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IND flag INDWon toss. Elected to bowl
191
Series badge SRI
238-5
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Overs: 54.1 RR: 3.53 vs spin: 2.64
vs seam: 3.43
Overs: 60.0 RR: 3.97 vs spin: 3.38
vs seam: 3.88
Sat 16/06/79 India v Sri Lanka, Prudential World Cup, Group B, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester
SRI LANKA WIN Sri Lanka won by 47 runs
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Sri Lanka - 1st Inns 238-5 (60.0; RR: 3.97)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
B Warnapura c Gaekwad b Amarnath 18 51 2 0 35.29
SRD Wettimuny c Vengsarkar b Dev 67 120 8 0 55.83
RL Dias c & b Amarnath 50 88 2 0 56.82
LRD Mendis run out 64 57 1 3 112.28
RS Madugalle c Khanna b Amarnath 4 16 0 0 25.00
SP Pasqual not out 23 26 1 0 88.46
DS de Silva not out 1 4 0 0 25.00
SA Jayasinghe  
ARM Opatha  
DLS de Silva  
FRMD Gunatilleke  
Extras (0b, 8lb, 2w, 1nb) 11  
TOTAL 238-5 (60.0 overs; RR: 3.97)

Fall of wickets

31-1 (B Warnapura 0.0 ov), 127-2 (SRD Wettimuny 0.0 ov), 147-3 (RL Dias 0.0 ov), 175-4 (RS Madugalle 0.0 ov), 227-5 (LRD Mendis 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
Kapil Dev 12.0 2 53 1 4.42 0 0
KD Ghavri 12.0 0 53 0 4.42 0 0
M Amarnath 12.0 3 40 3 3.33 0 0
BS Bedi 12.0 2 37 0 3.08 0 0
S Venkataraghavan 12.0 0 44 0 3.67 0 0

India - 1st Inns 191 (54.1; RR: 3.53)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SM Gavaskar c Dias b Warnapura 26 54 2 0 48.15
AD Gaekwad c b Silva 33 52 2 0 63.46
DB Vengsarkar c Silva b Silva 36 57 3 0 63.16
GR Viswanath run out 22 55 0 0 40.00
BP Patel b Silva 10 13 1 0 76.92
Kapil Dev c Warnapura b Silva 16 19 2 0 84.21
M Amarnath b Silva 7 15 0 0 46.67
KD Ghavri c Warnapura b Opatha 3 8 0 0 37.50
SC Khanna c Dias b Opatha 10 17 1 0 58.82
S Venkataraghavan not out 9 9 0 0 100.00
BS Bedi c Jayasinghe b Opatha 5 8 0 0 62.50
Extras (0b, 10lb, 3w, 1nb) 14  
TOTAL 191 all out (54.1 overs; RR: 3.53)

Fall of wickets

60-1 (SM Gavaskar 0.0 ov), 76-2 (AD Gaekwad 0.0 ov), 119-3 (GR Viswanath 0.0 ov), 132-4 (BP Patel 0.0 ov), 147-5 (DB Vengsarkar 0.0 ov), 160-6 (Kapil Dev 0.0 ov), 162-7 (M Amarnath 0.0 ov), 170-8 (KD Ghavri 0.0 ov), 185-9 (SC Khanna 0.0 ov), 191-10 (BS Bedi 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
ARM Opatha 10.1 0 31 3 3.10 0 0
FRMD Gunatilleke 9.0 1 34 0 3.78 0 0
B Warnapura 12.0 0 47 1 3.92 0 0
DLS de Silva 12.0 0 36 2 3.00 0 0
DS de Silva 11.0 1 29 3 2.64 0 0

Match Info

Match

India v Sri Lanka at Manchester, Prudential World Cup, Group B

Date

Saturday June 16, 1979

Toss

India won the toss and elected to field

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester

Umpires

KE Palmer, AGT Whitehead

India Team

Playing XI

S Venkataraghavan, BS Bedi, GR Viswanath, M Amarnath, SM Gavaskar, BP Patel, AD Gaekwad, KD Ghavri, DB Vengsarkar, Kapil Dev, SC Khanna

Sri Lanka Team

Playing XI

ARM Opatha, SRD Wettimuny, SA Jayasinghe, SP Pasqual, DLS de Silva, DS de Silva, RL Dias, RS Madugalle, LRD Mendis, B Warnapura, FRMD Gunatilleke