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Sri Lanka v India 2nd Test

India tour of Sri Lanka - 1985 (1985) · P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo · 6 September 1985

Sri Lanka won by 149 runs

Sri Lanka won by 149 runs. Amal Silva top-scored with 111 for Sri Lanka. Rumesh Ratnayake took 5/49.

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MATCH FACTS

Series
India tour of Sri Lanka - 1985 (1985)
Ground
P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
Dates
6 September 1985 to 11 September 1985
Toss
Sri Lanka, chose to bat
Result
Sri Lanka won by 149 runs
Captains
Duleep Mendis (Sri Lanka), Kapil Dev (India)
Umpires
PW Vidanagamage and S Ponnadurai

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.

Sri Lanka batted first and made 385 all out. Amal Silva top-scored with 111, and Roy Dias made 95. Chetan Sharma took 5 for 118 for India. From 368 for 5 they lost 5 wickets for 17 runs, to 385 for 10.

India replied with 244 all out. Kris Srikkanth top-scored with 64, and Mohinder Amarnath made 60. Rumesh Ratnayake took 4 for 76 for Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka led by 141 on first innings.

Sri Lanka made 206 for 3 in their second innings. Aravinda de Silva top-scored with 75, and Roy Dias made 60. The innings was built on a 132-run stand for the third wicket between Roy Dias and Aravinda de Silva, 64% of the total.

Set 348 to win, India made 198 all out. Kapil Dev top-scored with 78. Rumesh Ratnayake took 5 for 49 for Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka won by 149 runs.

SRI LANKA, FIRST INNINGS: 385 ALL OUT
BatterHow outR
Sidath Wettimunyrun out19
Amal Silvac Sadanand Viswanath111
Ranjan Madugallelbw54
Roy Diasc Sadanand Viswanath95
Duleep Mendisc Ravi Shastri51
Arjuna Ranatungalbw21
Aravinda de Silvac Mohammad Azharuddin2
Ashantha de Mellbw0
Rumesh Ratnayakec Laxman Sivaramakrishnan7
Unknown #1787bowled3
Saliya Ahangamanot out0

Extras 22 · Total 385 all out

Bowler (India)OMRW
Kapil Dev3210690
Chetan Sharma3331185
Ravi Shastri45.311743
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan314900
Mohinder Amarnath152311

FALL OF WICKETS

1-74 (Sidath Wettimuny), 2-169 (Ranjan Madugalle), 3-229 (Amal Silva), 4-328 (Duleep Mendis), 5-368 (Roy Dias), 6-372 (Aravinda de Silva), 7-375 (Ashantha de Mel), 8-375 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 9-379 (Unknown #1787), 10-385 (Rumesh Ratnayake)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstSidath Wettimuny and Amal Silva74
secondRanjan Madugalle and Amal Silva95
thirdRoy Dias and Amal Silva60
fourthRoy Dias and Duleep Mendis99
fifthRoy Dias and Arjuna Ranatunga40
sixthArjuna Ranatunga and Aravinda de Silva4
seventhAshantha de Mel and Arjuna Ranatunga3
eighthArjuna Ranatunga and Rumesh Ratnayake0
ninthRumesh Ratnayake and Unknown #17874
tenthRumesh Ratnayake and Saliya Ahangama6
INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 244 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Lalchand Rajputc Amal Silva04
Kris Srikkanthc Duleep Mendis64–
Mohammad Azharuddinc Amal Silva03
Dilip Vengsarkarc Arjuna Ranatunga1–
Laxman Sivaramakrishnanc Sidath Wettimuny18–
Sunil Gavaskarst Amal Silva52166
Mohinder Amarnathc Saliya Ahangama60–
Ravi Shastric Amal Silva17–
Kapil Devc Rumesh Ratnayake6–
Sadanand Viswanathc Sidath Wettimuny7–
Chetan Sharmanot out4–

