BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya (c)	c Khurasiya b Harbhajan Singh	57	72	101	5	1	79.16

Romesh Kaluwitharana †	c Sodhi b Yuvraj Singh	46	97	120	3	0	47.42

Marvan Atapattu	c Sodhi b Sehwag	34	52	47	0	0	65.38

Mahela Jayawardene	c †Dighe b Badani	5	11	13	0	0	45.45
Chaminda Vaas	c Laxman b Harbhajan Singh	5	10	21	0	0	50.00

Russel Arnold	c Yuvraj Singh b Nehra	11	17	22	0	0	64.70

Suresh Perera	b Khan	4	11	13	0	0	36.36

Kumar Sangakkara	run out (Dravid/†Dighe)	2	6	15	0	0	33.33

Kumar Dharmasena	c †Dighe b Khan	1	3	5	0	0	33.33

Muthiah Muralidaran	b Nehra	2	4	3	0	0	50.00

Dilhara Fernando	not out	1	3	4	0	0	33.33
Extras	(lb 10, nb 5)	15
TOTAL	46.5 Ov (RR: 3.90, 187 Mts)	183
Fall of wickets: 1-103 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 24.2 ov), 2-128 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 30.5 ov), 3-143 (Mahela Jayawardene, 35.1 ov), 4-160 (Marvan Atapattu, 39.1 ov), 5-166 (Chaminda Vaas, 40.5 ov), 6-177 (Suresh Perera, 43.6 ov), 7-177 (Russel Arnold, 44.1 ov), 8-178 (Kumar Dharmasena, 45.2 ov), 9-181 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 46.1 ov), 10-183 (Kumar Sangakkara, 46.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Zaheer Khan	8	0	30	2	3.75	30	2	0	0	1
43.6 to ASA Perera, a yorker! one of those Zaheer Khan special! right on the base of the off stump, BOWLED!. 177/6 45.2 to HDPK Dharmasena, back of a length and outside the off, slanted away, Dharmasena tries to run the ball to third man, big edge through to the keeper and another Lankan wicket goes down. 178/8
Ashish Nehra	7.5	0	31	2	3.95	34	3	1	0	4
44.1 to RP Arnold, Nehra brought into the attack, bowls one short, goes for the cut, hits it straight to Yuvraj, thank you says the fielder, Arnold has to make the long walk back. 177/7 46.1 to M Muralidaran, fires it in full, has a wild swipe at it, Murali knows best to attack, defence is not his strength, Nehra wins, you miss, I hit, clean bowled!. 181/9
Harbhajan Singh	10	1	32	2	3.20	38	1	0	0	0
24.2 to ST Jayasuriya, short of a length, kicking up a little, Jayasuriya goes one knee down and tries to heave it over mid-wicket, gets a top edge, straight down the throat of Khurasiya at mid-wicket. 103/1 40.5 to WPUJC Vaas, Vaas tries to force the issue, goes for a big sweep shot, top edges, goes straight to Laxman, makes no mistake. 166/5
Reetinder Sodhi	3	0	13	0	4.33	10	1	0	0	0
Virender Sehwag	10	0	40	1	4.00	28	1	0	0	0
39.1 to MS Atapattu, gives the charge and plays it inthe air, straight to Sodhi, easy catch to Sodhi. 160/4
Yuvraj Singh	6	1	20	1	3.33	17	0	0	0	0
30.5 to RS Kaluwitharana, gives the charge, hits it in the air, straight to Sodhi in the covers, he doesn'y any of this, Kalu has to walk back, this has been patchy effort from Kaluwitharana. 128/2
Hemang Badani	2	0	7	1	3.50	7	0	0	0	0
35.1 to DPMD Jayawardene, . 143/3

India INNINGS (Target: 184 runs from 50 overs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Amay Khurasiya	b Vaas	0	2	1	0	0	0.00

Virender Sehwag	c Sangakkara b Dharmasena	27	41	60	5	0	65.85

VVS Laxman	not out	87	127	176	10	0	68.50
Rahul Dravid (c)	c †Kaluwitharana b Vaas	43	79	86	3	0	54.43

Hemang Badani	not out	11	27	30	0	0	40.74
Extras	(lb 5, nb 2, w 9)	16
TOTAL	45.4 Ov (RR: 4.02, 178 Mts)	184/3
Did not bat: Yuvraj Singh, Reetinder Sodhi, Sameer Dighe †, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Amay Khurasiya, 0.2 ov), 2-67 (Virender Sehwag, 13.3 ov), 3-151 (Rahul Dravid, 37.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chaminda Vaas	10	1	47	2	4.70	43	8	0	2	1
0.2 to AR Khurasiya, good length delivery on off stump, Khurasiya walks across and offers a nothing shot, ball goes right through his defense, Khurasiya fails again, out for a duck!. 1/1 37.1 to R Dravid, pitched on a good length, seaming away with the angle, Dravid hangs his bat at it, gets an edge, Kalu does the rest. 151/3
Suresh Perera	2	0	12	0	6.00	8	2	0	2	0
Dilhara Fernando	6	1	25	0	4.16	23	2	0	1	1
Muthiah Muralidaran	10	3	28	0	2.80	43	3	0	2	0
Kumar Dharmasena	10	0	36	1	3.60	29	1	0	1	0
13.3 to V Sehwag, comes down the track to heave the ball over midon, but straight to Sangakkara at mid on, another wicket falls for India. 67/2
Sanath Jayasuriya	5	0	22	0	4.40	15	1	0	1	0
Russel Arnold	2.4	0	9	0	3.37	10	1	0	0	0

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MATCH DETAILS

R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Toss	Sri Lanka, elected to bat first
Series	Coca-Cola Cup (Sri Lanka) India tour of Sri Lanka
Season	2001
Player Of The Match	VVS Laxman
Match number	ODI no. 1740
Match days	day (50-over match)
Umpires	Asoka de Silva Peter Manuel
TV Umpire	Gamini Silva
Match Referee	Cammie Smith
Points	India 2, Sri Lanka 0

MATCH NOTES

4th Umpire: LV Jayasundara
Sri Lankan innings:
Sri Lanka 50 in 9.1 overs, 45 mins
ST Jayasuriya 50 off 91 mins, 62 balls, 5x5, 1x6
Sri Lanka 100 in 23.2 overs, 97 mins
Sri Lanka 150 in 37 overs, 141 mins
Indian innings:
India 50 in 11 overs, 49 mins
India 100 in 23.4 overs, 98 mins
VVS Laxman 50 off 111 mins, 80 balls, 6x4
India 150 in 36.2 overs, 145 mins

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India Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
AR Khurasiya	bowled	0	2
V Sehwag	caught	27	41
VVS Laxman	not out	87	127
R Dravid	caught	43	79
HK Badani	not out	11	27
Extras	(lb 5, nb 2, w 9)
Total	184(3 wkts; 45.4 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	10	1	47	2	4.7 (1 nb)
ASA Perera	2	0	12	0	6
CRD Fernando	6	1	25	0	4.16 (1 nb)
M Muralidaran	10	3	28	0	2.8
HDPK Dharmasena	10	0	36	1	3.6
ST Jayasuriya	5	0	22	0	4.4
RP Arnold	2.4	0	9	0	3.37

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	1	Amay Khurasiya	Virender Sehwag
2nd	66	VVS Laxman	Virender Sehwag
3rd	84	Rahul Dravid	VVS Laxman
4th	33	VVS Laxman	Hemang Badani

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Coca-Cola Cup (Sri Lanka)

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

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