India Vs Sri Lanka 4Th Odi
Sri Lanka tour of India - 2005 (2005/06) · Nehru Stadium, Pune · 3 November 2005
India won by 4 wickets (with 26 balls remaining)
India won by 4 wickets (with 26 balls remaining). Marvan Atapattu top-scored with 87 for Sri Lanka. Ajit Agarkar took 5/44.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Nehru Stadium, Pune
- Date
- 3 November 2005
- Toss
- India, chose to field
- Result
- India won by 4 wickets (with 26 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Ajit Agarkar
- Captains
- Marvan Atapattu (Sri Lanka), Rahul Dravid (India)
- Debut
- Sreesanth (India)
- Umpires
- AV Jayaprakash and BF Bowden
- Match referee
- AG Hurst
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
India won the toss and chose to field. It was Sreesanth's first ODI.
Sri Lanka batted first and made 261 all out. Marvan Atapattu top-scored with 87 off 100 balls, and Tillakaratne Dilshan made 52. Ajit Agarkar took 5 for 44 for India. The innings was built on a 97-run stand for the fourth wicket between Marvan Atapattu and Tillakaratne Dilshan.
Chasing 262, India made 262 for 6. Rahul Dravid top-scored with 63 off 72 balls, and Virender Sehwag made 48. Muthiah Muralidaran took 3 for 35 for Sri Lanka. The innings was built on a 82-run stand for the seventh wicket between MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina.
India won by 4 wickets (with 26 balls remaining). Ajit Agarkar's 5 for 44 are the best innings figures at Nehru Stadium.
SRI LANKA: 261 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanath Jayasuriya | lbw b Ajit Agarkar | 16 | 17 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | lbw b Ajit Agarkar | 8 | 10 |
| Upul Tharanga | c Ajit Agarkar b Sreesanth | 21 | 27 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | c Sachin Tendulkar b Harbhajan Singh | 52 | 68 |
| Marvan Atapattu | c & b Virender Sehwag | 87 | 100 |
| Russel Arnold | b Irfan Pathan | 32 | 50 |
| Farveez Maharoof | b Ajit Agarkar | 3 | 5 |
| Chaminda Vaas | c MS Dhoni b Ajit Agarkar | 11 | 11 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | b Ajit Agarkar | 9 | 6 |
| Nuwan Zoysa | run out (Ajit Agarkar) | 2 | 5 |
| Dilhara Fernando | not out | 0 | – |
Extras 20 · Total 261 all out
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irfan Pathan | 9 | 0 | 49 | 1 |
| Ajit Agarkar | 9.5 | 1 | 44 | 5 |
| Sreesanth | 8 | 2 | 49 | 1 |
| Jai Prakash Yadav | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 10 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Virender Sehwag | 7 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-17 (Kumar Sangakkara, 3.1 ov), 2-36 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 5.5 ov), 3-51 (Upul Tharanga, 10.4 ov), 4-148 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 29.3 ov), 5-231 (Russel Arnold, 43.6 ov), 6-237 (Farveez Maharoof, 45.4 ov), 7-241 (Marvan Atapattu, 46.3 ov), 8-252 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 47.6 ov), 9-261 (Nuwan Zoysa, 49.4 ov), 10-261 (Chaminda Vaas, 49.5 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sanath Jayasuriya (5) and Kumar Sangakkara (8) | 17 | 19 |
| second | Sanath Jayasuriya (11) and Upul Tharanga (8) | 19 | 16 |
| third | Tillakaratne Dilshan (1) and Upul Tharanga (13) | 15 | 29 |
| fourth | Marvan Atapattu (39) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (51) | 97 | 113 |
| fifth | Marvan Atapattu (43) and Russel Arnold (32) | 83 | 87 |
| sixth | Marvan Atapattu (3) and Farveez Maharoof (3) | 6 | 10 |
| seventh | Marvan Atapattu (2) and Chaminda Vaas (2) | 4 | 5 |
| eighth | Muthiah Muralidaran (9) and Chaminda Vaas (2) | 11 | 9 |
| ninth | Chaminda Vaas (7) and Nuwan Zoysa (2) | 9 | 10 |
| tenth | Chaminda Vaas (0) and Dilhara Fernando (0) | 0 | 1 |
INDIA: 262 FOR 6
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar | b Chaminda Vaas | 11 | 19 |
| Virender Sehwag | c Russel Arnold b Muthiah Muralidaran | 48 | 58 |
| Yuvraj Singh | c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Nuwan Zoysa | 10 | 10 |
| Rahul Dravid | c Chaminda Vaas b Dilhara Fernando | 63 | 72 |
| Venugopal Rao | c Kumar Sangakkara b Muthiah Muralidaran | 38 | 41 |
| MS Dhoni | not out | 45 | 43 |
| Irfan Pathan | c Kumar Sangakkara b Muthiah Muralidaran | 0 | 3 |
| Suresh Raina | not out | 39 | 30 |
Did not bat: Sreesanth, Ajit Agarkar, Harbhajan Singh
Extras 8 · Total 262 for 6
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaminda Vaas | 6 | 1 | 28 | 1 |
| Dilhara Fernando | 9 | 1 | 43 | 1 |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 8 | 0 | 47 | 1 |
| Farveez Maharoof | 4 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | 9 | 0 | 35 | 3 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| Russel Arnold | 1.4 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-23 (Sachin Tendulkar, 6.2 ov), 2-34 (Yuvraj Singh, 8.1 ov), 3-112 (Virender Sehwag, 19.5 ov), 4-176 (Venugopal Rao, 30.6 ov), 5-180 (Rahul Dravid, 33.6 ov), 6-180 (Irfan Pathan, 34.3 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sachin Tendulkar (11) and Virender Sehwag (10) | 23 | 39 |
| second | Yuvraj Singh (10) and Virender Sehwag (0) | 11 | 12 |
| third | Rahul Dravid (36) and Virender Sehwag (38) | 78 | 70 |
| fourth | Rahul Dravid (25) and Venugopal Rao (38) | 64 | 67 |
| fifth | Rahul Dravid (2) and MS Dhoni (2) | 4 | 18 |
| sixth | MS Dhoni (0) and Irfan Pathan (0) | 0 | 3 |
| seventh | MS Dhoni (43) and Suresh Raina (39) | 82 | 68 |
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