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Sri Lanka vs India, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series:
India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1997
Venue:
R.Premadasa Stadium,
Colombo
Date & Time:
Aug 02
-
Aug 06
,
05:30 AM
LOCAL
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Match drawn
India 1st Innings
537-8 d (167.3 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Nayan Mongia
c Jayawardene b Pushpakumara
7
38
0
0
18.42
Navjot Sidhu
c Kaluwitharana b Vaas
111
200
13
2
55.50
Rahul Dravid
c & b Jayasuriya
69
197
10
0
35.03
Sachin Tendulkar
c Jayawardene b Muralitharan
143
247
20
0
57.89
Mohammad Azharuddin
c & b Muralitharan
126
199
11
0
63.32
Sourav Ganguly
c Mahanama b Jayasuriya
0
5
0
0
0.00
Anil Kumble
not out
27
76
2
0
35.53
Rajesh Chauhan
c Vaas b Jayasuriya
23
49
3
1
46.94
Abey Kuruvilla
c Atapattu b Pushpakumara
9
10
0
1
90.00
Extras
22
(b 10, lb 0, w 0, nb 12, p 0)
Total
537
(8 wkts, 167.3 Ov)
Did not Bat
Nilesh Kulkarni
,
Venkatesh Prasad
Fall of Wickets
36-1 (
N Mongia
, 0),
183-2 (
N Sidhu
, 0),
230-3 (
Dravid
, 0),
451-4 (
Tendulkar
, 0),
451-5 (
S Ganguly
, 0),
479-6 (
M Azharuddin
, 0),
516-7 (
R Chauhan
, 0),
537-8 (
Abey Kuruvilla
, 0)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Chaminda Vaas
23
5
80
1
0
0
3.48
Ravindra Pushpakumara
19.3
2
97
2
0
0
5.03
Mahela Jayawardene
2
0
6
0
0
0
3.00
Muttiah Muralitharan
65
9
174
2
8
0
2.68
Jayantha Silva
39
3
122
0
8
0
3.13
Sanath Jayasuriya
18
3
45
3
0
0
2.50
Marvan Atapattu
1
0
3
0
0
0
3.00
Sri Lanka 1st Innings
952-6 d (271 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Sanath Jayasuriya
c Ganguly b Chauhan
340
578
36
2
58.82
Marvan Atapattu
c Mongia b Kulkarni
26
31
5
0
83.87
Roshan Mahanama
lbw b Kumble
225
561
27
0
40.11
Aravinda de Silva
c Prasad b Ganguly
126
211
16
0
59.72
Arjuna Ranatunga
run out (sub [A Jadeja]/Mongia)
86
110
14
0
78.18
Mahela Jayawardene
c Kulkarni b Ganguly
66
105
10
0
62.86
Romesh Kaluwitharana
not out
14
27
1
0
51.85
Chaminda Vaas
not out
11
24
0
0
45.83
Extras
58
(b 28, lb 9, w 7, nb 14, p 0)
Total
952
(6 wkts, 271 Ov)
Did not Bat
Ravindra Pushpakumara
,
Muttiah Muralitharan
,
Jayantha Silva
Fall of Wickets
39-1 (
M Atapattu
, 0),
615-2 (
R Mahanama
, 0),
615-3 (
S Jayasuriya
, 0),
790-4 (
A Ranatunga
, 0),
921-5 (
Mahela
, 0),
924-6 (
A Silva
, 0)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Venkatesh Prasad
24
1
88
0
1
1
3.67
Abey Kuruvilla
14
2
74
0
5
0
5.29
Rajesh Chauhan
78
8
276
1
9
3
3.54
Anil Kumble
72
7
223
1
6
0
3.10
Nilesh Kulkarni
70
12
195
1
0
0
2.79
Sourav Ganguly
9
0
53
2
0
0
5.89
Sachin Tendulkar
2
1
2
0
0
0
1.00
Rahul Dravid
2
0
4
0
0
0
2.00
Match Info
Match
SL vs IND, 1st Test, India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1997
Date
-
Time
Venue
R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires
K.T.Francis, Steve Randell
Third Umpire
Peter Manuel
Match Referee
John Reid
Sri Lanka Squad
Playing
Sanath Jayasuriya
,
Marvan Atapattu
,
Roshan Mahanama
,
Aravinda de Silva
,
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
,
Mahela Jayawardene
,
Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk)
,
Chaminda Vaas
,
Ravindra Pushpakumara
,
Muttiah Muralitharan
,
Jayantha Silva
Bench
Support Staff
India Squad
Playing
Nayan Mongia (wk)
,
Navjot Sidhu
,
Rahul Dravid
,
Sachin Tendulkar (c)
,
Mohammad Azharuddin
,
Sourav Ganguly
,
Anil Kumble
,
Rajesh Chauhan
,
Abey Kuruvilla
,
Nilesh Kulkarni
,
Venkatesh Prasad
Bench
Support Staff
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