Sri Lanka vs India, 3rd Test at Colombo, , Aug 29 2001 - Match Result

Hashan Tillakaratne and Thilan Samaraweera's 194-run partnership is SL's highest for the 7th wicket in Tests, breaking the record of 144 between Ratnayeke and de Silva

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Scorecard summary

India • 234/10(81.1 overs)

1st INNINGS

59 (111)

8/87 (34.1)

46 (115)

2/60 (24)

Sri Lanka • 610/6(171 overs)

1st INNINGS

139 (216)

3/101 (34)

136* (214)

2/185 (53.3)

India • 299/10(124.5 overs)

2nd INNINGS

68 (162)

3/109 (46.5)

55 (164)

2/62 (27)

124.4

Murali to Khan, OUT

Zaheer Khan c Atapattu b Muralidaran 45 (40b 5x4 2x6 44m) SR: 112.5

124.4

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Murali to Khan, no run

124.3

Murali to Khan, 4 byes

124.2

Murali to Khan, SIX runs

124.1

Murali to Khan, 2 runs

end of over 1242 runs

IND: 287/9CRR: 2.31

Venkatesh Prasad4 (9b)

Zaheer Khan37 (35b 5x4 1x6)

Chaminda Vaas 27-9-62-2

Muthiah Muralidaran 46-18-101-2

123.6

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Vaas to Prasad, no run

123.5

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Vaas to Prasad, no run

123.4

•

Vaas to Prasad, no run

123.3

Vaas to Khan, 1 run

123.2

Vaas to Prasad, 1 run

123.1

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Vaas to Prasad, no run

end of over 12311 runs

IND: 285/9CRR: 2.31

Zaheer Khan36 (34b 5x4 1x6)

Venkatesh Prasad3 (4b)

Muthiah Muralidaran 46-18-101-2

Chaminda Vaas 26-9-60-2

122.6

Murali to Khan, 2 runs

122.5

Murali to Khan, SIX runs

122.4

Murali to Prasad, 1 run

122.3

Murali to Khan, 1 run

122.2

Murali to Prasad, 1 run

122.1

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Murali to Prasad, no run

end of over 1225 runs • 1 wicket

IND: 274/9CRR: 2.24

Zaheer Khan27 (31b 5x4)

Venkatesh Prasad1 (1b)

Chaminda Vaas 26-9-60-2

Muthiah Muralidaran 45-18-90-2

121.6

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Vaas to Khan, no run

121.5

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Vaas to Khan, no run

121.4

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Vaas to Khan, no run

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Match details

Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Toss	India, elected to bat first
Series	India tour of Sri Lanka
Season	2001
Player Of The Match	Muthiah Muralidaran
Player Of The Series	Muthiah Muralidaran
Series result	Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2-1
Match number	Test no. 1559
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Thilan Samaraweera
Umpires	Asoka de Silva David Orchard
TV Umpire	Tyron Wijewardene
Match Referee	Cammie Smith

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India Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
SS Das	caught	68	162
S Ramesh	bowled	55	164
R Dravid	run out	36	124
SC Ganguly	caught	30	103
M Kaif	run out	5	30
HK Badani	lbw	11	66
SV Bahutule	bowled	0	2
SS Dighe	run out	4	38
Harbhajan Singh	caught	17	20
Z Khan	caught	45	40
BKV Prasad	not out	4	9
Extras	(b 8, lb 5, nb 9, w 2)
Total	299(10 wkts; 124.5 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	27	9	62	2	2.29 (3 nb)
CRD Fernando	17	3	59	0	3.47 (3 nb)
M Muralidaran	46.5	17	109	3	2.32 (2 nb)
ST Jayasuriya	21	10	34	1	1.61
DK Liyanage	5	0	12	0	2.4
TT Samaraweera	8	4	10	1	1.25 (1 nb)

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	107	Shiv Sunder Das	Sadagoppan Ramesh
2nd	40	Rahul Dravid	Sadagoppan Ramesh
3rd	39	Sourav Ganguly	Rahul Dravid
4th	10	Sourav Ganguly	Mohammad Kaif
5th	14	Sourav Ganguly	Hemang Badani
6th	1	Sairaj Bahutule	Hemang Badani
7th	10	Hemang Badani	Sameer Dighe
8th	0	Harbhajan Singh	Sameer Dighe
9th	48	Harbhajan Singh	Zaheer Khan
10th	30	Venkatesh Prasad	Zaheer Khan

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