India made a coU(t)p(a)le
of changes to their playing eleven – Vinod Kambli and Chatterjee made way for
Ajay Jadeja and Aashish Kapoor. Sri Lanka made four Chan(dana)ges to the eleven
that last played the Indians – Ruwan Kalpage, Upul, Pubudu Dassanayake and
Pramodya Wickramasinghe made way for Asanka Gurusinha, Romesh Kaluwitharana,
Champaka Ramanayake and Janak Gamage.
Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. Gurusinha, whose 32-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 15. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Javagal Srinath broke the 25-run stand. Jayasuriya, whose (Sana)thirty-nine-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 31. Anil Kumble broke the 35-run stand.
Roshan Mahanama, whose 27-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. Venkatesh Prasad broke the 10-run stand. Ranatunga, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was trapped leg before wicket by Srinath, who broke the six-run stand.
Aravinda de Silva, whose 30-ball (Sach)innings included a boundary and a six, scored 21. He was caught by Tendulkar, the player of the match. Prasad broke the 29-run stand. Kaluwitharana, who faced three balls, scored just a run. He was caught by Jadeja. Prasad broke the eight-run stand.
The seventh-wicket pair put on 71. Kumar Dharmasena, whose 71-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 30. He was run out. The eighth-wicket pair put on a dozen. Hashan Tillakaratne, whose 78-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 48. He was run out.
Chaminda Vaas, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was unbeaten. Ramanayake, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. Manoj broke the three-run P(rabhak)artnership.
Gamage, who never represented Sri Lanka again, faced three balls, scoring just a run. He was unbeaten. India conceded 29 extras. Sri Lanka scored 202 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs.
Kapoor, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 30. Prabhakar (whose spell included a maiden) and Kumble bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 51, the latter conceded 37. The Karnataka pacer bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded (Srina)thirty-five, picking up a couple of wickets. Prasad, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 37. He picked up three scalps.
Prabhakar, whose 79-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 60. He was caught by Tillakaratne. Jayasuriya broke the 161-run stand. Tendulkar, whose 107-ball innings included 15 boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 112. He was unbeaten.
Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced seven balls, scored three. He was caught by Jayasuriya, who broke the six-run stand. Srinath, who was promoted to number four, scored 14. His 12-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was unbeaten.
Sri Lanka conceded 17 extras. The Indians, who scored 206 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 33.1 overs, won by eight wickets with 101 balls to spare. De Silva bowled a couple of overs, conceding 17. He was wicketless, as was Gamage, who bowled three overs, conceding 23.
Ramanayake, who bowled 4.1 wicketless overs, conceded 38. Dharmasena, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 16. Vaas, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceded 67. Jayasuriya, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 42. He picked up both the scalps that fell.
Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. Gurusinha, whose 32-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 15. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Javagal Srinath broke the 25-run stand. Jayasuriya, whose (Sana)thirty-nine-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 31. Anil Kumble broke the 35-run stand.
Roshan Mahanama, whose 27-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. Venkatesh Prasad broke the 10-run stand. Ranatunga, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was trapped leg before wicket by Srinath, who broke the six-run stand.
Aravinda de Silva, whose 30-ball (Sach)innings included a boundary and a six, scored 21. He was caught by Tendulkar, the player of the match. Prasad broke the 29-run stand. Kaluwitharana, who faced three balls, scored just a run. He was caught by Jadeja. Prasad broke the eight-run stand.
The seventh-wicket pair put on 71. Kumar Dharmasena, whose 71-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 30. He was run out. The eighth-wicket pair put on a dozen. Hashan Tillakaratne, whose 78-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 48. He was run out.
Chaminda Vaas, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was unbeaten. Ramanayake, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. Manoj broke the three-run P(rabhak)artnership.
Gamage, who never represented Sri Lanka again, faced three balls, scoring just a run. He was unbeaten. India conceded 29 extras. Sri Lanka scored 202 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs.
Kapoor, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 30. Prabhakar (whose spell included a maiden) and Kumble bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 51, the latter conceded 37. The Karnataka pacer bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded (Srina)thirty-five, picking up a couple of wickets. Prasad, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 37. He picked up three scalps.
Prabhakar, whose 79-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 60. He was caught by Tillakaratne. Jayasuriya broke the 161-run stand. Tendulkar, whose 107-ball innings included 15 boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 112. He was unbeaten.
Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced seven balls, scored three. He was caught by Jayasuriya, who broke the six-run stand. Srinath, who was promoted to number four, scored 14. His 12-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was unbeaten.
Sri Lanka conceded 17 extras. The Indians, who scored 206 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 33.1 overs, won by eight wickets with 101 balls to spare. De Silva bowled a couple of overs, conceding 17. He was wicketless, as was Gamage, who bowled three overs, conceding 23.
Ramanayake, who bowled 4.1 wicketless overs, conceded 38. Dharmasena, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 16. Vaas, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceded 67. Jayasuriya, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 42. He picked up both the scalps that fell.
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