	29	67
tenth	Rangana Herath (16) and Dhammika Prasad (10)	27	32
11th	Dhammika Prasad (16) and Nuwan Pradeep (2)	18	15

INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 274 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Cheteshwar Pujara	b Dhammika Prasad	0	2
KL Rahul	b Nuwan Pradeep	2	8
Ajinkya Rahane	lbw b Nuwan Pradeep	4	17
Virat Kohli	c Upul Tharanga b Nuwan Pradeep	21	63
Rohit Sharma	c Nuwan Pradeep b Dhammika Prasad	50	72
Stuart Binny	c Upul Tharanga b Dhammika Prasad	49	62
Naman Ojha	c Dimuth Karunaratne b Rangana Herath	35	63
Amit Mishra	run out (Kaushal Silva)	39	62
Ravichandran Ashwin	c Kusal Perera b Dhammika Prasad	58	87
Umesh Yadav	c Rangana Herath b Nuwan Pradeep	4	19
Ishant Sharma	not out	2	6

Extras 10 · Total 274 all out

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Dhammika Prasad	19	3	69	4
Nuwan Pradeep	17	2	62	4
Rangana Herath	22	0	89	1
Angelo Mathews	6	3	11	0
Tharindu Kaushal	12	2	41	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 0.2 ov), 2-2 (KL Rahul, 3.2 ov), 3-7 (Ajinkya Rahane, 5.2 ov), 4-64 (Virat Kohli, 22.2 ov), 5-118 (Rohit Sharma, 32.5 ov), 6-160 (Stuart Binny, 44.2 ov), 7-179 (Naman Ojha, 51.3 ov), 8-234 (Amit Mishra, 67.2 ov), 9-269 (Umesh Yadav, 74.6 ov), 10-274 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 75.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Cheteshwar Pujara (0) and KL Rahul (0)	0	2
second	Ajinkya Rahane (0) and KL Rahul (2)	2	18
third	Virat Kohli (1) and Ajinkya Rahane (4)	5	12
fourth	Rohit Sharma (34) and Virat Kohli (20)	57	103
fifth	Stuart Binny (36) and Rohit Sharma (16)	54	64
sixth	Stuart Binny (13) and Naman Ojha (28)	42	70
seventh	Amit Mishra (11) and Naman Ojha (7)	19	43
eighth	Amit Mishra (28) and Ravichandran Ashwin (27)	55	94
ninth	Ravichandran Ashwin (30) and Umesh Yadav (4)	35	46
tenth	Ravichandran Ashwin (1) and Ishant Sharma (2)	5	8

SRI LANKA, SECOND INNINGS: 268 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Upul Tharanga	c Naman Ojha b Ishant Sharma	0	7
Kaushal Silva	c Cheteshwar Pujara b Umesh Yadav	27	50
Dimuth Karunaratne	c Naman Ojha b Umesh Yadav	0	7
Dinesh Chandimal	c Virat Kohli b Ishant Sharma	18	17
Angelo Mathews	lbw b Ishant Sharma	110	240
Lahiru Thirimanne	c KL Rahul b Ravichandran Ashwin	12	47
Kusal Perera	c Rohit Sharma b Ravichandran Ashwin	70	106
Rangana Herath	lbw b Ravichandran Ashwin	11	23
Tharindu Kaushal	not out	1	14
Dhammika Prasad	c Stuart Binny b Ravichandran Ashwin	6	4
Nuwan Pradeep	lbw b Amit Mishra	0	2

Extras 13 · Total 268 all out

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Ishant Sharma	19	5	32	3
Umesh Yadav	15	3	65	2
Stuart Binny	13	3	49	0
Amit Mishra	18	1	47	1
Ravichandran Ashwin	20	2	69	4

FALL OF WICKETS

1-1 (Upul Tharanga, 0.6 ov), 2-2 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 3.2 ov), 3-21 (Dinesh Chandimal, 6.6 ov), 4-74 (Kaushal Silva, 21.1 ov), 5-107 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 37.6 ov), 6-242 (Kusal Perera, 76.1 ov), 7-249 (Angelo Mathews, 80.3 ov), 8-257 (Rangana Herath, 83.1 ov), 9-263 (Dhammika Prasad, 83.5 ov), 10-268 (Nuwan Pradeep, 84.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Upul Tharanga (0) and Kaushal Silva (0)	1	6
second	Kaushal Silva (1) and Dimuth Karunaratne (0)	1	14
third	Kaushal Silva (1) and Dinesh Chandimal (18)	19	22
fourth	Kaushal Silva (25) and Angelo Mathews (25)	53	86
fifth	Angelo Mathews (20) and Lahiru Thirimanne (12)	33	102
sixth	Angelo Mathews (61) and Kusal Perera (70)	135	233
seventh	Rangana Herath (3) and Angelo Mathews (4)	7	26
eighth	Rangana Herath (8) and Tharindu Kaushal (0)	8	16
ninth	Dhammika Prasad (6) and Tharindu Kaushal (0)	6	4
tenth	Nuwan Pradeep (0) and Tharindu Kaushal (1)	5	7

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