When the match was
restarted, it was reduced to a 25-overs-a-side match. While India made no Chan(dana)ges
to their playing eleven, Sri Lanka made one to theirs – Sanjeeva, the youngest
of the four Ranatunga brothers, made way for Upul. Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri
Lanka’s skipper (and the second of the four siblings), won the toss, inserting
the Indians.
Sachin Tendulkar, who faced five balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Kumar Dharmasena. Pramodya Wickramasinghe, the player of the match, broke the 20-run stand. Manoj, who faced 18 balls, scored 14. He was caught by Sanath Jayasuriya. Wickramasinghe broke the three-run P(rabhak)artnership.
Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced 31 balls, scored 17. He was caught by Roshan Mahanama. Jayasuriya broke the 32-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 35-ball innings included the only boundary of the innings, scored 25. He was caught by Chandana. Dharmasena broke the 32-run stand.
Vinod Kambli, who faced 39 balls, scored 30. He was unbeaten. Atul Bedade, whose run-a-ball innings included the only six of the innings, scored 21. Wickramasinghe broke the 35-run stand. Kapil Dev, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten. Sri Lanka conceded 11 extras. India scored 125 for the loss of five wickets off 25 overs.
Arjuna bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 11. Chaminda Vaas and Ruwan Kalpage bowled four wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 20, the latter conceded 17.
Dharmasena and Jayasuriya bowled five overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 22, the latter conceded 17. Wickramasinghe, who bowled five overs, conceded 28. He picked up three scalps.
Mahanama, who faced 78 balls, scored 50. He was unbeaten. Sri Lanka’s openers weren’t in seventh heaven. Jayasuriya, who faced three balls, scored as many. Azharuddin ran him out. Aravinda de Silva, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Anil Kumble broke the 24-run stand.
The third-wicket pair put on 88. Arjuna, whose 48-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 41. Ajay Jadeja, the substitute, and Mongia ran him out. Kalpage, who faced three balls, scored as many. He was run out. India conceded 15 extras. The Sri Lankans, who scored 126 for the loss of three wickets off 24.2 overs, won by seven wickets with four balls to spare.
Dev, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 15. Chauhan and Tendulkar bowled four wicketless overs each. While the former conceded 23, the latter conceded 21. Prabhakar bowled 4.2 wicketless overs, conceding 17. Srinath and Kumble bowled five overs each. While the former, who was wicketless, conceded 21, the latter, who picked up a scalp, conceded 17.
Sachin Tendulkar, who faced five balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Kumar Dharmasena. Pramodya Wickramasinghe, the player of the match, broke the 20-run stand. Manoj, who faced 18 balls, scored 14. He was caught by Sanath Jayasuriya. Wickramasinghe broke the three-run P(rabhak)artnership.
Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced 31 balls, scored 17. He was caught by Roshan Mahanama. Jayasuriya broke the 32-run stand. Mohammad Azharuddin, whose 35-ball innings included the only boundary of the innings, scored 25. He was caught by Chandana. Dharmasena broke the 32-run stand.
Vinod Kambli, who faced 39 balls, scored 30. He was unbeaten. Atul Bedade, whose run-a-ball innings included the only six of the innings, scored 21. Wickramasinghe broke the 35-run stand. Kapil Dev, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten. Sri Lanka conceded 11 extras. India scored 125 for the loss of five wickets off 25 overs.
Arjuna bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 11. Chaminda Vaas and Ruwan Kalpage bowled four wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 20, the latter conceded 17.
Dharmasena and Jayasuriya bowled five overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 22, the latter conceded 17. Wickramasinghe, who bowled five overs, conceded 28. He picked up three scalps.
Mahanama, who faced 78 balls, scored 50. He was unbeaten. Sri Lanka’s openers weren’t in seventh heaven. Jayasuriya, who faced three balls, scored as many. Azharuddin ran him out. Aravinda de Silva, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Anil Kumble broke the 24-run stand.
The third-wicket pair put on 88. Arjuna, whose 48-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 41. Ajay Jadeja, the substitute, and Mongia ran him out. Kalpage, who faced three balls, scored as many. He was run out. India conceded 15 extras. The Sri Lankans, who scored 126 for the loss of three wickets off 24.2 overs, won by seven wickets with four balls to spare.
Dev, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 15. Chauhan and Tendulkar bowled four wicketless overs each. While the former conceded 23, the latter conceded 21. Prabhakar bowled 4.2 wicketless overs, conceding 17. Srinath and Kumble bowled five overs each. While the former, who was wicketless, conceded 21, the latter, who picked up a scalp, conceded 17.
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