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India vs Sri Lanka Scorecard, India vs Sri Lanka, 28 December, 1997, Nehru Stadium & Match Stats

Sri Lanka

SL

229/5 (48.2 ov)

IND

228/6 (50.0 ov)

India

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets

India

India Inning

228/6 (50.0 ov)
RR 4.56
Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Ajay Jadeja
c Muralitharan b Jayasuriya
53 108 5 0 49.07
Sourav Ganguly
c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan
61 86 4 1 70.93
Sachin Tendulkar
c KSC de Silva b Muralitharan
6 13 0 0 46.15
Mohammad Azharuddin
c & b Muralitharan
24 36 1 1 66.67
Navjot Sidhu
run out
17 22 1 0 77.27
Robin Singh
not out
19 23 2 0 82.61
Nayan Mongia
c Muralitharan b KSC de Silva
14 12 1 0 116.67
Sairaj Bahutule
not out
0 2 0 0 0.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 13, w 20, nb 1, p 0) 34
TOTAL (4.56 RUNS PER OVER) 228/6 (50.0 ov)
FALL OF WICKETS: 131-1 (Ajay Jadeja, 0 ov), 134-2 (Sourav Ganguly, 0 ov), 152-3 (Sachin Tendulkar, 0 ov), 181-4 (Mohammad Azharuddin, 0 ov), 190-5 (Navjot Sidhu, 0 ov), 223-6 (Nayan Mongia, 0 ov)
DID NOT BAT: Javagal Srinath, Rajesh Chauhan, Debasis Mohanty

Bowling Stats

Bowler O M R W NB WD ECO
Chaminda Vaas 9 0 28 0 0 0 3.11
Sajeewa de Silva 8 0 30 1 0 0 3.75
Kumar Dharmasena 10 1 38 0 0 0 3.80
Muttiah Muralitharan 10 2 53 3 0 0 5.30
Sanath Jayasuriya 10 0 52 1 0 0 5.20
Aravinda de Silva 3 0 14 0 0 0 4.67
* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

DATE & TIME
Sunday, December 28, 1997 · 07:30 PM
TOSS
Toss India won the toss and elected to bat
VENUE
Nehru Stadium