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Sri Lanka vs India, 1st Test at Colombo, Aug 02 1997 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT

1st Test, Colombo (RPS), August 02 - 06, 1997, India tour of Sri Lanka

537/8d

952/6d

Match drawn

Player Of The Match

Sanath Jayasuriya

, SL

3/45 & 340

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Player Name		R	B
ST Jayasuriya	caught	340	578
MS Atapattu	caught	26	31
RS Mahanama	lbw	225	561
PA de Silva	caught	126	211
A Ranatunga	run out	86	110
DPMD Jayawardene	caught	66	105
RS Kaluwitharana	not out	14	27
WPUJC Vaas	not out	11	24
Extras	(b 28, lb 9, nb 14, w 7)
Total	952(6 wkts; 271 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
BKV Prasad	24	1	88	0	3.66 (1 nb)
A Kuruvilla	14	2	74	0	5.28 (5 nb)
RK Chauhan	78	8	276	1	3.53 (9 nb)
A Kumble	72	7	223	1	3.09 (6 nb)
NM Kulkarni	70	12	195	1	2.78
SC Ganguly	9	0	53	2	5.88
SR Tendulkar	2	1	2	0	1
R Dravid	2	0	4	0	2

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	39	Marvan Atapattu	Sanath Jayasuriya
2nd	576	Roshan Mahanama	Sanath Jayasuriya
3rd	0	Aravinda de Silva	Sanath Jayasuriya
4th	175	Arjuna Ranatunga	Aravinda de Silva
5th	131	Aravinda de Silva	Mahela Jayawardene
6th	3	Aravinda de Silva	Romesh Kaluwitharana
7th	28	Romesh Kaluwitharana	Chaminda Vaas

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