a10883 o1267	India v Sri Lanka
	Sri Lanka in India 1997/98 (1st ODI)
Venue	Nehru Stadium, Guwahati on 22nd December 1997 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	India won the toss and decided to field
Result	India won by 7 wickets
Umpires	KS Giridharan, K Murali
TV umpire	S Banerjee
Referee	AM Ebrahim
Player of the Match	RR Singh

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
ST Jayasuriya	c Jadeja b Mohanty	1	7	12	-	-	14.29
MS Atapattu	c Mongia b Mohanty	8	21	40	1	-	38.10
RS Mahanama	c Jadeja b Singh	68	115	165	1	1	59.13
PA de Silva	c Chauhan b Mohanty	4	12	19	-	-	33.33
*A Ranatunga	c Singh b Ganguly	27	45	68	1	-	60.00
+RS Kaluwitharana	c Bahutule b Singh	23	33	29	3	-	69.70
HDPK Dharmasena	c Bahutule b Singh	9	12	11	-	-	75.00
UDU Chandana	lbw b Singh	4	7	9	1	-	57.14
WPUJC Vaas	not out	7	13	16	-	-	53.85
M Muralitharan	b Singh	1	4	6	-	-	25.00
KSC de Silva	not out	3	3	4	-	-	100.00
Extras	(9 lb, 2 nb, 6 w)	17
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Jayasuriya, 1.5 ov), 2-22 (Atapattu, 7.5 ov), 3-30 (PA de Silva, 11.5 ov), 4-92 (Ranatunga, 27.1 ov), 5-133 (Kaluwitharana, 35.6 ov), 6-152 (Dharmasena, 39.3 ov), 7-156 (Mahanama, 41.2 ov), 8-161 (Chandana, 41.6 ov), 9-167 (Muralitharan, 43.5 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Srinath	9	4	16	0	1	1	-	1.78
Mohanty	9	1	31	3	-	1	18.00	3.44
Chauhan	7	0	30	0	-	-	-	4.29
Ganguly	6	0	31	1	-	-	36.00	5.17
Bahutule	9	0	33	0	1	-	-	3.67
Singh	5	0	22	5	1	-	6.00	4.40

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India innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
SC Ganguly	b Vaas	12	31	43	-	-	38.71
AD Jadeja	run out (Kaluwitharana)	7	15	28	1	-	46.67
NS Sidhu	c Atapattu b Muralitharan	36	50	72	4	-	72.00
*SR Tendulkar	not out	82	86	110	6	-	95.35
M Azharuddin	not out	28	46	52	3	-	60.87
RR Singh	did not bat
+NR Mongia	did not bat
SV Bahutule	did not bat
J Srinath	did not bat
RK Chauhan	did not bat
DS Mohanty	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb, 6 w)	8
Total	(3 wickets, 37.5 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (Jadeja, 5.4 ov), 2-26 (Ganguly, 8.3 ov), 3-94 (Sidhu, 22.5 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Vaas	7	1	19	1	1	-	42.00	2.71
KSC de Silva	7.5	0	31	0	2	1	-	3.96
Dharmasena	5	0	24	0	-	-	-	4.80
Muralitharan	7	0	49	1	3	-	42.00	7.00
Jayasuriya	8	0	29	0	-	-	-	3.62
Chandana	3	0	20	0	-	-	-	6.67

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Notes
--> The match was reduced before play started to 45 overs per side
--> India innings limited to 43 overs due to their slow over rate
--> SV Bahutule made his debut in ODI matches
--> RS Mahanama passed 4500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 11
--> SV Bahutule made his debut for India in List A matches
--> UDU Chandana made his debut in India in List A matches
--> UDU Chandana made his debut in India in ODI matches
--> DS Mohanty made his debut in India in ODI matches
--> RR Singh achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches when he dismissed UDU Chandana in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 3-13)
--> RR Singh achieved his first five wickets in an innings in List A matches in the Sri Lanka innings
--> RR Singh achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches when he dismissed UDU Chandana in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 3-13)
--> RR Singh achieved his first five wickets in an innings in ODI matches in the Sri Lanka innings
--> SC Ganguly reached 50 wickets in List A matches when he dismissed A Ranatunga, his 1st wicket in the Sri Lanka innings

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Early morning fog and mist delayed the play by 45 minutes.

 

 

 

 

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