Extras 15 · Total 244 all out

Bowler (Sri Lanka)OMRW
Ashantha de Mel318632
Rumesh Ratnayake25.15764
Saliya Ahangama183593
Unknown #1787167280
Arjuna Ranatunga5181

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (Lalchand Rajput), 2-1 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 3-3 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 4-79 (Kris Srikkanth), 5-88 (Laxman Sivaramakrishnan), 6-178 (Sunil Gavaskar), 7-218 (Ravi Shastri), 8-229 (Kapil Dev), 9-238 (Mohinder Amarnath), 10-244 (Sadanand Viswanath)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstKris Srikkanth and Lalchand Rajput0
secondKris Srikkanth and Mohammad Azharuddin1
thirdDilip Vengsarkar and Kris Srikkanth2
fourthKris Srikkanth and Laxman Sivaramakrishnan76
fifthSunil Gavaskar and Laxman Sivaramakrishnan9
sixthMohinder Amarnath and Sunil Gavaskar90
seventhMohinder Amarnath and Ravi Shastri40
eighthMohinder Amarnath and Kapil Dev11
ninthMohinder Amarnath and Sadanand Viswanath9
tenthChetan Sharma and Sadanand Viswanath6
SRI LANKA, SECOND INNINGS: 206 FOR 3
BatterHow outR
Sidath Wettimunyc Lalchand Rajput32
Amal Silvac Dilip Vengsarkar11
Aravinda de Silvabowled75
Roy Diasnot out60
Duleep Mendisnot out13

Did not bat: Ranjan Madugalle, Arjuna Ranatunga, Ashantha de Mel, Rumesh Ratnayake, Unknown #1787, Saliya Ahangama

Extras 15 · Total 206 for 3

Bowler (India)OMRW
Kapil Dev204731
Chetan Sharma131551
Ravi Shastri134411
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan71270

FALL OF WICKETS

1-46 (Amal Silva), 2-48 (Sidath Wettimuny), 3-180 (Aravinda de Silva)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstSidath Wettimuny and Amal Silva46
secondSidath Wettimuny and Aravinda de Silva2
thirdRoy Dias and Aravinda de Silva132
fourthRoy Dias and Duleep Mendis26
INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 198 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Lalchand Rajputlbw12–
Kris Srikkanthlbw25–
Mohammad Azharuddinc Amal Silva25–
Dilip Vengsarkarc Amal Silva0–
Sunil Gavaskarc Amal Silva19–
Mohinder Amarnathc Aravinda de Silva10–
Ravi Shastric Amal Silva4–
Kapil Devc Rumesh Ratnayake78–
Laxman Sivaramakrishnanc Amal Silva21–
Sadanand Viswanathlbw03
Chetan Sharmanot out0–

Extras 4 · Total 198 all out

Bowler (Sri Lanka)OMRW
Ashantha de Mel224643
Rumesh Ratnayake23.26495
Saliya Ahangama143562
Unknown #17873180
Arjuna Ranatunga40190

FALL OF WICKETS

1-39 (Lalchand Rajput), 2-39 (Kris Srikkanth), 3-41 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 4-84 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 5-84 (Sunil Gavaskar), 6-98 (Mohinder Amarnath), 7-98 (Ravi Shastri), 8-168 (Laxman Sivaramakrishnan), 9-169 (Sadanand Viswanath), 10-198 (Kapil Dev)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstKris Srikkanth and Lalchand Rajput39
secondKris Srikkanth and Mohammad Azharuddin0
thirdDilip Vengsarkar and Mohammad Azharuddin2
fourthSunil Gavaskar and Mohammad Azharuddin43
fifthMohinder Amarnath and Sunil Gavaskar0
sixthMohinder Amarnath and Ravi Shastri14
seventhKapil Dev and Ravi Shastri0
eighthKapil Dev and Laxman Sivaramakrishnan70
ninthKapil Dev and Sadanand Viswanath1
tenthKapil Dev and Chetan Sharma29
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