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India Vs Sri Lanka 1St Odi

Sri Lanka tour of India - 1986 (1986/87) · Green Park, Kanpur · 24 December 1986

Sri Lanka won by 117 runs

Sri Lanka won by 117 runs. Asanka Gurusinha top-scored with 35 for Sri Lanka. Arjuna Ranatunga took 4/14.

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MATCH FACTS

Series
Sri Lanka tour of India - 1986 (1986/87)
Ground
Green Park, Kanpur
Date
24 December 1986
Toss
India, chose to field
Result
Sri Lanka won by 117 runs
Player of the match
Arjuna Ranatunga
Captains
Duleep Mendis (Sri Lanka), Kapil Dev (India)
Debuts
Asoka de Silva (Sri Lanka), Bharat Arun (India)
Umpires
DN Dotiwalla and SR Phookan

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

India won the toss and chose to field. Asoka de Silva and Bharat Arun played their first ODIs.

Sri Lanka batted first and made 195 for 8. Asanka Gurusinha top-scored with 35 off 58 balls, and Arjuna Ranatunga made 31. Maninder Singh took 3 for 24 for India.

Chasing 196, India made 78 all out. Kris Srikkanth top-scored with 17 off 42 balls. Arjuna Ranatunga took 4 for 14 for Sri Lanka. From 56 for 5 they lost 5 wickets for 22 runs, to 78 for 10.

Sri Lanka won by 117 runs. It is the largest victory by runs at Green Park across the 15 ODIs in our archive. India's 78 all out is the lowest completed total at Green Park.

SRI LANKA: 195 FOR 8
BatterHow outRB
Ravi Ratnayekelbw79
Roshan Mahanamac Dilip Vengsarkar1335
Asanka Gurusinhac Madan Lal3558
Aravinda de Silvac Maninder Singh318
Arjuna Ranatungalbw3149
Roy Diasc Maninder Singh1127
Duleep Mendisbowled2645
Guy de Alwisbowled1520
Ashantha de Melnot out2313
Rumesh Ratnayakenot out1910

Did not bat: Asoka de Silva

Extras 12 · Total 195 for 8

Bowler (India)OMRW
Kapil Dev73102
Bharat Arun80431
Chetan Sharma80502
Madan Lal81360
Maninder Singh102243
Ravi Shastri50250

FALL OF WICKETS

1-15 (Ravi Ratnayeke), 2-33 (Roshan Mahanama), 3-43 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-95 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-101 (Asanka Gurusinha), 6-117 (Roy Dias), 7-150 (Guy de Alwis), 8-155 (Duleep Mendis)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstRavi Ratnayeke and Roshan Mahanama15
secondAsanka Gurusinha and Roshan Mahanama18
thirdAravinda de Silva and Asanka Gurusinha10
fourthArjuna Ranatunga and Asanka Gurusinha52
fifthRoy Dias and Asanka Gurusinha6
sixthRoy Dias and Duleep Mendis16
seventhDuleep Mendis and Guy de Alwis33
eighthAshantha de Mel and Duleep Mendis5
ninthAshantha de Mel and Rumesh Ratnayake40
INDIA: 78 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Sunil Gavaskarc Guy de Alwis28
Kris Srikkanthc Guy de Alwis1742
Raman Lambalbw511
Dilip Vengsarkarrun out1520
Ravi Shastribowled822
Kapil Devc Ravi Ratnayeke913
Chandrakant Panditc Arjuna Ranatunga03
Bharat Arunc Asoka de Silva812
Madan Lalc Roshan Mahanama19
Chetan Sharmac Asanka Gurusinha89
Maninder Singhnot out0–

Extras 5 · Total 78 all out

Bowler (Sri Lanka)OMRW
Ashantha de Mel71220
Rumesh Ratnayake61162
Ravi Ratnayeke3.10123
Asoka de Silva20130
Arjuna Ranatunga61144

FALL OF WICKETS

1-6 (Sunil Gavaskar), 2-18 (Raman Lamba), 3-37 (Kris Srikkanth), 4-47 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 5-56 (Ravi Shastri), 6-59 (Chandrakant Pandit), 7-59 (Kapil Dev), 8-65 (Madan Lal), 9-78 (Chetan Sharma), 10-78 (Bharat Arun)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstSunil Gavaskar and Kris Srikkanth6
secondKris Srikkanth and Raman Lamba12
thirdDilip Vengsarkar and Kris Srikkanth19
fourthDilip Vengsarkar and Ravi Shastri10
fifthKapil Dev and Ravi Shastri9
sixthKapil Dev and Chandrakant Pandit3
seventhKapil Dev and Bharat Arun0
eighthMadan Lal and Bharat Arun6
ninthChetan Sharma and Bharat Arun13
tenthManinder Singh and Bharat Arun0
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