Sri Lanka vs India, 3rd Test at Colombo, Aug 29 2001 - Cricket Photos

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

Muttiah Muralitharan once again collected the Man of the Match award•Sep 03, 2001•AFP

A beaming Muralitharan, the shining star in the side•Sep 03, 2001•AFP

Prasad congratulates Muralitharan after the Sri Lankan win•Sep 03, 2001•AFP

It is joy unlimited for the Sri Lankan team as they pose for the images•Sep 03, 2001•AFP

A happy Sri Lankan team with the Coca-Cola Cup•Sep 03, 2001•AFP

Tony Greig and Sourav Ganguly in conversation at the presentation ceremony•Sep 02, 2001•Manoj Ridimahaliyadda/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Muralitharan is the proud winner of the Man of the Series award•Sep 02, 2001•Manoj Ridimahaliyadda/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Jayasuriya with the winner's cheque•Sep 02, 2001•Manoj Ridimahaliyadda/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

The Sri Lankan skipper holds the Coca-Cola Cup aloft•Sep 02, 2001•Manoj Ridimahaliyadda/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

The victorious Sri Lankan team with the Coca-Cola Cup•Sep 02, 2001•Manoj Ridimahaliyadda/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

The Sri Lankan fans had a lot to cheer about•Sep 03, 2001•AFP

The body language says a lot about the Indian side•Sep 03, 2001•AFP

Just not good enough to be the second best•Sep 03, 2001•AFP

It is all hugs and celebrations in the victorious Sri Lankan camp•Sep 03, 2001•AFP

Crestfallen Indian players after the Colombo Test•Sep 02, 2001•Manoj Ridimahaliyadda/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

The Coca-Cola Cup awaits the Test series winner•Sep 02, 2001•Manoj Ridimahaliyadda/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Muttiah Muralitharan: Man of the Match in the third Test match•Sep 02, 2001•Manoj Ridimahaliyadda/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Jayasuriya talks to Tony Greig after the Test win•Sep 02, 2001•Manoj Ridimahaliyadda/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Sanath Jayasuriya with the Coca-Cola Cup•Sep 02, 2001•Manoj Ridimahaliyadda/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Muttiah Muralitharan being interviewed by Tony Greig•Sep 02, 2001•Manoj Ridimahaliyadda/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

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India were unable to reverse a slide that had started last evening with the run out of Rahul Dravid and they lost their remaining four wickets within the first session to be bowled out for 299, still 77 runs short of making the home team bat again

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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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