Sri Lanka v India 1st Test

India tour of Sri Lanka - 2015 (2015) · Galle International Stadium, Galle · 12 August 2015

Sri Lanka won by 63 runs

Sri Lanka won by 63 runs. Dinesh Chandimal top-scored with 162* for Sri Lanka. Rangana Herath took 7/48.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: India tour of Sri Lanka - 2015 (2015)
Ground: Galle International Stadium, Galle
Dates: 12 August 2015 to 15 August 2015
Toss: Sri Lanka, chose to bat
Result: Sri Lanka won by 63 runs
Player of the match: Dinesh Chandimal
Captains: Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka), Virat Kohli (India)
Umpires: BNJ Oxenford and NJ Llong
Match referee: AJ Pycroft

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.

Sri Lanka batted first and made 183 all out. Angelo Mathews top-scored with 64 off 92 balls, and Dinesh Chandimal made 59. Ravichandran Ashwin took 6 for 46 for India. That was well below the 2010s average first-innings total at Galle International Stadium, 393 across 18 Tests.

India replied with 375 all out. Shikhar Dhawan top-scored with 134 off 271 balls, and Virat Kohli made 103. Tharindu Kaushal took 5 for 134 for Sri Lanka. The innings was built on a 227-run stand for the third wicket between Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli, 61% of the total. India led by 192 on first innings.

Sri Lanka made 367 all out in their second innings. Dinesh Chandimal top-scored with 162 not out off 169 balls, and Jehan Mubarak made 49. Ravichandran Ashwin took 4 for 114 for India. The innings was built on a 125-run stand for the sixth wicket between Dinesh Chandimal and Lahiru Thirimanne.

Set 176 to win, India made 112 all out. Ajinkya Rahane top-scored with 36 off 76 balls. Rangana Herath took 7 for 48 for Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka won by 63 runs.

SRI LANKA, FIRST INNINGS: 183 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Dimuth Karunaratne	c Ajinkya Rahane b Ishant Sharma	9	19
Kaushal Silva	c Shikhar Dhawan b Varun Aaron	5	24
Lahiru Thirimanne	c Ajinkya Rahane b Ravichandran Ashwin	13	38
Kumar Sangakkara	c KL Rahul b Ravichandran Ashwin	5	12
Angelo Mathews	c Rohit Sharma b Ravichandran Ashwin	64	92
Jehan Mubarak	c KL Rahul b Ravichandran Ashwin	0	7
Dinesh Chandimal	c Ajinkya Rahane b Amit Mishra	59	77
Dhammika Prasad	lbw b Ravichandran Ashwin	0	6
Rangana Herath	b Ravichandran Ashwin	23	24
Tharindu Kaushal	c Rohit Sharma b Amit Mishra	0	1
Nuwan Pradeep	not out	0	1

Extras 5 · Total 183 all out

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Ishant Sharma	11	3	30	1
Varun Aaron	11	0	68	1
Ravichandran Ashwin	13.4	2	46	6
Amit Mishra	6	1	20	2
Harbhajan Singh	8	1	17	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-15 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 6.5 ov), 2-15 (Kaushal Silva, 7.1 ov), 3-27 (Kumar Sangakkara, 11.3 ov), 4-54 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 19.4 ov), 5-60 (Jehan Mubarak, 21.3 ov), 6-139 (Angelo Mathews, 41.3 ov), 7-155 (Dhammika Prasad, 43.3 ov), 8-179 (Dinesh Chandimal, 48.1 ov), 9-179 (Tharindu Kaushal, 48.2 ov), 10-183 (Rangana Herath, 49.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Kaushal Silva (5) and Dimuth Karunaratne (9)	15	42
second	Kaushal Silva (0) and Lahiru Thirimanne (0)	0	2
third	Kumar Sangakkara (5) and Lahiru Thirimanne (7)	12	26
fourth	Angelo Mathews (20) and Lahiru Thirimanne (6)	27	49
fifth	Jehan Mubarak (0) and Angelo Mathews (6)	6	11
sixth	Angelo Mathews (38) and Dinesh Chandimal (39)	79	122
seventh	Dhammika Prasad (0) and Dinesh Chandimal (16)	16	12
eighth	Rangana Herath (20) and Dinesh Chandimal (4)	24	28
ninth	Rangana Herath (0) and Tharindu Kaushal (0)	0	1
tenth	Rangana Herath (3) and Nuwan Pradeep (0)	4	8

INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 375 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
KL Rahul	lbw b Dhammika Prasad	7	7
Shikhar Dhawan	b Nuwan Pradeep	134	271
Rohit Sharma	lbw b Angelo Mathews	9	24
Virat Kohli	lbw b Tharindu Kaushal	103	191
Ajinkya Rahane	lbw b Tharindu Kaushal	0	5
Wriddhiman Saha	c Dinesh Chandimal b Nuwan Pradeep	60	120
Ravichandran Ashwin	b Nuwan Pradeep	7	4
Harbhajan Singh	b Tharindu Kaushal	14	31
Amit Mishra	b Tharindu Kaushal	10	17
Ishant Sharma	not out	3	39
Varun Aaron	c Angelo Mathews b Tharindu Kaushal	4	9

Extras 24 · Total 375 all out

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Dhammika Prasad	22	4	54	1
Nuwan Pradeep	26	2	98	3
Angelo Mathews	4	1	12	1
Tharindu Kaushal	32.4	2	134	5
Rangana Herath	33	4	67	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-14 (KL Rahul, 2.6 ov), 2-28 (Rohit Sharma, 9.3 ov), 3-255 (Virat Kohli, 73.6 ov), 4-257 (Ajinkya Rahane, 75.2 ov), 5-294 (Shikhar Dhawan, 87.6 ov), 6-302 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 89.5 ov), 7-330 (Harbhajan Singh, 99.2 ov), 8-344 (Amit Mishra, 103.4 ov), 9-366 (Wriddhiman Saha, 114.5 ov), 10-375 (Varun Aaron, 117.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Shikhar Dhawan (5) and KL Rahul (7)	14	18
second	Shikhar Dhawan (4) and Rohit Sharma (9)	14	40
third	Shikhar Dhawan (110) and Virat Kohli (103)	227	395
fourth	Shikhar Dhawan (2) and Ajinkya Rahane (0)	2	8
fifth	Shikhar Dhawan (13) and Wriddhiman Saha (24)	37	76
sixth	Ravichandran Ashwin (7) and Wriddhiman Saha (0)	8	11
seventh	Harbhajan Singh (14) and Wriddhiman Saha (12)	28	58
eighth	Amit Mishra (10) and Wriddhiman Saha (4)	14	26
ninth	Ishant Sharma (1) and Wriddhiman Saha (20)	22	67
tenth	Ishant Sharma (2) and Varun Aaron (4)	9	19

SRI LANKA, SECOND INNINGS: 367 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Dimuth Karunaratne	b Ravichandran Ashwin	0	5
Kaushal Silva	b Amit Mishra	0	6
Dhammika Prasad	c Ajinkya Rahane b Varun Aaron	3	12
Kumar Sangakkara	c Ajinkya Rahane b Ravichandran Ashwin	40	70
Angelo Mathews	c KL Rahul b Amit Mishra	39	63
Dinesh Chandimal	not out	162	169
Lahiru Thirimanne	c Ajinkya Rahane b Ravichandran Ashwin	44	76
Jehan Mubarak	c Ajinkya Rahane b Harbhajan Singh	49	60
Rangana Herath	c Ajinkya Rahane b Amit Mishra	1	15
Tharindu Kaushal	c Wriddhiman Saha b Ishant Sharma	7	22
Nuwan Pradeep	b Ravichandran Ashwin	3	4

