Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marvan Atapattu	b Khan	39	79	108	6	0	49.36
Sanath Jayasuriya (c)	run out (Harvinder Singh/†Dighe/Prasad)	3	8	21	0	0	37.50
Kumar Sangakkara †	c Ramesh b Ganguly	31	51	79	4	0	60.78
Mahela Jayawardene	c †Dighe b Prasad	104	149	234	17	0	69.79
Russel Arnold	c Dravid b Khan	5	27	38	0	0	18.51
Hashan Tillakaratne	c †Dighe b Prasad	10	32	56	1	0	31.25
Suresh Perera	lbw b Ganguly	18	31	59	3	0	58.06
Chaminda Vaas	b Harvinder Singh	42	64	110	7	0	65.62
Muthiah Muralidaran	b Harvinder Singh	5	10	16	1	0	50.00
Dilhara Fernando	c †Dighe b Khan	4	24	16	1	0	16.66
Ruchira Perera	not out	0	1	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 7, nb 5, w 1)	13
Total	78.3 Ov (RR: 3.49, 374 Mins)	274
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 4.2 ov), 2-78 (Kumar Sangakkara, 22.2 ov), 3-82 (Marvan Atapattu, 23.3 ov), 4-101 (Russel Arnold, 31.4 ov), 5-138 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 43.2 ov), 6-189 (Suresh Perera, 56.3 ov), 7-232 (Mahela Jayawardene, 67.3 ov), 8-245 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 70.5 ov), 9-274 (Dilhara Fernando, 77.5 ov), 10-274 (Chaminda Vaas, 78.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Zaheer Khan	22	6	62	3	2.81	106	8	0	0	0
23.3 to MS Atapattu, . 82/3 31.4 to RP Arnold, . 101/4 77.5 to CRD Fernando, . 274/9
Harvinder Singh	14.3	1	62	2	4.27	64	12	0	0	0
70.5 to M Muralidaran, . 245/8 78.3 to WPUJC Vaas, . 274/10
Venkatesh Prasad	18	4	52	2	2.88	88	6	0	1	2
43.2 to HP Tillakaratne, . 138/5 67.3 to DPMD Jayawardene, . 232/7
Sourav Ganguly	17	5	69	2	4.05	79	12	0	0	3
22.2 to KC Sangakkara, . 78/2 56.3 to ASA Perera, . 189/6
Harbhajan Singh	7	1	22	0	3.14	31	2	0	0	0

India 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Shiv Sunder Das	lbw b Vaas	8	17	18	1	0	47.05
Sadagoppan Ramesh	c †Sangakkara b Fernando	47	95	152	5	0	49.47
Rahul Dravid	lbw b Vaas	15	19	33	3	0	78.94
Sourav Ganguly (c)	c Tillakaratne b PDRL Perera	18	18	30	2	0	100.00
Mohammad Kaif	c Atapattu b Fernando	17	44	58	2	0	38.63
Hemang Badani	c Fernando b PDRL Perera	16	52	76	1	0	30.76
Sameer Dighe †	lbw b Vaas	28	79	108	5	0	35.44
Harbhajan Singh	b Vaas	44	32	60	9	0	137.50
Zaheer Khan	c Tillakaratne b Muralidaran	0	19	13	0	0	0.00
Venkatesh Prasad	not out	1	15	25	0	0	6.66
Harvinder Singh	b Muralidaran	6	17	20	1	0	35.29
Extras	(lb 7, nb 23, w 2)	32
Total	64.1 Ov (RR: 3.61, 300 Mins)	232
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Shiv Sunder Das, 4.1 ov), 2-36 (Rahul Dravid, 10.1 ov), 3-68 (Sourav Ganguly, 15.2 ov), 4-120 (Mohammad Kaif, 28.6 ov), 5-123 (Sadagoppan Ramesh, 30.5 ov), 6-154 (Hemang Badani, 45.2 ov), 7-218 (Sameer Dighe, 55.2 ov), 8-223 (Zaheer Khan, 58.5 ov), 9-223 (Harbhajan Singh, 59.2 ov), 10-232 (Harvinder Singh, 64.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chaminda Vaas	21	3	65	4	3.09	102	6	0	0	13
4.1 to SS Das, . 11/1 10.1 to R Dravid, . 36/2 55.2 to SS Dighe, . 218/7 59.2 to Harbhajan Singh, . 223/9
Dilhara Fernando	14	2	66	2	4.71	65	10	0	0	8
28.6 to M Kaif, . 120/4 30.5 to S Ramesh, . 123/5
Ruchira Perera	7	2	23	2	3.28	33	4	0	0	0
15.2 to SC Ganguly, . 68/3 45.2 to HK Badani, . 154/6
Muthiah Muralidaran	20.1	5	62	2	3.07	92	8	0	0	1
58.5 to Z Khan, . 223/8 64.1 to Harvinder Singh, . 232/10
Suresh Perera	2	0	9	0	4.50	9	1	0	2	0

