Sri Lanka vs India, 3rd Test at Colombo, , Aug 29 2001 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT

3rd Test, Colombo (SSC), August 29 - September 02, 2001, India tour of Sri Lanka

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India

234 & 299

Sri Lanka

610/6d

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 77 runs

Player Of The Match

Muthiah Muralidaran

, SL

8/87 & 3/109

Player Of The Series

Muthiah Muralidaran

, SL

80 runs • 23 wkts

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IND 2nd Innings

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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

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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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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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