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Test no. 1385

Sri Lanka in India Test Series - 1st Test
India v Sri Lanka

1997/98 season

Played at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh, on 19,20,21,22,23 November 1997 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn


Sri Lanka 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	ST Jayasuriya	c Chauhan b Srinath	53	145	109	5	0	48.62
	MS Atapattu	lbw b Srinath	108	341	244	14	0	44.26
	RS Mahanama	lbw b Kumble	42	133	115	6	0	36.52
	PA de Silva	b Kuruvilla	33	62	40	4	0	82.50
	A Ranatunga	c Chauhan b Srinath	30	90	60	3	0	50.00
	HP Tillakaratne	c Dravid b Kumble	14	118	60	1	0	23.33
	SKL de Silva	b Kuruvilla	5	23	16	0	0	31.25
	HDPK Dharmasena	not out	37	89	58	5	0	63.79
	WPUJC Vaas	b Kuruvilla	2	12	15	0	0	13.33
	M Muralitharan	c Srinath b Kuruvilla	10	15	11	1	0	90.90
	KSC de Silva	b Srinath	6	52	38	0	0	15.78
	Extras	(b 4, lb 13, nb 12)	29

	Total	(all out; 125.2 overs)	369	(2.94 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-98 (Jayasuriya), 2-202 (Mahanama), 3-254 (Atapattu), 4-254 (PA de Silva), 5-301 (Ranatunga), 6-307 (SKL de Silva), 7-307 (Tillakaratne), 8-313 (Vaas), 9-333 (Muralitharan), 10-369 (KSC de Silva)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
J Srinath	27.2	4	92	4	3.36	(7nb)
A Kuruvilla	27	7	88	4	3.25	(7nb)
DS Mohanty	19	1	57	0	3.00
A Kumble	34	9	81	2	2.38
SC Ganguly	2	2	0	0	0.00
RK Chauhan	16	2	34	0	2.12


India 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	NR Mongia	b Muralitharan	57	239	182	7	1	31.31
	NS Sidhu	run out (PA de Silva/SKL de Silva)	131	476	372	14	2	35.21
	R Dravid	c Ranatunga b Jayasuriya	34	149	117	4	0	29.05
	SR Tendulkar	c Dharmasena b Jayasuriya	23	129	93	2	0	24.73
	M Azharuddin	lbw b Vaas	53	215	138	8	0	38.40
	SC Ganguly	c Tillakaratne b Vaas	109	325	240	10	2	45.41
	A Kumble	c Dharmasena b Muralitharan	22	66	49	3	0	44.89
	J Srinath	c Mahanama b KSC de Silva	6	17	9	1	0	66.66
	RK Chauhan	c Dharmasena b Muralitharan	2	13	12	0	0	16.66
	A Kuruvilla	not out	35	51	39	0	3	89.74
	Extras	(b 19, lb 10, w 6, nb 8)	43

	Total	(9 wickets dec; 206.5 overs)	515	(2.48 runs per over)

Did not bat DS Mohanty

Fall of wickets1-120 (Mongia), 2-214 (Dravid), 3-259 (Sidhu), 4-274 (Tendulkar), 5-353 (Azharuddin), 6-400 (Kumble), 7-419 (Srinath), 8-426 (Chauhan), 9-515 (Ganguly)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	36.5	11	107	2	2.90	(4nb, 1w)
KSC de Silva	28	5	81	1	2.89	(1nb, 1w)
HDPK Dharmasena	34	11	65	0	1.91
M Muralitharan	75	30	174	3	2.32	(5nb, 1w)
ST Jayasuriya	30	9	59	2	1.96
A Ranatunga	3	3	0	0	0.00


Sri Lanka 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	ST Jayasuriya	c Mongia b Srinath	17	15	14	3	0	121.42
	MS Atapattu	c Chauhan b Kuruvilla	31	117	69	5	0	44.92
	RS Mahanama	lbw b Srinath	11	27	16	2	0	68.75
	PA de Silva	not out	110	377	263	15	1	41.82
	A Ranatunga	c Dravid b Kuruvilla	3	19	8	0	0	37.50
	HP Tillakaratne	c Tendulkar b Chauhan	9	74	48	1	0	18.75
	HDPK Dharmasena	b Srinath	25	65	116	3	0	21.55
	SKL de Silva	not out	11	142	36	1	0	30.55
	Extras	(b 13, lb 9, nb 12)	34

	Total	(6 wickets; 93.1 overs)	251	(2.69 runs per over)

Did not bat WPUJC Vaas, M Muralitharan, KSC de Silva

Fall of wickets1-22 (Jayasuriya), 2-40 (Mahanama), 3-67 (Atapattu), 4-82 (Ranatunga), 5-106 (Tillakaratne), 6-209 (Dharmasena)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
J Srinath	22	3	75	3	3.40	(5nb)
DS Mohanty	16	4	32	0	2.00
A Kuruvilla	15.1	4	29	2	1.91	(4nb)
A Kumble	19	5	66	0	3.47	(2nb)
RK Chauhan	18	11	23	1	1.27
SC Ganguly	2	2	0	0	0.00
M Azharuddin	1	0	4	0	4.00

Toss India, who chose to field first
Series 3-match series level 0-0

Test debut SKL de Silva (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match PA de Silva (Sri Lanka)

Umpires SA Bucknor (West Indies) and S Venkataraghavan
TV umpire Umesh Kumar
Match referee RB Simpson (Australia)

Close of play
19 Nov day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 280/4 (A Ranatunga 14*, HP Tillakaratne 9*)
20 Nov day 2 - India 1st innings 91/0 (NR Mongia 41*, NS Sidhu 47*)
21 Nov day 3 - India 1st innings 293/4 (M Azharuddin 23*, SC Ganguly 7*)
22 Nov day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 61/2 (MS Atapattu 26*, PA de Silva 6*)
23 Nov day 5 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 251/6 (93.1 ov) - end of match

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