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Sri Lanka in India Test Series - 3rd Test

India v Sri Lanka

Match drawn

India 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
NR Mongia† b Wickramasinghe 1 7 6 0 0 16.66
NS Sidhu c Mahanama b Dharmasena 35 113 67 5 0 52.23
R Dravid c Mahanama b Ranatunga 93 302 219 14 0 42.46
SC Ganguly c †SKL de Silva b Dharmasena 173 516 361 25 2 47.92
SR Tendulkar* b Pushpakumara 148 320 244 20 3 60.65
M Azharuddin lbw b Pushpakumara 0 7 2 0 0 0.00
A Kumble b Pushpakumara 6 10 8 1 0 75.00
RK Chauhan lbw b Dharmasena 4 15 8 1 0 50.00
A Kuruvilla c Pushpakumara b Wickramasinghe 6 40 27 0 0 22.22
J Srinath not out 15 44 33 2 0 45.45
BKV Prasad run out (†SKL de Silva) 3 9 6 0 0 50.00
Extras (b 3, lb 15, w 4, nb 6) 28
Total (all out; 162.1 overs) 512 (3.15 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-1 (Mongia), 2-55 (Sidhu), 3-215 (Dravid), 4-471 (Ganguly), 5-475 (Tendulkar), 6-476 (Azharuddin), 7-481 (Kumble), 8-487 (Chauhan), 9-502 (Kuruvilla), 10-512 (Prasad)
Bowling O M R W Econ
WPUJC Vaas 26 4 86 0 3.30 (2nb)
GP Wickramasinghe 31.1 10 76 2 2.43 (3nb)
KR Pushpakumara 28 5 108 3 3.85 (2nb, 4w)
HDPK Dharmasena 48 12 144 3 3.00 (1nb)
A Ranatunga 17 7 35 1 2.05
ST Jayasuriya 12 2 45 0 3.75
Sri Lanka 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
ST Jayasuriya c Azharuddin b Kumble 50 69 44 9 0 113.63
MS Atapattu c sub (A Jadeja) b Chauhan 98 403 273 15 0 35.89
HDPK Dharmasena c Kumble b Chauhan 40 212 142 3 0 28.16
RS Mahanama c Kumble b Prasad 20 69 66 2 0 30.30
PA de Silva c †Mongia b Chauhan 66 136 121 8 1 54.54
A Ranatunga* c Azharuddin b Chauhan 1 25 15 0 0 6.66
HP Tillakaratne lbw b Kuruvilla 25 177 115 4 0 21.73
SKL de Silva† retired hurt 20 121 88 2 0 22.72
WPUJC Vaas c sub (NM Kulkarni) b Kuruvilla 4 14 7 1 0 57.14
GP Wickramasinghe b Srinath 2 8 2 0 0 100.00
KR Pushpakumara not out 0 2 0 0 0 -
Extras (b 7, lb 12, w 4, nb 12) 35
Total (all out; 143.2 overs) 361 (2.51 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-65 (Jayasuriya), 2-180 (Dharmasena), 3-219 (Mahanama), 4-259 (Atapattu), 5-269 (Ranatunga), 6-312 (PA de Silva), 7-351 (Tillakaratne), 7-355* (SKL de Silva, retired not out, 141.6 ov), 8-359 (Vaas), 9-361 (Wickramasinghe)
Bowling O M R W Econ
J Srinath 28.2 4 107 1 3.77 (2nb, 1w)
BKV Prasad 18 6 30 1 1.66 (2nb)
A Kuruvilla 19 2 62 2 3.26 (4nb)
A Kumble 41 19 76 1 1.85 (1nb)
RK Chauhan 34 13 48 4 1.41 (1nb)
SC Ganguly 3 0 19 0 6.33 (2nb)
India 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
SC Ganguly c Tillakaratne b Wickramasinghe 11 15 12 1 0 91.66
NS Sidhu c Pushpakumara b Jayasuriya 43 109 70 5 1 61.42
R Dravid c PA de Silva b Dharmasena 85 153 121 8 0 70.24
SR Tendulkar* c PA de Silva b Jayasuriya 13 28 16 1 0 81.25
M Azharuddin c PA de Silva b Dharmasena 4 12 12 0 0 33.33