Extras 19 · Total 367 all out

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Ravichandran Ashwin	28.2	6	114	4
Amit Mishra	17	2	61	3
Harbhajan Singh	17	0	73	1
Varun Aaron	7	0	39	1
Ishant Sharma	13	0	77	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 0.5 ov), 2-1 (Kaushal Silva, 1.5 ov), 3-5 (Dhammika Prasad, 4.1 ov), 4-92 (Kumar Sangakkara, 24.5 ov), 5-95 (Angelo Mathews, 25.6 ov), 6-220 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 50.4 ov), 7-302 (Jehan Mubarak, 68.3 ov), 8-319 (Rangana Herath, 72.5 ov), 9-360 (Tharindu Kaushal, 81.2 ov), 10-367 (Nuwan Pradeep, 82.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Kaushal Silva (0) and Dimuth Karunaratne (0)	0	5
second	Kaushal Silva (0) and Dhammika Prasad (0)	1	7
third	Kumar Sangakkara (1) and Dhammika Prasad (3)	4	14
fourth	Kumar Sangakkara (39) and Angelo Mathews (38)	87	125
fifth	Angelo Mathews (1) and Dinesh Chandimal (1)	3	8
sixth	Dinesh Chandimal (77) and Lahiru Thirimanne (44)	125	150
seventh	Jehan Mubarak (49) and Dinesh Chandimal (33)	82	107
eighth	Rangana Herath (1) and Dinesh Chandimal (15)	17	27
ninth	Dinesh Chandimal (32) and Tharindu Kaushal (7)	41	53
tenth	Dinesh Chandimal (4) and Nuwan Pradeep (3)	7	6

INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 112 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
KL Rahul	lbw b Rangana Herath	5	14
Shikhar Dhawan	c & b Tharindu Kaushal	28	83
Ishant Sharma	lbw b Rangana Herath	10	23
Rohit Sharma	b Rangana Herath	4	16
Virat Kohli	c Kaushal Silva b Tharindu Kaushal	3	10
Ajinkya Rahane	c Angelo Mathews b Rangana Herath	36	76
Wriddhiman Saha	st Dinesh Chandimal b Rangana Herath	2	11
Harbhajan Singh	c Kaushal Silva b Rangana Herath	1	7
Ravichandran Ashwin	c Dhammika Prasad b Rangana Herath	3	20
Amit Mishra	c Dimuth Karunaratne b Tharindu Kaushal	15	36
Varun Aaron	not out	1	4

Extras 4 · Total 112 all out

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Dhammika Prasad	4	2	4	0
Rangana Herath	21	6	48	7
Tharindu Kaushal	17.5	1	47	3
Nuwan Pradeep	6	3	8	0
Angelo Mathews	1	0	3	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-12 (KL Rahul, 4.3 ov), 2-30 (Ishant Sharma, 14.1 ov), 3-34 (Rohit Sharma, 18.5 ov), 4-45 (Virat Kohli, 21.6 ov), 5-60 (Shikhar Dhawan, 27.3 ov), 6-65 (Wriddhiman Saha, 30.3 ov), 7-67 (Harbhajan Singh, 32.3 ov), 8-81 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 38.6 ov), 9-102 (Ajinkya Rahane, 46.3 ov), 10-112 (Amit Mishra, 49.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Shikhar Dhawan (7) and KL Rahul (5)	12	27
second	Shikhar Dhawan (6) and Ishant Sharma (10)	18	59
third	Shikhar Dhawan (0) and Rohit Sharma (4)	4	28
fourth	Shikhar Dhawan (8) and Virat Kohli (3)	11	19
fifth	Shikhar Dhawan (7) and Ajinkya Rahane (7)	15	33
sixth	Ajinkya Rahane (3) and Wriddhiman Saha (2)	5	18
seventh	Harbhajan Singh (1) and Ajinkya Rahane (1)	2	12
eighth	Ravichandran Ashwin (3) and Ajinkya Rahane (10)	14	39
ninth	Amit Mishra (6) and Ajinkya Rahane (15)	21	45
tenth	Amit Mishra (9) and Varun Aaron (1)	10	20

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