While India’s
playing eleven was unchanged, Sri Lanka made a couple of chanG(amag)es to
theirs – Kumar Dharmasena and Janak made way for Ruwan Kalpage and Muttiah
Muralitharan. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the
Sri Lankans.
Roshan Mahanama, whose 37-ball innings included a boundary, scored 15. Ten overs into the match, Anil Kumble broke the 46-run stand. Jayasuriya, whose 28-ball innings included (Sana)three boundaries, scored 22. Four dot balls later, he was caught by Nayan Mongia off the bowling of Venkatesh Prasad.
Aravinda de Silva, whose 24-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 13. Fifty-seven balls later, he was caught by Mongia. Manoj broke the 35-run P(rabhak)artnership. The fourth-wicket pair put on eight. Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka’s skipper, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just three. He was run out.
Hashan Tillakaratne, whose 55-ball innings included a boundary, scored 22. He was caught by Mongia. Prasad broke the 61-run stand. Romesh Kaulwitharana, whose 19-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 18. Kumble broke the 42-run stand.
The seventh-wicket pair put on 26. Asanka Gurusinha, whose 122-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and three sixes, scored 85. He was run out. Kalpage, who faced 10 balls, scored seven. He was unbeaten, as was Chaminda Vaas, who faced eight balls, scoring five.
India conceded 37 extras. Sri Lanka scored 230 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Sachin Tendulkar bowled a wicketless over, conceding 10. Javagal bowled nine wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded (Srina)thirty-eight.
Aashish Kapoor bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 32. Prabhakar bowled 10 overs, conceding 45. He picked up a wicket. Kumble and Prasad bowled 10 overs, including a maiden, each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 50, the latter conceded 32.
Prabhakar faced 17 balls, scoring nine. He was caught by Kaluwitharana. Vaas broke the 48-run stand. Tendulkar scored 41. His run-a-ball innings included five boundaries. He was caught by Jayasuriya. Champaka Ramanayake broke the 10-run stand.
Navjot Singh Sidhu, the player of the series, scored 84. His 106-ball innings included five boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Azharuddin, the player of the match, who scored 90. His 89-ball innings included five boundaries and a couple of sixes.
Sri Lanka conceded nine extras. India scored 233 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 41.5 overs, winning by eight wickets with 49 balls to spare. Jayasuriya bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceding 38. Kalpage bowled eight wicketless overs, conceding 44.
Muralitharan bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 46. Ramanayake bowled 8.5 overs, conceding 52. He picked up a scalp, as did Vaas, who bowled nine overs, conceding 52.
India won the 1994/95 Pepsi Asia Cup.
Roshan Mahanama, whose 37-ball innings included a boundary, scored 15. Ten overs into the match, Anil Kumble broke the 46-run stand. Jayasuriya, whose 28-ball innings included (Sana)three boundaries, scored 22. Four dot balls later, he was caught by Nayan Mongia off the bowling of Venkatesh Prasad.
Aravinda de Silva, whose 24-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 13. Fifty-seven balls later, he was caught by Mongia. Manoj broke the 35-run P(rabhak)artnership. The fourth-wicket pair put on eight. Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka’s skipper, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just three. He was run out.
Hashan Tillakaratne, whose 55-ball innings included a boundary, scored 22. He was caught by Mongia. Prasad broke the 61-run stand. Romesh Kaulwitharana, whose 19-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 18. Kumble broke the 42-run stand.
The seventh-wicket pair put on 26. Asanka Gurusinha, whose 122-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and three sixes, scored 85. He was run out. Kalpage, who faced 10 balls, scored seven. He was unbeaten, as was Chaminda Vaas, who faced eight balls, scoring five.
India conceded 37 extras. Sri Lanka scored 230 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Sachin Tendulkar bowled a wicketless over, conceding 10. Javagal bowled nine wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded (Srina)thirty-eight.
Aashish Kapoor bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 32. Prabhakar bowled 10 overs, conceding 45. He picked up a wicket. Kumble and Prasad bowled 10 overs, including a maiden, each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 50, the latter conceded 32.
Prabhakar faced 17 balls, scoring nine. He was caught by Kaluwitharana. Vaas broke the 48-run stand. Tendulkar scored 41. His run-a-ball innings included five boundaries. He was caught by Jayasuriya. Champaka Ramanayake broke the 10-run stand.
Navjot Singh Sidhu, the player of the series, scored 84. His 106-ball innings included five boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Azharuddin, the player of the match, who scored 90. His 89-ball innings included five boundaries and a couple of sixes.
Sri Lanka conceded nine extras. India scored 233 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 41.5 overs, winning by eight wickets with 49 balls to spare. Jayasuriya bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceding 38. Kalpage bowled eight wicketless overs, conceding 44.
Muralitharan bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 46. Ramanayake bowled 8.5 overs, conceding 52. He picked up a scalp, as did Vaas, who bowled nine overs, conceding 52.
India won the 1994/95 Pepsi Asia Cup.
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