India Vs Sri Lanka 9Th Match
Prudential World Cup in England - 1979 (1979) · Old Trafford, Manchester · 16 June 1979
Sri Lanka won by 47 runs
Sri Lanka won by 47 runs. Sunil Wettimuny top-scored with 67 for Sri Lanka.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Old Trafford, Manchester
- Date
- 16 June 1979
- Toss
- India, chose to field
- Result
- Sri Lanka won by 47 runs
- Player of the match
- Duleep Mendis
- Captains
- Bandula Warnapura (Sri Lanka), Srinivas Venkataraghavan (India)
- Debut
- Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
- Umpires
- AGT Whitehead and KE Palmer
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
India won the toss and chose to field. It was Ranjan Madugalle's first ODI.
Sri Lanka batted first and made 238 for 5. Sunil Wettimuny top-scored with 67 off 120 balls, and Duleep Mendis made 64. Mohinder Amarnath took 3 for 40 for India. The innings was built on a 96-run stand for the second wicket between Sunil Wettimuny and Roy Dias, 40% of the total. That was well above the 1970s average first-innings total at Old Trafford, 187 across 10 ODIs.
Chasing 239, India made 191 all out. Dilip Vengsarkar top-scored with 36 off 57 balls, and Anshuman Gaekwad made 33. Somachandra De Silva took 3 for 29 for Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka won by 47 runs.
SRI LANKA: 238 FOR 5
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunil Wettimuny | c Dilip Vengsarkar | 67 | 120 |
| Bandula Warnapura | c Anshuman Gaekwad | 18 | 51 |
| Roy Dias | c Mohinder Amarnath | 50 | 88 |
| Duleep Mendis | run out | 64 | 57 |
| Ranjan Madugalle | c Surinder Khanna | 4 | 16 |
| Sudath Pasqual | not out | 23 | 26 |
| Somachandra De Silva | not out | 1 | 4 |
Did not bat: Sunil Jayasinghe, Tony Opatha, Stanley De Silva, Unknown #26635
Extras 11 · Total 238 for 5
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kapil Dev | 12 | 2 | 53 | 1 |
| Karsan Ghavri | 12 | 0 | 53 | 0 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 12 | 3 | 40 | 3 |
| Bishan Bedi | 12 | 2 | 37 | 0 |
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan | 12 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-31 (Bandula Warnapura), 2-127 (Sunil Wettimuny), 3-147 (Roy Dias), 4-175 (Ranjan Madugalle), 5-227 (Duleep Mendis)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Sunil Wettimuny and Bandula Warnapura | 31 |
| second | Sunil Wettimuny and Roy Dias | 96 |
| third | Roy Dias and Duleep Mendis | 20 |
| fourth | Ranjan Madugalle and Duleep Mendis | 28 |
| fifth | Sudath Pasqual and Duleep Mendis | 52 |
| sixth | Sudath Pasqual and Somachandra De Silva | 11 |
INDIA: 191 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunil Gavaskar | c Roy Dias | 26 | 54 |
| Anshuman Gaekwad | c Ajit de Silva | 33 | 52 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | c Stanley De Silva | 36 | 57 |
| Gundappa Viswanath | run out | 22 | 55 |
| Brijesh Patel | bowled | 10 | 13 |
| Kapil Dev | c Bandula Warnapura | 16 | 19 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | bowled | 7 | 15 |
| Karsan Ghavri | c Bandula Warnapura | 3 | 8 |
| Surinder Khanna | c Roy Dias | 10 | 17 |
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan | not out | 9 | 9 |
| Bishan Bedi | c Sunil Jayasinghe | 5 | 8 |
Extras 14 · Total 191 all out
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Opatha | 10.1 | 0 | 31 | 3 |
| Unknown #26635 | 9 | 1 | 34 | 0 |
| Bandula Warnapura | 12 | 0 | 47 | 1 |
| Stanley De Silva | 12 | 0 | 36 | 2 |
| Somachandra De Silva | 11 | 1 | 29 | 3 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-60 (Sunil Gavaskar), 2-76 (Anshuman Gaekwad), 3-119 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-132 (Brijesh Patel), 5-147 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 6-160 (Kapil Dev), 7-162 (Mohinder Amarnath), 8-170 (Karsan Ghavri), 9-185 (Surinder Khanna), 10-191 (Bishan Bedi)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Sunil Gavaskar and Anshuman Gaekwad | 60 |
| second | Anshuman Gaekwad and Dilip Vengsarkar | 16 |
| third | Gundappa Viswanath and Dilip Vengsarkar | 43 |
| fourth | Brijesh Patel and Dilip Vengsarkar | 13 |
| fifth | Dilip Vengsarkar and Kapil Dev | 15 |
| sixth | Mohinder Amarnath and Kapil Dev | 13 |
| seventh | Mohinder Amarnath and Karsan Ghavri | 2 |
| eighth | Karsan Ghavri and Surinder Khanna | 8 |
| ninth | Srinivas Venkataraghavan and Surinder Khanna | 15 |
| tenth | Srinivas Venkataraghavan and Bishan Bedi | 6 |
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