It was a
45-overs-a-side match. While India made no changes to their playing eleven. Sri
Lanka made five changes to the team that last played the Indians – Asanka
Gurusinha, Ranjan Madugalle, Guy de Alwis, Graeme Labrooy and Don Anurasiri
made way for Athula Samarasekera, Duleep Mendis, Hashan Tillakaratne, Kapila
Wijegunawardene and Ranjith Madurasinghe.
Dilip Vengsarkar, India’s skipper, won the toss and inserted the Sri Lankans. Brendon Kuruppu, who faced 35 balls, scored 16. Sanjeev Sharma broke the 35-run stand. Roshan Mahanama, whose 35-ball innings included a boundary, scored 21. He was trapped leg before wicket by Mohinder Amarnath, who broke the 17-run stand.
Samarasekera, whose 69-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 66. Krishnamachari Srikkanth broke the 126-run stand. Aravinda de Silva, the player of the match, scored 69. His 63-ball innings included three boundaries. He was trapped leg before wicket by Arshad Ayub, who broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen.
Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka’s skipper, scored 49. His 32-ball innings included five boundaries. He was unbeaten. Mendis, whose run-a-ball innings included a six, scored 19. He was caught by Amarnath. Kapil Dev broke the 32-run stand. Ravi Ratnayake, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. Dev broke the 53-run stand. Tillakaratne, who faced a ball, scored a couple. He was unbeaten.
India conceded 13 extras. Sri Lanka scored 271 for the loss of six wickets off 45 overs. Maninder Singh bowled five overs, conceding 26. He was wicketless, as was Narendra Hirwani, who bowled four overs, conceding 38. Amarnath bowled four overs, conceding 27. He picked up a wicket.
Srikkanth, who bowled six overs, conceded 33. He picked up a wicket. Sanjeev bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 44, picking up a wicket. Ayub bowled nine overs, conceding 55. He picked up a wicket. Dev bowled nine overs, conceding 39. He picked up a couple of scalps.
Srikkanth, whose 54-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 42. He was caught by Mahanama. Ranatunga broke the 89-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 55-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 50. He was caught by Kuruppu. Needless to say, Ranatunga was in seventh heaven.
The third-wicket pair put on 50. Jimmy, whose (Amarna)thirty-four-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 31. He was run out. Dev, who faced 13 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was trapped leg before wicket by Wijegunawardene, who broke the 20-run stand. Vengsarkar, whose 24-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 34. He was caught by Wijegunawardene. De Silva broke the one-run stand.
Kiran More, who faced eight balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Ratnayake. Wijegunawardene broke the 15-run stand. The seventh-wicket pair put on 13. Ayub, who faced seven balls, scored nine. He was run out.
Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 38-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 34. He was caught by Madurasinghe. Ratnayake broke the 29-run stand. Singh, who faced half-a-dozen balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by de Silva. Wijegunawardene broke the 28-run stand.
Sanjeev, whose 26-ball innings including a couple of boundaries, scored 28. He was caught by Tillakaratne. Wijegunawardene broke the last-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple. Hirwani, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.
Sri Lanka conceded five extras. The Indians, who were dismissed for 254 off 44 overs, lost by 17 runs. Samarasekera bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 17. Madurasinghe bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceding 41. Champaka Ramanayake, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 36.
De Silva, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 36. He picked up a wicket, as did Ratnayake, who bowled eight overs, conceding 47. Ranatunga, who bowled five overs, conceded 27. He picked up a couple of wickets. Wijegunawardene, who bowled nine overs, conceded 49. He picked up four scalps.
Dilip Vengsarkar, India’s skipper, won the toss and inserted the Sri Lankans. Brendon Kuruppu, who faced 35 balls, scored 16. Sanjeev Sharma broke the 35-run stand. Roshan Mahanama, whose 35-ball innings included a boundary, scored 21. He was trapped leg before wicket by Mohinder Amarnath, who broke the 17-run stand.
Samarasekera, whose 69-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 66. Krishnamachari Srikkanth broke the 126-run stand. Aravinda de Silva, the player of the match, scored 69. His 63-ball innings included three boundaries. He was trapped leg before wicket by Arshad Ayub, who broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen.
Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka’s skipper, scored 49. His 32-ball innings included five boundaries. He was unbeaten. Mendis, whose run-a-ball innings included a six, scored 19. He was caught by Amarnath. Kapil Dev broke the 32-run stand. Ravi Ratnayake, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. Dev broke the 53-run stand. Tillakaratne, who faced a ball, scored a couple. He was unbeaten.
India conceded 13 extras. Sri Lanka scored 271 for the loss of six wickets off 45 overs. Maninder Singh bowled five overs, conceding 26. He was wicketless, as was Narendra Hirwani, who bowled four overs, conceding 38. Amarnath bowled four overs, conceding 27. He picked up a wicket.
Srikkanth, who bowled six overs, conceded 33. He picked up a wicket. Sanjeev bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 44, picking up a wicket. Ayub bowled nine overs, conceding 55. He picked up a wicket. Dev bowled nine overs, conceding 39. He picked up a couple of scalps.
Srikkanth, whose 54-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 42. He was caught by Mahanama. Ranatunga broke the 89-run stand. Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 55-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 50. He was caught by Kuruppu. Needless to say, Ranatunga was in seventh heaven.
The third-wicket pair put on 50. Jimmy, whose (Amarna)thirty-four-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 31. He was run out. Dev, who faced 13 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was trapped leg before wicket by Wijegunawardene, who broke the 20-run stand. Vengsarkar, whose 24-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 34. He was caught by Wijegunawardene. De Silva broke the one-run stand.
Kiran More, who faced eight balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Ratnayake. Wijegunawardene broke the 15-run stand. The seventh-wicket pair put on 13. Ayub, who faced seven balls, scored nine. He was run out.
Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 38-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 34. He was caught by Madurasinghe. Ratnayake broke the 29-run stand. Singh, who faced half-a-dozen balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by de Silva. Wijegunawardene broke the 28-run stand.
Sanjeev, whose 26-ball innings including a couple of boundaries, scored 28. He was caught by Tillakaratne. Wijegunawardene broke the last-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple. Hirwani, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.
Sri Lanka conceded five extras. The Indians, who were dismissed for 254 off 44 overs, lost by 17 runs. Samarasekera bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 17. Madurasinghe bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceding 41. Champaka Ramanayake, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 36.
De Silva, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 36. He picked up a wicket, as did Ratnayake, who bowled eight overs, conceding 47. Ranatunga, who bowled five overs, conceded 27. He picked up a couple of wickets. Wijegunawardene, who bowled nine overs, conceded 49. He picked up four scalps.
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