Sri Lanka Vs India 1St Odi
India tour of Sri Lanka - 1985 (1985) · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo · 25 August 1985
India won by 2 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
India won by 2 wickets (with 3 balls remaining). Dilip Vengsarkar top-scored with 89 for India.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
- Date
- 25 August 1985
- Toss
- India, chose to field
- Result
- India won by 2 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Roy Dias
- Captains
- Duleep Mendis (Sri Lanka), Kapil Dev (India)
- Debut
- Gopal Sharma (India)
- Umpires
- HC Felsinger and PW Vidanagamage
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
India won the toss and chose to field. It was Gopal Sharma's first ODI.
Sri Lanka batted first and made 241 for 6. Roy Dias top-scored with 80 off 67 balls, and Arjuna Ranatunga made 64. Chetan Sharma took 3 for 50 for India. The innings was built on a 110-run stand for the fourth wicket between Roy Dias and Arjuna Ranatunga, 46% of the total. That was well above the 1980s average first-innings total at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, 198 across 9 ODIs.
Chasing 242, India made 242 for 8. Dilip Vengsarkar top-scored with 89 off 82 balls, and Ravi Shastri made 67.
India won by 2 wickets (with 3 balls remaining).
SRI LANKA: 241 FOR 6
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ravi Ratnayeke | c Ravi Shastri | 13 | 47 |
| Amal Silva | c Chetan Sharma | 36 | 75 |
| Ranjan Madugalle | c Gopal Sharma | 3 | 13 |
| Roy Dias | bowled | 80 | 67 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | bowled | 64 | 48 |
| Duleep Mendis | not out | 29 | 17 |
| Aravinda de Silva | bowled | 4 | 2 |
| Ashantha de Mel | not out | 2 | 3 |
Did not bat: Rumesh Ratnayake, Roger Wijesuriya, Vinothen John
Extras 10 · Total 241 for 6
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kapil Dev | 9 | 1 | 47 | 0 |
| Chetan Sharma | 9 | 2 | 50 | 3 |
| Gopal Sharma | 9 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 8 | 0 | 40 | 1 |
| Ravi Shastri | 5 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| Laxman Sivaramakrishnan | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-34 (Ravi Ratnayeke), 2-40 (Ranjan Madugalle), 3-82 (Amal Silva), 4-192 (Roy Dias), 5-227 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 6-231 (Aravinda de Silva)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Ravi Ratnayeke and Amal Silva | 34 |
| second | Ranjan Madugalle and Amal Silva | 6 |
| third | Roy Dias and Amal Silva | 42 |
| fourth | Roy Dias and Arjuna Ranatunga | 110 |
| fifth | Duleep Mendis and Arjuna Ranatunga | 35 |
| sixth | Duleep Mendis and Aravinda de Silva | 4 |
| seventh | Ashantha de Mel and Duleep Mendis | 10 |
INDIA: 242 FOR 8
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ravi Shastri | c Ravi Ratnayeke | 67 | 102 |
| Kris Srikkanth | c Ashantha de Mel | 29 | 37 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | bowled | 7 | 9 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | c Ravi Ratnayeke | 89 | 82 |
| Kapil Dev | c Amal Silva | 24 | 19 |
| Sunil Gavaskar | run out | 0 | 1 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | c Amal Silva | 2 | 3 |
| Chetan Sharma | run out | 8 | 5 |
| Sadanand Viswanath | not out | 7 | 5 |
| Laxman Sivaramakrishnan | not out | 1 | 4 |
Did not bat: Gopal Sharma
Extras 8 · Total 242 for 8
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashantha de Mel | 8.3 | 1 | 54 | 0 |
| Vinothen John | 9 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 9 | 0 | 35 | 2 |
| Roger Wijesuriya | 8 | 0 | 56 | 2 |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 6 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-61 (Kris Srikkanth), 2-81 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 3-135 (Ravi Shastri), 4-185 (Kapil Dev), 5-196 (Sunil Gavaskar), 6-200 (Mohinder Amarnath), 7-221 (Chetan Sharma), 8-234 (Dilip Vengsarkar)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Ravi Shastri and Kris Srikkanth | 61 |
| second | Ravi Shastri and Mohammad Azharuddin | 20 |
| third | Dilip Vengsarkar and Ravi Shastri | 54 |
| fourth | Dilip Vengsarkar and Kapil Dev | 50 |
| fifth | Sunil Gavaskar and Dilip Vengsarkar | 11 |
| sixth | Mohinder Amarnath and Dilip Vengsarkar | 4 |
| seventh | Dilip Vengsarkar and Chetan Sharma | 21 |
| eighth | Dilip Vengsarkar and Sadanand Viswanath | 13 |
| ninth | Laxman Sivaramakrishnan and Sadanand Viswanath | 8 |
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