f16961	Ceylon v India
	India in Ceylon 1944/45
Venue	P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo on 31st March, 1st, 2nd April 1945 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	India won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	India (1) 70/2 (Merchant ?*, Nayudu ?*)

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Ceylon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GRJ de Soysa	lbw b Mankad	38
FC de Saram	c Nayudu b Mankad	16
GJD Gooneratne	c Merchant b Banerjee	10
M Sathasivam	c Merchant b Banerjee	10
*SS Jayawickreme	c Nayudu b Mankad	4
RL de Kretser	b Mankad	3
GM Spittel	not out	12
PCD McCarthy	c Nayudu b Mankad	2
BR Heyn	b Mankad	2
VG Prins	b Mankad	0
+B Navaratne	b Mankad	6
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 62.3 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-39 (de Saram), 2-66 (de Soysa), 3-72 (Gooneratne), 4-79 (Jayawickreme), 5-80 (Sathasivam), 6-87 (de Kretser), 7-95 (McCarthy), 8-101 (Heyn), 9-101 (Prins), 10-107 (Navaratne, 62.3 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Amarnath	7	4	5	0	-	-
Banerjee	13	6	13	2	-	-
Rangachari	2	0	7	0	-	-
Modi	3	0	12	0	-	-
Nayudu	14	4	30	0	-	-
Mankad	21.3	8	35	8	-	-
Merchant	2	1	1	0	-	-

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*VM Merchant	run out	36
MH Mankad	b Spittel	3
+RB Nimbalkar	c and b de Kretser	48
CS Nayudu	c Heyn b Spittel	7
L Amarnath	c de Saram b Spittel	4
S Mushtaq Ali	run out	49
RS Modi	not out	11
VS Hazare	c Gooneratne b de Kretser	0
G Kishenchand	c Jayawickreme b de Kretser	0
CR Rangachari	c Jayawickreme b de Kretser	9
SN Banerjee	run out	1
Extras		11
Total	(all out, 60.2 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Mankad), 2-62 (Nimbalkar), 3-71 (Nayudu), 4-75 (Amarnath), 5-134 (Merchant), 6-164 (Mushtaq Ali), 7-164 (Hazare), 8-164 (Kishenchand), 9-178 (Rangachari), 10-179 (Banerjee, 60.2 ov)

Ceylon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spittel	17.2	6	48	3	-	-
Jayawickreme	13	3	35	0	-	-
Heyn	3	1	5	0	-	-
de Kretser	21	2	56	4	-	-
Prins	6	1	24	0	-	-

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Ceylon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GRJ de Soysa	c Merchant b Mankad	18
FC de Saram	run out	1
GJD Gooneratne	c Nimbalkar b Amarnath	2
M Sathasivam	c Merchant b Mankad	111
*SS Jayawickreme	c and b Amarnath	11
GM Spittel	c Hazare b Amarnath	1
PCD McCarthy	b Modi	27
BR Heyn	not out	42
RL de Kretser	did not bat
VG Prins	did not bat
+B Navaratne	did not bat
Extras		12
Total	(7 wickets, 94.1 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (de Saram), 2-16 (Gooneratne), 3-50 (de Soysa), 4-73 (Jayawickreme), 5-75 (Spittel), 6-144 (McCarthy), 7-225 (Sathasivam, 94.1 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Amarnath	31	10	59	3	-	-
Banerjee	5	3	6	0	-	-
Modi	2	0	6	1	-	-
Nayudu	9	0	35	0	-	-
Mankad	36.1	7	83	2	-	-
Hazare	11	2	24	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RL de Kretser made his debut in first-class matches
--> BR Heyn made his debut in first-class matches
--> VG Prins made his debut in first-class matches
--> M Sathasivam (2) passed his previous highest score of 101 in first-class matches
--> MH Mankad achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches when he dismissed BR Heyn in the Ceylon first innings (previous best was 5-21)
--> GM Spittel achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches when he dismissed L Amarnath in the India first innings (previous best was 2-22)

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