India vs Sri Lanka, 1st Semi-Final at Kolkata, Mar 13 1996 - Match Result

RESULT

1st Semi-Final (D/N), Eden Gardens, March 13, 1996, Wills World Cup

251/8

(34.1/50 ov, T:252) 120/8

Sri Lanka won by default

Player Of The Match

Aravinda de Silva

, SL

66 (47) & 1/3

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Scorecard summary

Sri Lanka • 251/8(50 overs)

Aravinda de Silva

66 (47)

Javagal Srinath

3/34 (7)

Roshan Mahanama

58* (101)

Sachin Tendulkar

2/34 (10)

India • 120/8(34.1 overs)

Sachin Tendulkar

65 (88)

Sanath Jayasuriya

3/12 (7)

Sanjay Manjrekar

25 (48)

Aravinda de Silva

1/3 (2)

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Match details

Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Toss	India, elected to field first
Series	Wills World Cup
Season	1995/96
Player Of The Match	Aravinda de Silva
Series result	Sri Lanka advanced
Match number	ODI no. 1081
Match days	daynight (50-over match)
Umpires	Cyril Mitchley Steve Dunne
TV Umpire	Mahboob Shah
Match Referee	Clive Lloyd

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India Innings

Player Name		R	B
SR Tendulkar	stumped	65	88
NS Sidhu	caught	3	8
SV Manjrekar	bowled	25	48
M Azharuddin	caught	0	6
VG Kambli	not out	10	29
J Srinath	run out	6	6
A Jadeja	bowled	0	11
NR Mongia	caught	1	8
AR Kapoor	caught	0	1
A Kumble	not out	0	0
Extras	(lb 5, w 5)
Total	120(8 wkts; 34.1 ovs)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	8	Navjot Sidhu	Sachin Tendulkar
2nd	90	Sanjay Manjrekar	Sachin Tendulkar
3rd	1	Mohammad Azharuddin	Sanjay Manjrekar
4th	2	Sanjay Manjrekar	Vinod Kambli
5th	9	Javagal Srinath	Vinod Kambli
6th	5	Ajay Jadeja	Vinod Kambli
7th	5	Vinod Kambli	Nayan Mongia
8th	0	Vinod Kambli	Aashish Kapoor
9th	0	Anil Kumble	Vinod Kambli

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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