India made a
couple of changes to their playing eleven – Vikram Rathour and Venkatapathy
Raju made way for Vinod Kambli and Aashish Kapoor. Sri Lanka made three Chan(dana)ges
to the team that last played the Indians – Marvan Atapattu, Upul and Pramodya
Wickramasinghe made way for Asanka Gurusinha, Kumar Dharmasena and Ravindra
Pushpakumara.
Sachin Tendulkar, who replaced Mohammad Azharuddin as India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. India’s openers put on four. Ajay Jadeja, who faced nine balls, failed to get off the mark. Gurusinha ran him out. Sourav Ganguly, whose 41-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 16. He was caught by Aravinda de Silva. Dharmasena broke the 53-run stand.
Azharuddin, whose 99-ball innings included a boundary, scored 58. He was stumped by Romesh Kaluwitharana. Sanath Jayasuriya, the player of the match, broke the 129-run stand. The fourth-wicket pair on 31. Tendulkar, whose 138-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, scored 110. De Silva ran him out.
The fifth-wicket pair put on just a run. Kambli, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 18. De Silva ran him out. Rahul Dravid, who faced four balls, scored seven. He was unbeaten, as was his statemate, Javagal Srinath, who faced a ball, scoring a run.
Sri Lanka conceded 16 extras. India scored 226 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs. De Silva, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 24. Pushpakumara, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 23. Chaminda Vaas bowled nine wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 35.
Muttiah Muralitharan, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 42. Dharmasena and Jayasuriya bowled 10 overs each, picking up a scalp apiece. While the former conceded 59, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 39.
Jayasuriya, whose 128-ball innings included eight boundaries and three sixes, scored 120. He was unbeaten. Kaluwitharana, whose 65-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 53. Tendulkar broke the 129-run stand. De Silva, whose 76-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 49. He was unbeaten.
India conceded eight extras. Sri Lanka, who scored 230 for the loss of one wicket off 44.2 overs, won by nine wickets with 34 balls to spare. Ganguly, who bowled two wicketless overs, conceded 14. Jadeja, who bowled 2.2 wicketless overs, conceded 13. Venkatesh Prasad, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 47.
The Karnataka pacer, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded (Srina)thirty-three. Kapoor and Anil Kumble bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 51, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 40. Tendulkar, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 29. He picked up the only wicket to fall.
Sachin Tendulkar, who replaced Mohammad Azharuddin as India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. India’s openers put on four. Ajay Jadeja, who faced nine balls, failed to get off the mark. Gurusinha ran him out. Sourav Ganguly, whose 41-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 16. He was caught by Aravinda de Silva. Dharmasena broke the 53-run stand.
Azharuddin, whose 99-ball innings included a boundary, scored 58. He was stumped by Romesh Kaluwitharana. Sanath Jayasuriya, the player of the match, broke the 129-run stand. The fourth-wicket pair on 31. Tendulkar, whose 138-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, scored 110. De Silva ran him out.
The fifth-wicket pair put on just a run. Kambli, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 18. De Silva ran him out. Rahul Dravid, who faced four balls, scored seven. He was unbeaten, as was his statemate, Javagal Srinath, who faced a ball, scoring a run.
Sri Lanka conceded 16 extras. India scored 226 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs. De Silva, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 24. Pushpakumara, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 23. Chaminda Vaas bowled nine wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 35.
Muttiah Muralitharan, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 42. Dharmasena and Jayasuriya bowled 10 overs each, picking up a scalp apiece. While the former conceded 59, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 39.
Jayasuriya, whose 128-ball innings included eight boundaries and three sixes, scored 120. He was unbeaten. Kaluwitharana, whose 65-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 53. Tendulkar broke the 129-run stand. De Silva, whose 76-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 49. He was unbeaten.
India conceded eight extras. Sri Lanka, who scored 230 for the loss of one wicket off 44.2 overs, won by nine wickets with 34 balls to spare. Ganguly, who bowled two wicketless overs, conceded 14. Jadeja, who bowled 2.2 wicketless overs, conceded 13. Venkatesh Prasad, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 47.
The Karnataka pacer, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded (Srina)thirty-three. Kapoor and Anil Kumble bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 51, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 40. Tendulkar, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 29. He picked up the only wicket to fall.
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