On Kapil
Dev’s debut as India’s One-day International captain, Sunil Gavaskar was the
most notable absentee, and Suru Nayak’s international career had come to an
end.
There were
two other omissions from the team that lost the second One-day International
against England – Ghulam Parkar and Ravi Shastri.
The
replacements were a redoubtable foursome too – Roger Binny, Krishnamachari
Srikkanth, Mohinder Amarnath and Dilip Doshi.
Sri Lanka, who
made six changes to the team that beat the Indians at the 1979 World Cup – Sunil
Wettimuny, Sudath Pasqual, Sunil Jayasinghe, Tony Opatha, Stanley de Silva and
Ranjan Gunatilleke were replaced by Wettimuny’s younger brother Sidath, Anura
Ranasinghe, Ashantha de Mel, Mahes Goonatilleke, Ravi Ratnayeke and One-day International
debutant Vinothen John.
It was a 46-overs-a-side match. Bandula
Warnapura, the skipper of the visiting team, inserted the hosts on winning the
toss.
Binny, faced
29 balls, scoring 16. de Mel trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 62-run
stand. Dilip Vengsarkar, who faced 37 balls, scoring 23. He was caught by Ratnayake.
Somachandra de Silva broke the 33-run stand.
Srikkanth,
who faced 43 balls, scored 57. His innings included 10 boundaries and a six. He
was caught by John. Warnapura broke the 34-run stand.
Sandeep
Patil, who faced 21 balls, scored 15. Ranasinghe trapped him leg before wicket,
breaking the 33-run stand. Ashok Malhotra, who faced 60 balls, scored 40.
Warnapura broke the 11-run stand.
Dev, who
faced 31 balls, scored 49. His innings included three boundaries and a six. He
was stumped by Goonatilleke. De Silva broke the 68-run stand.
Sri Lanka
conceded 19 extras. They may have been granted Test status, but they didn’t test
the hosts, who notched up 269 for the loss of seven wickets off 46 overs.
Ratnayake bowled seven wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 37.
Ranasinghe bowled
three overs, conceding 21. He picked up a wicket, as did de Mel, who bowled seven
overs, conceding 58.
John bowled
nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 44 and picked up a wicket. de Silva
and Warnapura bowled 10 overs apiece, picking up a couple of scalps each. While
the former conceded 49, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 41.
Warnapura,
who faced 15 balls, failed to get off the mark. Madan, the L(oc)al boy, broke
the eight-run stand. Roy Dias, who faced 49 balls, scored 39. He was caught by
Sharma. Doshi, the player of the match, broke the 59-run stand.
Sidath, who
faced 60 balls, scored 43. Amarnath broke the 28-run stand. Ranjan Madugalle,
who faced nine balls, scored a run. He was caught by Lal. Doshi broke the
three-run stand.
Ranasinghe,
who faced 27 balls, scored 35. He was caught by Binny. Amarnath broke the
57-run stand.
De Mel, who
faced a couple of balls, scored a run. He was caught by Lal. Doshi broke the
three-run stand.
Duleep
Mendis, who faced 39 balls, scored 33. He was caught by Dev. Doshi broke the
eight-run stand.
de Silva,
who faced 19 balls, scored nine. Dev broke the nine-run stand. Goonatilleke,
who faced 31 balls, scored 14. He was unbeaten, as was Ratnayake, who faced 25
balls, scoring six.
India
conceded 10 extras. The Sri Lankans scored 191 for the loss of eight wickets
off 46 overs, winning by 78 runs.
Vengsarkar
bowled a wicketless over, conceding four. Malhotra’s only over was a maiden. He
was wicketless.
Patil bowled
three overs, conceding 17. He was wicketless, as was Binny, who bowled six
overs, conceding 33.
Lal and Dev
bowled eight overs apiece, picking up a wicket each. While the former, whose
spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 24, the latter, whose spell
included six maidens, conceded just nine.
Amarnath
bowled nine overs, conceding 50. He picked up a couple of wickets. Doshi, who
bowled 10 overs, conceded 44. He picked up four scalps.
India led
the three-match series 1-0.
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