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Sri Lanka vs India, Final at Colombo, Jul 07 1998 - Match Result

RESULT

Final (D/N), Colombo (RPS), July 07, 1998, Singer-Akai Nidahas Trophy

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India

307/6

Sri Lanka

(49.3/50 ov, T:308) 301

India won by 6 runs

Player Of The Match

Sachin Tendulkar

, IND

128 (131)

Player Of The Series

Aravinda de Silva

, SL

368 runs • 1 wkt

252

Tendulkar and Ganguly's 252-run partnership is IND's highest for the 1st wicket in ODIs, breaking the record of 188 between Ravi Shastri and Srikkanth

252

Tendulkar and Ganguly's 252-run partnership is the highest for the 1st wicket in ODIs, breaking the record of 225 between Chudasama and Otieno

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Scorecard summary

India • 307/6(50 overs)

128 (131)

2/42 (9)

109 (136)

1/51 (8)

Sri Lanka • 301/10(49.3 overs)

105 (94)

4/53 (10)

44 (49)

1/56 (10)

Match details

R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Toss	India, elected to bat first
Series	Singer-Akai Nidahas Trophy
Season	1998
Player Of The Match	Sachin Tendulkar
Player Of The Series	Aravinda de Silva
Series result	India won the 1998 Singer-Akai Nidahas Trophy
Match number	ODI no. 1344
Match days	daynight (50-over match)
Umpires	K.T.Francis Peter Manuel
TV Umpire	B.C. Cooray
Match Referee	Cammie Smith

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Sri Lanka Innings

Player Name		R	B
ST Jayasuriya	caught	32	25
RS Kaluwitharana	bowled	24	36
PA de Silva	caught	105	94
MS Atapattu	caught	39	51
A Ranatunga	caught	23	22
RS Mahanama	run out	44	49
UDU Chandana	bowled	4	9
HDPK Dharmasena	lbw	2	5
GP Wickramasinghe	run out	5	6
MRCN Bandaratilleke	run out	0	2
M Muralidaran	not out	1	3
Extras	(b 1, lb 15, nb 2, w 4)
Total	301(10 wkts; 49.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	R	W	Econ
AB Agarkar	10	53	4	5.3 (2 nb)
BKV Prasad	10	56	1	5.6 (1 nb)
A Kumble	9.3	57	1	6
Harbhajan Singh	10	57	1	5.7
RR Singh	5	25	0	5
HH Kanitkar	4	24	0	6
SR Tendulkar	1	13	0	13

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	59	Sanath Jayasuriya	Romesh Kaluwitharana
2nd	14	Aravinda de Silva	Romesh Kaluwitharana
3rd	87	Aravinda de Silva	Marvan Atapattu
4th	37	Arjuna Ranatunga	Aravinda de Silva
5th	75	Aravinda de Silva	Roshan Mahanama
6th	8	Roshan Mahanama	Upul Chandana
7th	7	Roshan Mahanama	Kumar Dharmasena
8th	8	Roshan Mahanama	Pramodya Wickramasinghe
9th	3	Pramodya Wickramasinghe	Niroshan Bandaratilleke
10th	3	Pramodya Wickramasinghe	Muthiah Muralidaran

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Singer-Akai Nidahas Trophy

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
SL	6	3	1	8	0.623
IND	6	1	1	6	0.320
NZ	6	0	2	4	-1.429

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