India vs Sri Lanka, 24th Match at Delhi, Mar 02 1996 - Match Result

RESULT

24th Match, Delhi, March 02, 1996, Wills World Cup

271/3

(48.4/50 ov, T:272) 272/4

Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match

Sanath Jayasuriya

, SL

79 (76)

Ranatunga has become the top scorer for SL in ODIs with 4967 runs, going past de Silva's 4941

Azharuddin has scored 34 fifty-plus scores in ODIs for IND, the most, breaking Navjot Sidhu's record

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Scorecard summary

India • 271/3(50 overs)

Sachin Tendulkar

137 (137)

Kumar Dharmasena

1/53 (9)

Mohammad Azharuddin

72* (80)

Ravindra Pushpakumara

1/53 (8)

Sri Lanka • 272/4(48.4 overs)

Sanath Jayasuriya

79 (76)

2/39 (10)

Hashan Tillakaratne

70* (98)

Venkatesh Prasad

1/53 (10)

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Match details

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Toss	Sri Lanka, elected to field first
Series	Wills World Cup
Season	1995/96
Player Of The Match	Sanath Jayasuriya
Match number	ODI no. 1070
Match days	day (50-over match)
Umpires	Cyril Mitchley Ian Robinson
TV Umpire	Ikram Rabbani
Match Referee	John Reid
Points	Sri Lanka 2, India 0

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Sri Lanka Innings

Player Name		R	B
ST Jayasuriya	caught	79	76
RS Kaluwitharana	caught	26	16
AP Gurusinha	run out	25	27
PA de Silva	stumped	8	14
A Ranatunga	not out	46	63
HP Tillakaratne	not out	70	98
Extras	(b 4, lb 9, nb 2, w 3)
Total	272(4 wkts; 48.4 ovs)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	53	Sanath Jayasuriya	Romesh Kaluwitharana
2nd	76	Asanka Gurusinha	Sanath Jayasuriya
3rd	8	Aravinda de Silva	Sanath Jayasuriya
4th	4	Arjuna Ranatunga	Aravinda de Silva
5th	131	Arjuna Ranatunga	Hashan Tillakaratne

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Wills World Cup

Group A

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
SL	5	5	0	10	1.607
AUS	5	3	2	6	0.903
IND	5	3	2	6	0.452
WI	5	2	3	4	-0.134
ZIM	5	1	4	2	-0.939
KENYA	5	1	4	2	-1.007

Group B

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
SA	5	5	0	10	2.043
PAK	5	4	1	8	0.961
NZ	5	3	2	6	0.552
ENG	5	2	3	4	0.079
UAE	5	1	4	2	-1.830
NED	5	0	5	0	-1.923