India Vs Sri Lanka 5Th Odi
Sri Lanka tour of India - 2005 (2005/06) · Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad · 6 November 2005
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 14 balls remaining). Gautam Gambhir top-scored with 103 for India. Farveez Maharoof took 4/20.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad (then Sardar Patel Stadium)
- Date
- 6 November 2005
- Toss
- Sri Lanka, chose to field
- Result
- Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Tillakaratne Dilshan
- Captains
- Rahul Dravid (India), Marvan Atapattu (Sri Lanka)
- Umpires
- K Hariharan and MR Benson
- Match referee
- AG Hurst
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field.
India batted first and made 285 for 8. Rahul Dravid top-scored with 103 not out off 120 balls, and Gautam Gambhir made 103. Farveez Maharoof took 4 for 20 for Sri Lanka. The innings was built on a 128-run stand for the fourth wicket between Rahul Dravid and Gautam Gambhir, 45% of the total.
Chasing 286, Sri Lanka made 286 for 5. Tillakaratne Dilshan top-scored with 81 not out off 67 balls, and Russel Arnold made 49. The innings was built on a 131-run stand for the sixth wicket between Russel Arnold and Tillakaratne Dilshan, 46% of the total.
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 14 balls remaining).
INDIA: 285 FOR 8
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gautam Gambhir | c Marvan Atapattu b Farveez Maharoof | 103 | 97 |
| Virender Sehwag | b Nuwan Zoysa | 19 | 19 |
| MS Dhoni | lbw b Nuwan Zoysa | 0 | 1 |
| Yuvraj Singh | c Mahela Jayawardene b Chaminda Vaas | 3 | 21 |
| Rahul Dravid | not out | 103 | 120 |
| Venugopal Rao | c Upul Tharanga b Farveez Maharoof | 6 | 9 |
| Suresh Raina | lbw b Farveez Maharoof | 13 | 10 |
| Ajit Agarkar | c Russel Arnold b Farveez Maharoof | 4 | 8 |
| Murali Kartik | c Marvan Atapattu b Dilhara Fernando | 8 | 14 |
| RP Singh | not out | 9 | 7 |
Did not bat: Jai Prakash Yadav
Extras 17 · Total 285 for 8
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 1 | 56 | 1 |
| Dilhara Fernando | 10 | 0 | 77 | 1 |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 5 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | 10 | 1 | 37 | 0 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 6 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Russel Arnold | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Farveez Maharoof | 5 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-50 (Virender Sehwag, 7.1 ov), 2-50 (MS Dhoni, 7.2 ov), 3-69 (Yuvraj Singh, 12.3 ov), 4-197 (Gautam Gambhir, 36.4 ov), 5-208 (Venugopal Rao, 38.3 ov), 6-224 (Suresh Raina, 40.6 ov), 7-230 (Ajit Agarkar, 42.5 ov), 8-262 (Murali Kartik, 47.5 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Gautam Gambhir (29) and Virender Sehwag (19) | 50 | 44 |
| second | MS Dhoni (0) and Gautam Gambhir (0) | 0 | 1 |
| third | Yuvraj Singh (3) and Gautam Gambhir (14) | 19 | 32 |
| fourth | Rahul Dravid (63) and Gautam Gambhir (60) | 128 | 147 |
| fifth | Rahul Dravid (2) and Venugopal Rao (6) | 11 | 11 |
| sixth | Rahul Dravid (3) and Suresh Raina (13) | 16 | 15 |
| seventh | Rahul Dravid (2) and Ajit Agarkar (4) | 6 | 11 |
| eighth | Rahul Dravid (20) and Murali Kartik (8) | 32 | 32 |
| ninth | Rahul Dravid (13) and RP Singh (9) | 23 | 13 |
SRI LANKA: 286 FOR 5
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanath Jayasuriya | c Venugopal Rao b Ajit Agarkar | 8 | 8 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | c Venugopal Rao b RP Singh | 39 | 69 |
| Upul Tharanga | c Virender Sehwag b Ajit Agarkar | 14 | 15 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | run out (Jai Prakash Yadav) | 37 | 45 |
| Marvan Atapattu | c & b Murali Kartik | 39 | 38 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | not out | 81 | 67 |
| Russel Arnold | not out | 49 | 47 |
Did not bat: Nuwan Zoysa, Dilhara Fernando, Muthiah Muralidaran, Farveez Maharoof
Extras 19 · Total 286 for 5
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajit Agarkar | 9.4 | 0 | 59 | 2 |
| RP Singh | 9 | 1 | 54 | 1 |
| Sreesanth | 10 | 0 | 57 | 0 |
| Jai Prakash Yadav | 7 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| Murali Kartik | 10 | 0 | 52 | 1 |
| Virender Sehwag | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-15 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 4.2 ov), 2-61 (Upul Tharanga, 12.1 ov), 3-73 (Kumar Sangakkara, 16.4 ov), 4-143 (Marvan Atapattu, 27.5 ov), 5-155 (Mahela Jayawardene, 29.5 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sanath Jayasuriya (8) and Kumar Sangakkara (4) | 15 | 27 |
| second | Kumar Sangakkara (27) and Upul Tharanga (14) | 46 | 48 |
| third | Mahela Jayawardene (3) and Kumar Sangakkara (8) | 12 | 27 |
| fourth | Marvan Atapattu (39) and Mahela Jayawardene (28) | 70 | 67 |
| fifth | Mahela Jayawardene (6) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (4) | 12 | 14 |
| sixth | Russel Arnold (49) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (77) | 131 | 106 |
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