Sri Lanka Vs India 6Th Match
Coca-Cola Cup (Sri Lanka) India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka - 2001 (2001) · R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo · 28 July 2001
India won by 7 wickets (with 26 balls remaining)
India won by 7 wickets (with 26 balls remaining). VVS Laxman top-scored with 87* for India.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
- Date
- 28 July 2001
- Toss
- Sri Lanka, chose to bat
- Result
- India won by 7 wickets (with 26 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- VVS Laxman
- Captains
- Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka), Rahul Dravid (India)
- Umpires
- EAR de Silva and PT Manuel
- Match referee
- CW Smith
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.
Sri Lanka batted first and made 183 all out. Sanath Jayasuriya top-scored with 57 off 72 balls, and Romesh Kaluwitharana made 46. The innings was built on a 103-run stand for the first wicket between Sanath Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitharana, 56% of the total. From 160 for 4 they lost 6 wickets for 23 runs, to 183 for 10. That was well below the 2000s average first-innings total at R Premadasa Stadium, 241 across 59 ODIs.
Chasing 184, India made 184 for 3. VVS Laxman top-scored with 87 not out off 127 balls, and Rahul Dravid made 43. The innings was built on a 84-run stand for the third wicket between Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman, 46% of the total.
India won by 7 wickets (with 26 balls remaining).
SRI LANKA: 183 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanath Jayasuriya | c Amay Khurasiya b Harbhajan Singh | 57 | 72 |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Reetinder Sodhi b Yuvraj Singh | 46 | 97 |
| Marvan Atapattu | c Reetinder Sodhi b Virender Sehwag | 34 | 52 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | c Sameer Dighe b Hemang Badani | 5 | 11 |
| Chaminda Vaas | c VVS Laxman b Harbhajan Singh | 5 | 10 |
| Russel Arnold | c Yuvraj Singh b Ashish Nehra | 11 | 17 |
| Suresh Perera | b Zaheer Khan | 4 | 11 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | run out (Rahul Dravid, Sameer Dighe) | 2 | 6 |
| Kumar Dharmasena | c Sameer Dighe b Zaheer Khan | 1 | 3 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | b Ashish Nehra | 2 | 4 |
| Dilhara Fernando | not out | 1 | 3 |
Extras 15 · Total 183 all out
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zaheer Khan | 8 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| Ashish Nehra | 7.5 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 10 | 1 | 32 | 2 |
| Reetinder Sodhi | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Virender Sehwag | 10 | 0 | 40 | 1 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 6 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| Hemang Badani | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-103 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 24.2 ov), 2-128 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 30.5 ov), 3-143 (Mahela Jayawardene, 35.1 ov), 4-160 (Marvan Atapattu, 39.1 ov), 5-166 (Chaminda Vaas, 40.5 ov), 6-177 (Suresh Perera, 43.6 ov), 7-177 (Russel Arnold, 44.1 ov), 8-178 (Kumar Dharmasena, 45.2 ov), 9-181 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 46.1 ov), 10-183 (Kumar Sangakkara, 46.5 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sanath Jayasuriya (57) and Romesh Kaluwitharana (32) | 103 | 151 |
| second | Marvan Atapattu (11) and Romesh Kaluwitharana (14) | 25 | 39 |
| third | Marvan Atapattu (10) and Mahela Jayawardene (5) | 15 | 26 |
| fourth | Marvan Atapattu (13) and Chaminda Vaas (4) | 17 | 24 |
| fifth | Chaminda Vaas (1) and Russel Arnold (5) | 6 | 10 |
| sixth | Russel Arnold (6) and Suresh Perera (4) | 11 | 19 |
| seventh | Russel Arnold (0) and Kumar Sangakkara (0) | 0 | 1 |
| eighth | Kumar Dharmasena (1) and Kumar Sangakkara (0) | 1 | 7 |
| ninth | Muthiah Muralidaran (2) and Kumar Sangakkara (0) | 3 | 5 |
| tenth | Kumar Sangakkara (0) and Dilhara Fernando (1) | 2 | 4 |
INDIA: 184 FOR 3
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amay Khurasiya | b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 2 |
| Virender Sehwag | c Kumar Sangakkara b Kumar Dharmasena | 27 | 41 |
| VVS Laxman | not out | 87 | 127 |
| Rahul Dravid | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Chaminda Vaas | 43 | 79 |
| Hemang Badani | not out | 11 | 27 |
Did not bat: Yuvraj Singh, Reetinder Sodhi, Sameer Dighe, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra
Extras 16 · Total 184 for 3
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 1 | 47 | 2 |
| Suresh Perera | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dilhara Fernando | 6 | 1 | 25 | 0 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | 10 | 3 | 28 | 0 |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Russel Arnold | 2.4 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-1 (Amay Khurasiya, 0.2 ov), 2-67 (Virender Sehwag, 13.3 ov), 3-151 (Rahul Dravid, 37.1 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Amay Khurasiya (0) and Virender Sehwag (0) | 1 | 2 |
| second | VVS Laxman (29) and Virender Sehwag (27) | 66 | 81 |
| third | Rahul Dravid (43) and VVS Laxman (38) | 84 | 142 |
| fourth | VVS Laxman (20) and Hemang Badani (11) | 33 | 51 |
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