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marvan Atapattu	c †Dighe b Prasad	45	88	124	7	0	51.13
Sanath Jayasuriya (c)	b Khan	6	5	19	1	0	120.00
Kumar Sangakkara †	c †Dighe b Khan	13	46	62	1	0	28.26
Mahela Jayawardene	c Badani b Khan	25	55	80	3	0	45.45
Hashan Tillakaratne	lbw b Prasad	16	64	110	2	0	25.00
Russel Arnold	lbw b Khan	4	8	11	1	0	50.00
Suresh Perera	c Badani b Prasad	15	26	50	3	0	57.69
Chaminda Vaas	lbw b Prasad	4	14	20	0	0	28.57
Muthiah Muralidaran	c Ramesh b Harbhajan Singh	67	65	94	5	3	103.07
Dilhara Fernando	b Prasad	4	5	4	1	0	80.00
Ruchira Perera	not out	6	28	76	0	0	21.42
Extras	(b 4, lb 7, nb 5)	16
Total	66.3 Ov (RR: 3.32, 328 Mins)	221
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 4.2 ov), 2-52 (Kumar Sangakkara, 18.3 ov), 3-84 (Marvan Atapattu, 27.5 ov), 4-108 (Mahela Jayawardene, 34.5 ov), 5-116 (Russel Arnold, 36.5 ov), 6-137 (Suresh Perera, 47.3 ov), 7-140 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 49.1 ov), 8-153 (Chaminda Vaas, 51.1 ov), 9-157 (Dilhara Fernando, 51.6 ov), 10-221 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 66.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Zaheer Khan	23	4	76	4	3.30	106	9	0	0	0
4.2 to ST Jayasuriya, . 20/1 18.3 to KC Sangakkara, . 52/2 34.5 to DPMD Jayawardene, . 108/4 36.5 to RP Arnold, . 116/5
Harvinder Singh	8	1	25	0	3.12	36	3	0	0	1
Venkatesh Prasad	21	7	72	5	3.42	100	9	2	0	1
27.5 to MS Atapattu, . 84/3 47.3 to ASA Perera, . 137/6 49.1 to HP Tillakaratne, . 140/7 51.1 to WPUJC Vaas, . 153/8 51.6 to CRD Fernando, . 157/9
Sourav Ganguly	10	4	21	0	2.10	52	2	0	0	3
Harbhajan Singh	4.3	2	16	1	3.55	20	1	1	0	0
66.3 to M Muralidaran, . 221/10

