Sri Lanka vs India, 3rd Match at Colombo, Jul 22 2001 - Cricket Photos

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3rd Match (D/N), Colombo (RPS), July 22, 2001, Coca-Cola Cup (Sri Lanka)

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Sri Lanka

221/9

India

(50 ov, T:222) 215/7

Sri Lanka won by 6 runs

Player Of The Match

Suresh Perera

, SL

28 (31) & 2/26

Ganguly exchanges pleasantries with Dravid after hitting a six•Jul 24, 2001•Leo de Lisle/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

22 July 2001: Coca-Cola Cup (Sri Lanka) 2001, 3rd Match, India v Sri Lanka, R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo (day/night)

Atapattu goes down on bended knee and essays a sweep•Jul 24, 2001•AFP

Saurav Ganguly shapes to turn a ball off his legs•Jul 24, 2001•AFP

Rahul Dravid who made a futile unbeaten 49 executes an ondrive•Jul 23, 2001•Leo de Lisle/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Rahul Dravid heaves across the line to midwicket•Jul 23, 2001•Leo de Lisle/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Tony Greig engages Sanath Jayasuriya in a post-match chat•Jul 22, 2001•Manoj Ridimahaliyadda/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

A relieved Sanath Jayasuriya speaks to Tony Greig after the victory•Jul 22, 2001•Manoj Ridimahaliyadda/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

A disappointed Ganguly speaks to Tony Greig after losing to Sri Lanka by 6 runs•Jul 22, 2001•Manoj Ridimahaliyadda/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

An airborne Ganguly plays the ball down on the leg side•Jul 22, 2001•Leo de Lisle/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Ganguly watchfully drops a rising delivery down at his feet•Jul 22, 2001•Leo de Lisle/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Harbhajan, by far India's best bowler, is greeted by his mates•Jul 24, 2001•AFP

Gunawardene shows no pretensions to being graceful•Jul 24, 2001•AFP

Little Kalu fumbles a take to let off Sameer Dighe•Jul 23, 2001•Leo de Lisle/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Murali and Gunawardene embrace after Sri Lanka wrap up a six run win•Jul 23, 2001•Leo de Lisle/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Ganguly scurries to the safety of his crease even as Kalu awaits the return•Jul 23, 2001•Leo de Lisle/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

The Lankans can barely contain their joy after winning a tight match against India•Jul 22, 2001•Manoj Ridimahaliyadda/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Ganguly picks out a pair of gloves in the Colombo heat•Jul 22, 2001•Leo de Lisle/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

12th man Badani looks on as Ganguly cools off during a lull•Jul 22, 2001•Leo de Lisle/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

The Indian skipper scampers across the wickets for a run•Jul 22, 2001•Leo de Lisle/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Muralitharan steps out to carve the ball through cover•Jul 22, 2001•Leo de Lisle/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

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India Innings

Player Name		R	B
AR Khurasiya	lbw	12	23
Yuvraj Singh	caught	12	17
VVS Laxman	caught	17	29
Harbhajan Singh	caught	1	6
SC Ganguly	caught	69	105
R Dravid	not out	49	81
RS Sodhi	bowled	19	20
V Sehwag	caught	12	14
SS Dighe	not out	11	11
Extras	(lb 1, nb 6, w 6)
Total	215(7 wkts; 50 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	7	1	22	1	3.14
ASA Perera	6	0	26	2	4.33 (2 nb)
CRD Fernando	7	0	29	1	4.14 (4 nb)
M Muralidaran	10	1	35	2	3.5
HDPK Dharmasena	10	0	46	0	4.6
ST Jayasuriya	7	0	44	0	6.28
RP Arnold	3	0	12	1	4

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	26	Amay Khurasiya	Yuvraj Singh
2nd	3	VVS Laxman	Amay Khurasiya
3rd	1	VVS Laxman	Harbhajan Singh
4th	41	Sourav Ganguly	VVS Laxman
5th	80	Sourav Ganguly	Rahul Dravid
6th	27	Rahul Dravid	Reetinder Sodhi
7th	22	Rahul Dravid	Virender Sehwag
8th	15	Rahul Dravid	Sameer Dighe

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Coca-Cola Cup (Sri Lanka)

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
SL	6	4	2	8	0.242
IND	6	3	3	6	-0.229
NZ	6	2	4	4	-0.012

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