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952-6d
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537-8d
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Overs: 271.0 RR: 3.51 vs spin: 3.14
vs seam: 4.57
Overs: 167.3 RR: 3.21 vs spin: 2.80
vs seam: 4.11
Sat 02/08/97 Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), 1st Test, R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
match drawn Match Drawn
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India - 1st Inns 537-8 (167.3; RR: 3.21)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
NR Mongia c Jayawardene b Pushpakumara 7 38 0 0 18.42
NS Sidhu c Kaluwitharana b Vaas 111 200 13 2 55.50
RS Dravid c & b Jayasuriya 69 197 10 0 35.03
SR Tendulkar c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 143 247 20 0 57.89
M Azharuddin c & b Muralitharan 126 199 11 0 63.32
SC Ganguly c Mahanama b Jayasuriya 0 5 0 0 0.00
A Kumble not out 27 76 2 0 35.53
RK Chauhan c Vaas b Jayasuriya 23 49 3 1 46.94
A Kuruvilla c Atapattu b Pushpakumara 9 10 0 1 90.00
NM Kulkarni  
BKV Prasad  
Extras (10b, 0lb, 0w, 12nb) 22  
TOTAL 537-8 (167.3 overs; RR: 3.21)

Fall of wickets

36-1 (NR Mongia 0.0 ov), 183-2 (NS Sidhu 0.0 ov), 230-3 (RS Dravid 0.0 ov), 451-4 (SR Tendulkar 0.0 ov), 451-5 (SC Ganguly 0.0 ov), 479-6 (M Azharuddin 0.0 ov), 516-7 (RK Chauhan 0.0 ov), 537-8 (A Kuruvilla 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WPUJC Vaas 23.0 5 80 1 3.48 0 0
KR Pushpakumara 19.3 2 97 2 5.11 0 0
DPMD Jayawardene 2.0 0 6 0 3.00 0 0
M Muralitharan 65.0 9 174 2 2.68 0 8
KJ Silva 39.0 3 122 0 3.13 0 8
ST Jayasuriya 18.0 3 45 3 2.50 0 0
MS Atapattu 1.0 0 3 0 3.00 0 0

Sri Lanka - 1st Inns 952-6 (271.0; RR: 3.51)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
ST Jayasuriya c Ganguly b Chauhan 340 578 36 2 58.82
MS Atapattu c Mongia b Kulkarni 26 31 5 0 83.87
RS Mahanama lbw b Kumble 225 561 27 0 40.11
PA de Silva c Prasad b Ganguly 126 211 16 0 59.72
A Ranatunga run out 86 110 14 0 78.18
DPMD Jayawardene c Kulkarni b Ganguly 66 105 10 0 62.86
RS Kaluwitharana not out 14 27 1 0 51.85
WPUJC Vaas not out 11 24 0 0 45.83
KR Pushpakumara  
M Muralitharan  
KJ Silva  
Extras (28b, 9lb, 7w, 14nb) 58  
TOTAL 952-6 (271.0 overs; RR: 3.51)

Fall of wickets

39-1 (MS Atapattu 0.0 ov), 615-2 (RS Mahanama 0.0 ov), 615-3 (ST Jayasuriya 0.0 ov), 790-4 (A Ranatunga 0.0 ov), 921-5 (DPMD Jayawardene 0.0 ov), 924-6 (PA de Silva 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
BKV Prasad 24.0 1 88 0 3.67 1 1
A Kuruvilla 14.0 2 74 0 5.29 0 5
RK Chauhan 78.0 8 276 1 3.54 3 9
A Kumble 72.0 7 223 1 3.10 0 6
NM Kulkarni 70.0 12 195 1 2.79 0 0
SC Ganguly 9.0 0 53 2 5.89 0 0
SR Tendulkar 2.0 1 2 0 1.00 0 0
RS Dravid 2.0 0 4 0 2.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), 1st Test

Date

Saturday August 2, 1997

Toss

India won the toss and elected to bat

Time

5:00am UTC

Venue

R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Umpires

SG Randell, KT Francis

Sri Lanka Team

Playing XI

A Ranatunga, PA de Silva, RS Mahanama, MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya, RS Kaluwitharana, M Muralitharan, KR Pushpakumara, WPUJC Vaas, KJ Silva, DPMD Jayawardene

India Team

Playing XI

NS Sidhu, M Azharuddin, SR Tendulkar, A Kumble, SC Ganguly, RK Chauhan, NR Mongia, BKV Prasad, RS Dravid, A Kuruvilla, NM Kulkarni