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Sri Lanka v India
India in Sri Lanka 1997 (1st Test)
VenueR Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th August 1997 (5-day match)
Balls per over6
TossIndia won the toss and decided to bat
ResultMatch drawn
UmpiresKT Francis, SG Randell
Third umpirePT Manuel
RefereeJR Reid
Close of play day 1India (1) 280/3 (Tendulkar 65*, Azharuddin 18*)
Close of play day 2Sri Lanka (1) 39/1 (Jayasuriya 12*)
Close of play day 3Sri Lanka (1) 322/1 (Jayasuriya 175*, Mahanama 115*)
Close of play day 4Sri Lanka (1) 587/1 (Jayasuriya 326*, Mahanama 211*)
Man of the MatchST Jayasuriya


India first inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
+NR Mongiac Jayawardene b Pushpakumara73858-- 
NS Sidhuc Kaluwitharana b Vaas111200250132 
RS Dravidc and b Jayasuriya6919725010- 
*SR Tendulkarc Jayawardene b Muralitharan14324729220- 
M Azharuddinc and b Muralitharan12619929011- 
SC Gangulyc Mahanama b Jayasuriya055-- 
A Kumblenot out27761112- 
RK Chauhanc Vaas b Jayasuriya23494431 
A Kuruvillac Atapattu b Pushpakumara91024-1 
NM Kulkarnidid not bat 
BKV Prasaddid not bat 
Extras(10 b, 12 nb)22
Total(8 wickets, declared, 167.3 overs)537
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (Mongia), 2-183 (Sidhu), 3-230 (Dravid), 4-451 (Tendulkar), 5-451 (Ganguly), 6-479 (Azharuddin), 7-516 (Chauhan), 8-537 (Kuruvilla)
Sri Lanka bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Vaas23   5801--
Pushpakumara19.32972--
Jayawardene2   060--
Muralitharan65   91742-8
KJ Silva39   31220-8
Jayasuriya18   3453--
Atapattu1   030--

Sri Lanka first inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
ST Jayasuriyac Ganguly b Chauhan340578799362 
MS Atapattuc Mongia b Kulkarni2631425- 
RS Mahanamalbw b Kumble22556175327- 
PA de Silvac Prasad b Ganguly12621129316- 
*A Ranatungarun out (sub [AD Jadeja]->Mongia)8611015014- 
DPMD Jayawardenec Kulkarni b Ganguly6610513310- 
+RS Kaluwitharananot out1427421- 
WPUJC Vaasnot out112436-- 
KR Pushpakumaradid not bat 
M Muralitharandid not bat 
KJ Silvadid not bat 
Extras(28 b, 9 lb, 14 nb, 7 w)58
Total(6 wickets, declared, 1126 minutes, 271 overs)952
Fall of wickets:
1-39 (Atapattu), 2-615 (Mahanama), 3-615 (Jayasuriya), 4-790 (Ranatunga), 5-921 (Jayawardene), 6-924 (de Silva)
India bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Prasad24   188011
Kuruvilla14   2740-5
Chauhan78   8276139
Kumble72   72231-6
Kulkarni70   121951--
Ganguly9   0532--
Tendulkar2   120--
Dravid2   040--

Notes
--> NS Sidhu (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 110
--> RK Chauhan (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 15
--> RK Chauhan (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 11
--> NM Kulkarni made his debut in Test Matches
--> ST Jayasuriya (1) 50 in 71 balls with 9 fours
--> ST Jayasuriya (1) 100 in 138 balls with 14 fours
--> ST Jayasuriya (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 113
--> ST Jayasuriya (1) 150 in 235 balls with 19 fours
--> ST Jayasuriya (1) 200 in 327 balls with 25 fours
--> ST Jayasuriya (1) passed his previous highest First-Class Matches score of 207
--> ST Jayasuriya (1) 250 in 425 balls with 29 fours
--> ST Jayasuriya (1) 300 in 518 balls with 32 fours and 1 six
--> ST Jayasuriya (1) passed 1500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 127
--> ST Jayasuriya (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 73
--> MS Atapattu (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 25
--> RS Mahanama (1) 100 in 244 balls with 10 fours
--> RS Mahanama (1) 150 in 346 balls with 18 fours
--> RS Mahanama (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 153
--> RS Mahanama (1) passed his previous highest First-Class Matches score of 176
--> RS Mahanama (1) 200 in 635 minutes
--> PA de Silva (1) passed 11000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 37
--> A Ranatunga (1) passed 4000 runs in Test Matches when he reached 67
--> DPMD Jayawardene made his debut in Test Matches
--> WPUJC Vaas (1) passed 500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 8
--> ST Jayasuriya achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches when he dismissed RK Chauhan in the India first innings (previous best was 2-16)

Tendulkar had an all run 4 (due to overthrows).
Mahanama had an all run 4.

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