India triumph; SL are Devastated

While India’s playing eleven was unchanged, the Sri Lankans made a couple of changes – Anura Ranasinghe and Ajit de Silva made way for Somachandra de Silva and One-day International debutant Rumesh Ratnayake.

Bandula Warnapura, Sri Lanka’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. He faced six balls, scoring a run. Dev, his Indian counterpart, trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the first-wicket stand, which was worth just a Kapil.

Sidath Wettimuny, who faced 34 balls, scored 18. Roger Binny trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 46-run stand. Duleep, who faced 38 balls, scored 23. Dilip Doshi (Men)dismissed him, breaking the 58-run stand.

The fourth-wicket stand was worth 51. Ranjan Madugalle, who faced 37 balls, scored 18. He was run out. Ashantha de Mel, who faced 16 balls, scored 25. Doshi broke the 36-run stand. 

Ravi Ratnayake, who faced three balls, scored a run. Madan Lal broke the five-run stand.

Somachandra wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just three. Lal trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 10-run stand. Roy Dias, who faced 144 balls, scored 121. His innings included 11 boundaries. He was caught by Doshi. Dev broke the 14-run stand.

Mahes Goonatilleke, who faced eleven balls, scored eight. He was unbeaten, as was Rumesh, who faced nine balls, scoring six. India conceded nine extras. Sri Lanka scored 233 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs.

Mohinder Amarnath, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 53. Binny bowled 10 overs, conceded 54. He picked up a wicket. Lal bowled 10 overs, conceding 41. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Dev bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 41, picking up a couple of wickets. Doshi bowled 10 overs, conceding 35. He picked up a couple of scalps.

India’s openers put on 34. Binny, who faced 17 balls, scored 15. He was run out. Dilip Vengsarkar, who faced 61 balls, scored 42. He was caught by Dias. de Mel broke the 119-run stand.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, the player of the match, scored 92 off 83 balls. Needless to say, Somachandra was in seventh heaven. Ashok Malhotra, who faced 44 balls, scored 27. He was unbeaten.

Dev, who faced 14 balls, scored 15. He was caught by Ravi. de Mel broke the 17-run stand. Yashpal Sharma, who faced 27 balls, scored 30. He was unbeaten. 

Sri Lanka conceded 13 extras. India scored 234 for the loss of four wickets off 39.2 overs, winning by six wickets with 64 balls to spare.

Dias bowled a couple of wicketless balls, conceding a run. Warnapura bowled a couple of overs, conceding 15. He was wicketless, as were the Ratnayakes – while Ravi bowled three overs, conceding 25, Rumesh wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he conceded 38.

Vinothen John bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 33. Somachandra bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 51 and picked up a wicket. de Mel bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 58 and picked up a couple of wickets.

The Indians swept the three-match series 3-0.