f43353 t1385	India v Sri Lanka
	Sri Lanka in India 1997/98 (1st Test)
Venue	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali on 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd November 1997 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	India won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	SA Bucknor, S Venkataraghavan
TV umpire	Umesh Kumar
Referee	RB Simpson
Close of play day 1	Sri Lanka (1) 280/4 (Ranatunga 14*, Tillakaratne 9*)
Close of play day 2	India (1) 91/0 (Mongia 41*, Sidhu 47*)
Close of play day 3	India (1) 293/4 (Azharuddin 23*, Ganguly 7*)
Close of play day 4	Sri Lanka (2) 61/2 (Atapattu 26*, PA de Silva 6*)
Player of the Match	PA de Silva

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Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ST Jayasuriya	c Chauhan b Srinath	53	109	145	5	-
MS Atapattu	lbw b Srinath	108	244	341	14	-
RS Mahanama	lbw b Kumble	42	115	133	6	-
PA de Silva	b Kuruvilla	33	40	62	4	-
*A Ranatunga	c Chauhan b Srinath	30	60	90	3	-
HP Tillakaratne	c Dravid b Kumble	14	60	118	1	-
+SKL de Silva	b Kuruvilla	5	16	23	-	-
HDPK Dharmasena	not out	37	58	89	5	-
WPUJC Vaas	b Kuruvilla	2	15	12	-	-
M Muralitharan	c Srinath b Kuruvilla	10	11	15	1	-
KSC de Silva	b Srinath	6	38	52	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 13 lb, 12 nb)	29
Total	(all out, 125.2 overs)	369
Fall of wickets:
1-98 (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)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Srinath	27.2	4	92	4	-	7
Kuruvilla	27	7	88	4	-	7
Mohanty	19	1	57	0	-	-
Kumble	34	9	81	2	-	-
Ganguly	2	2	0	0	-	-
Chauhan	16	2	34	0	-	-

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+NR Mongia	b Muralitharan	57	182	239	7	1
NS Sidhu	run out (PA de Silva->SKL de Silva)	131	372	476	14	2
RS Dravid	c Ranatunga b Jayasuriya	34	117	149	4	-
*SR Tendulkar	c Dharmasena b Jayasuriya	23	93	129	2	-
M Azharuddin	lbw b Vaas	53	138	215	8	-
SC Ganguly	c Tillakaratne b Vaas	109	240	325	10	2
A Kumble	c Dharmasena b Muralitharan	22	49	66	3	-
J Srinath	c Mahanama b KSC de Silva	6	9	17	1	-
RK Chauhan	c Dharmasena b Muralitharan	2	12	13	-	-
A Kuruvilla	not out	35	39	51	-	3
DS Mohanty	did not bat
Extras	(19 b, 10 lb, 8 nb, 6 w)	43
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 206.5 overs)	515
Fall of wickets:
1-120 (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)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vaas	36.5	11	107	2	1	4
KSC de Silva	28	5	81	1	1	1
Dharmasena	34	11	65	0	-	-
Muralitharan	75	30	174	3	1	5
Jayasuriya	30	9	59	2	-	-
Ranatunga	3	3	0	0	-	-

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Sri Lanka second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ST Jayasuriya	c Mongia b Srinath	17	14	15	3	-
MS Atapattu	c Chauhan b Kuruvilla	31	69	117	5	-
RS Mahanama	lbw b Srinath	11	16	27	2	-
PA de Silva	not out	110	263	377	15	1
*A Ranatunga	c Dravid b Kuruvilla	3	8	19	-	-
HP Tillakaratne	c Tendulkar b Chauhan	9	48	74	1	-
HDPK Dharmasena	b Srinath	25	116	65	3	-
+SKL de Silva	not out	11	36	142	1	-
WPUJC Vaas	did not bat
M Muralitharan	did not bat
KSC de Silva	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 9 lb, 12 nb)	34
Total	(6 wickets, 93.1 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Jayasuriya), 2-40 (Mahanama), 3-67 (Atapattu), 4-82 (Ranatunga), 5-106 (Tillakaratne), 6-209 (Dharmasena)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Srinath	22	3	75	3	-	5
Mohanty	16	4	32	0	-	-
Kuruvilla	15.1	4	29	2	-	4
Kumble	19	5	66	0	-	2
Chauhan	18	11	23	1	-	-
Ganguly	2	2	0	0	-	-
Azharuddin	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> SKL de Silva made his debut in Test matches
--> DS Mohanty made his last appearance in Test matches
--> MS Atapattu (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in Test matches
--> MS Atapattu (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> RS Mahanama (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> M Azharuddin (1) passed 14000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> SC Ganguly (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 40
--> A Kuruvilla (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> ST Jayasuriya (2) passed 2000 runs in Test matches when he reached 3
--> SKL de Silva made his debut for Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> HDPK Dharmasena made his debut in India in Test matches
--> WPUJC Vaas made his debut in India in Test matches
--> KSC de Silva made his debut in India in Test matches
--> A Kuruvilla made his debut in India in Test matches
--> DS Mohanty made his debut in India in Test matches

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