Sri Lanka Vs India 1St Odi
India tour of Sri Lanka - 1997 (1997) · R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo · 17 August 1997
Sri Lanka won by 2 runs
Sri Lanka won by 2 runs. Ajay Jadeja top-scored with 119 for India.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
- Date
- 17 August 1997
- Toss
- India, chose to field
- Result
- Sri Lanka won by 2 runs
- Player of the match
- Ajay Jadeja
- Captains
- Arjuna Ranatunga (Sri Lanka), Sachin Tendulkar (India)
- Umpires
- KT Francis and PT Manuel
- Match referee
- JR Reid
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
India won the toss and chose to field.
Sri Lanka batted first and made 302 for 4. Marvan Atapattu top-scored with 118 off 153 balls, and Sanath Jayasuriya made 73. The innings was built on a 108-run stand for the second wicket between Roshan Mahanama and Marvan Atapattu. That was well above the 1990s average first-innings total at R Premadasa Stadium, 220 across 34 ODIs.
Chasing 303, India made 300 for 7. Ajay Jadeja top-scored with 119 off 121 balls, and Mohammad Azharuddin made 111. Chaminda Vaas took 3 for 63 for Sri Lanka. The innings was built on a 223-run stand for the fifth wicket between Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja, 74% of the total.
Sri Lanka won by 2 runs.
SRI LANKA: 302 FOR 4
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marvan Atapattu | run out (Robin Singh, Anil Kumble) | 118 | 153 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | bowled | 73 | 52 |
| Roshan Mahanama | c Ajay Jadeja | 53 | 58 |
| Aravinda de Silva | c Anil Kumble | 34 | 34 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | not out | 8 | 9 |
| Hashan Tillakaratne | not out | 0 | – |
Did not bat: Lanka de Silva, Kumar Dharmasena, Chaminda Vaas, Muthiah Muralidaran, Sajeewa de Silva
Extras 16 · Total 302 for 4
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rajesh Chauhan | 10 | 0 | 64 | 0 |
| Abey Kuruvilla | 9 | 0 | 59 | 0 |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 9 | 0 | 50 | 2 |
| Anil Kumble | 8 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| Robin Singh | 9 | 0 | 44 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-91 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-199 (Roshan Mahanama), 3-279 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-300 (Marvan Atapattu)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Marvan Atapattu and Sanath Jayasuriya | 91 |
| second | Roshan Mahanama and Marvan Atapattu | 108 |
| third | Aravinda de Silva and Marvan Atapattu | 80 |
| fourth | Arjuna Ranatunga and Marvan Atapattu | 21 |
| fifth | Arjuna Ranatunga and Hashan Tillakaratne | 2 |
INDIA: 300 FOR 7
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar | c Muthiah Muralidaran | 27 | 28 |
| Sourav Ganguly | run out (Aravinda de Silva, Lanka de Silva) | 31 | 26 |
| Robin Singh | c Lanka de Silva | 1 | 4 |
| Rahul Dravid | run out (Sajeewa de Silva) | 1 | 1 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | not out | 111 | 117 |
| Ajay Jadeja | c Chaminda Vaas | 119 | 121 |
| Nayan Mongia | run out (Roshan Mahanama) | 1 | 2 |
| Rajesh Chauhan | c Roshan Mahanama | 1 | 2 |
| Anil Kumble | not out | 0 | – |
Did not bat: Abey Kuruvilla, Venkatesh Prasad
Extras 8 · Total 300 for 7
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 0 | 63 | 3 |
| Sajeewa de Silva | 8 | 0 | 49 | 0 |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | 9 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 7 | 0 | 53 | 1 |
| Aravinda de Silva | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-58 (Sourav Ganguly), 2-59 (Robin Singh), 3-61 (Rahul Dravid), 4-64 (Sachin Tendulkar), 5-287 (Ajay Jadeja), 6-294 (Nayan Mongia), 7-296 (Rajesh Chauhan)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly | 58 |
| second | Sachin Tendulkar and Robin Singh | 1 |
| third | Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid | 2 |
| fourth | Mohammad Azharuddin and Sachin Tendulkar | 3 |
| fifth | Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja | 223 |
| sixth | Mohammad Azharuddin and Nayan Mongia | 7 |
| seventh | Mohammad Azharuddin and Rajesh Chauhan | 2 |
| eighth | Mohammad Azharuddin and Anil Kumble | 4 |
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