India 2nd Innings (T: 264 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Shiv Sunder Das	b Muralidaran	19	61	85	2	0	31.14
Sadagoppan Ramesh	c Jayasuriya b Fernando	31	105	157	4	0	29.52
Rahul Dravid	c Arnold b Muralidaran	75	123	184	12	0	60.97
Sourav Ganguly (c)	not out	98	152	187	15	0	64.47
Mohammad Kaif	not out	19	43	76	2	0	44.18
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 16)	22
Total	78.4 Ov (RR: 3.35, 345 Mins)	264/3
Did not bat: Hemang Badani, Sameer Dighe †, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Harvinder Singh, Venkatesh Prasad
Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Shiv Sunder Das, 18.2 ov), 2-103 (Sadagoppan Ramesh, 35.4 ov), 3-194 (Rahul Dravid, 61.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chaminda Vaas	20.4	9	42	0	2.03	112	6	0	0	4
Dilhara Fernando	16	4	64	1	4.00	74	10	0	0	5
35.4 to S Ramesh, . 103/2
Ruchira Perera	9	2	26	0	2.88	42	2	0	0	1
Muthiah Muralidaran	25	2	96	2	3.84	101	13	0	0	1
18.2 to SS Das, . 42/1 61.5 to R Dravid, . 194/3
Sanath Jayasuriya	3	0	12	0	4.00	12	2	0	0	0
Suresh Perera	3	0	11	0	3.66	15	2	0	0	1
Russel Arnold	2	0	7	0	3.50	7	0	0	0	0

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Wed, 22 Aug - day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 274/9 (Chaminda Vaas 42*, Ruchira Perera 0*, 78 ov)

Thu, 23 Aug - day 2 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 52/1 (Marvan Atapattu 30*, Kumar Sangakkara 13*, 18 ov)

Fri, 24 Aug - day 3 - India 2nd innings 55/1 (Sadagoppan Ramesh 15*, Rahul Dravid 11*, 23 ov)

Sat, 25 Aug - day 4 - India 2nd innings 264/3 (78.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Sri Lanka 50 in 12.4 overs, 57 mins
At Lunch: Sri Lanka 82/3 in 23.3 overs, 108 mins (Jayawardene 4*)
Sri Lanka 100 in 31 overs, 143 mins
DPMD Jayawardene 50 off 111 mins, 72 balls, 10x4
Sri Lanka 150 in 45 overs, 213 mins
At Tea: Sri Lanka 167/5 in 52 overs, 240 mins (Jayawardene 61*, Perera 9*)
Sri Lanka 200 in 58.1 overs, 273 mins
DPMD Jayawardene 100 off 228 mins, 144 balls, 17x4
Sri Lanka 250 in 73.2 overs, 348 mins

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

India 100 in 34.2 overs, 152 mins
R Dravid 50 off 73 balls, 112 mins, 8x4
India 150 in 50.5 overs, 222 mins
At Lunch: India 151/2 in 51 overs, 223 mins (Dravid 59*, Ganguly 25*)
SC Ganguly 50 off 106 balls, 128 mins, 8x4
India 200 in 65.1 overs, 287 mins
India 250 in 75.4 overs, 331 mins

Match Details

Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
Toss	India, elected to field first
Series	India tour of Sri Lanka
Season	2001
Player Of The Match	Sourav Ganguly
Series result	3-match series level 1-1
Match number	Test no. 1557
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Steve Bucknor Tyron Wijewardene
TV Umpire	Gamini Silva
Match Referee	Cammie Smith

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India Innings

Player Name		R	B
SS Das	bowled	19	61
S Ramesh	caught	31	105
R Dravid	caught	75	123
SC Ganguly	not out	98	152
M Kaif	not out	19	43
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 16)
Total	264(3 wkts; 78.4 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	20.4	9	42	0	2.03 (4 nb)
CRD Fernando	16	4	64	1	4 (5 nb)
PDRL Perera	9	2	26	0	2.88 (1 nb)
M Muralidaran	25	2	96	2	3.84 (1 nb)
ST Jayasuriya	3	0	12	0	4
ASA Perera	3	0	11	0	3.66 (1 nb)
RP Arnold	2	0	7	0	3.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	42	Shiv Sunder Das	Sadagoppan Ramesh
2nd	61	Rahul Dravid	Sadagoppan Ramesh
3rd	91	Sourav Ganguly	Rahul Dravid
4th	70	Sourav Ganguly	Mohammad Kaif

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