f43376 t1387	India v Sri Lanka
	Sri Lanka in India 1997/98 (2nd Test)
Venue	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur on 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th November 1997 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	India won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	CJ Mitchley, VK Ramaswamy
TV umpire	PS Godbole
Referee	RB Simpson
Close of play day 1	India (1) 133/1 (Sidhu 64*, Dravid 47*; 41 overs)
Close of play day 2	India (1) 401/5 (Ganguly 67*, Kumble 42*; 131 overs)
Close of play day 3	India (1) 485 all out
Close of play day 4	No play

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+NR Mongia	c Muralitharan b Pushpakumara	11	17	18	2	-
NS Sidhu	c Atapattu b Vaas	79	162	214	13	1
RS Dravid	c Atapattu b Vaas	92	221	330	10	1
*SR Tendulkar	b Pushpakumara	15	20	38	1	1
M Azharuddin	lbw b Pushpakumara	62	121	139	6	-
SC Ganguly	c Tillakaratne b Pushpakumara	99	188	309	13	-
A Kumble	run out (Ranatunga)	78	191	219	8	-
J Srinath	lbw b Jayasuriya	11	11	13	1	-
RK Chauhan	c Vaas b Jayasuriya	1	13	18	-	-
A Kuruvilla	lbw b Pushpakumara	0	1	5	-	-
NM Kulkarni	not out	1	4	3	-	-
Extras	(8 b, 13 lb, 12 nb, 3 w)	36
Total	(all out, 155 overs)	485
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Mongia), 2-152 (Sidhu), 3-182 (Tendulkar), 4-272 (Dravid), 5-303 (Azharuddin), 6-462 (Kumble), 7-476 (Srinath), 8-484 (Chauhan), 9-484 (Ganguly), 10-485 (Kuruvilla)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vaas	31	3	80	2	-	3
Pushpakumara	32	3	122	5	-	6
KJ Silva	28	6	81	0	1	2
Muralitharan	46	9	137	0	-	7
Ranatunga	1	0	8	0	-	-
Jayasuriya	16	4	32	2	-	-
Atapattu	1	0	4	0	2	-

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Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ST Jayasuriya	did not bat
MS Atapattu	did not bat
RS Mahanama	did not bat
PA de Silva	did not bat
*A Ranatunga	did not bat
HP Tillakaratne	did not bat
+SKL de Silva	did not bat
WPUJC Vaas	did not bat
KR Pushpakumara	did not bat
M Muralitharan	did not bat
KJ Silva	did not bat

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> A Kumble (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> KR Pushpakumara made his debut in India in Test matches
--> KJ Silva made his debut in India in Test matches
--> NM Kulkarni made his debut in India in Test matches

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There were 3 interruptions after 1, 5.1 and 6.1 overs. There was a thunderstorm after the 6.1 over, resulting in play resuming only at the scheduled post-tea session. Play was extended after the scheduled close of play. Bad light ended the day after 41 overs. Day 3
Indian innings ended 5 minutes before the scheduled lunch. There was no play after that due to persistent drizzle.

 

 

 

 

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