NR Mongia† not out 9 34 14 0 0 64.28
A Kumble c Mahanama b Dharmasena 1 3 3 0 0 33.33
J Srinath c sub (DPMD Jayawardene) b Dharmasena 5 8 8 0 0 62.50
RK Chauhan run out (Tillakaratne) 0 1 0 0 0 -
A Kuruvilla c PA de Silva b Dharmasena 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 3, lb 6, nb 1) 10
Total (9 wickets dec; 42.4 overs) 181 (4.24 runs per over)
Did not bat BKV Prasad
Fall of wickets 1-15 (Ganguly), 2-103 (Sidhu), 3-136 (Tendulkar), 4-149 (Azharuddin), 5-173 (Dravid), 6-175 (Kumble), 7-181 (Srinath), 8-181 (Chauhan), 9-181 (Kuruvilla)
Bowling O M R W Econ
WPUJC Vaas 5 1 19 0 3.80
GP Wickramasinghe 5 0 20 1 4.00 (2nb)
KR Pushpakumara 5 0 28 0 5.60
ST Jayasuriya 15 1 48 2 3.20
HDPK Dharmasena 12.4 0 57 5 4.50
Sri Lanka 2nd innings (target: 333 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
ST Jayasuriya c Tendulkar b Kumble 37 115 86 3 1 43.02
MS Atapattu c Kumble b Chauhan 31 87 56 6 0 55.35
RS Mahanama lbw b Chauhan 35 167 139 3 0 25.17
PA de Silva c Chauhan b Srinath 18 50 32 2 1 56.25
A Ranatunga* b Chauhan 12 121 80 1 0 15.00
HDPK Dharmasena c Azharuddin b Kumble 8 71 58 0 0 13.79
HP Tillakaratne not out 18 47 35 4 0 51.42
SKL de Silva† c Prasad b Kumble 0 16 13 0 0 0.00
WPUJC Vaas not out 0 2 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 2, nb 5) 7
Total (7 wickets; 82 overs) 166 (2.02 runs per over)
Did not bat GP Wickramasinghe, KR Pushpakumara
Fall of wickets 1-58 (Atapattu), 2-73 (Jayasuriya), 3-106 (PA de Silva), 4-133 (Mahanama), 5-146 (Ranatunga), 6-160 (Dharmasena), 7-166 (SKL de Silva)
Bowling O M R W Econ
J Srinath 15 5 25 1 1.66 (1nb)
BKV Prasad 8 3 23 0 2.87
RK Chauhan 26 9 59 3 2.26 (3nb)
A Kuruvilla 3 2 1 0 0.33
A Kumble 28 13 56 3 2.00 (3nb)
SR Tendulkar 2 2 0 0 0.00
Match details
Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to field
Series 3-match series drawn 0-0
Player of the match SC Ganguly (India)
Player of the series SC Ganguly (India)
Umpires SA Bucknor (West Indies) and AV Jayaprakash
TV umpire SN Bandekar
Match referee RB Simpson (Australia)
Close of play
Wed, 3 Dec - day 1 - India 1st innings 247/3 (SC Ganguly 92*, SR Tendulkar 8*)
Thu, 4 Dec - day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 66/1 (MS Atapattu 15*, HDPK Dharmasena 0*)
Fri, 5 Dec - day 3 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 286/5 (PA de Silva 48*, HP Tillakaratne 4*)
Sat, 6 Dec - day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 6/0 (ST Jayasuriya 1*, MS Atapattu 5*)
Sun, 7 Dec - day 5 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 166/7 (82 ov) - end of match
Match notes
  • Day 2
  • Day 4
  • Day 5
  • Weather interrupted in the Sri Lankan 2nd innings. Rain and then bad light eventually prevented 12 overs from being bowled.
 
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