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Asian Test Championship 1998/99

India vs Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka v India  |  Match drawn

Match Details
Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to field Series Asian Test Championship 1998/99
Umpires
RE Koertzen and RB Tiffin Match Date 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 Feb 1999
Match Referee CW Smith Ground Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Colombo
TV Umpire Saleem Badar    
Player of Match Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)    

India 1st Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Sadagoppan Ramesh c Arjuna Ranatunga b Mahela Jayawardene 143 317 214 18 0
2 VVS Laxman c Aravinda de Silva b Ruchira Perera 11 37 22 2 0
3 Rahul Dravid c Arjuna Ranatunga b Chandika Hathurusingha 107 314 218 12 0
4 Sachin Tendulkar c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Chaminda Vaas 53 94 54 10 0
5 Mohammad Azharuddin * c Chandika Hathurusingha b Russel Arnold 87 218 161 12 0
6 Sourav Ganguly c Ruwan Kalpage b Eric Upashantha 56 209 127 6 0
7 Nayan Mongia † c Aravinda de Silva b Russel Arnold 25 75 56 2 0
8 Anil Kumble not out 10 24 15 1 0
9 Venkatesh Prasad Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
10 Harbhajan Singh Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
11 Ashish Nehra Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
Extra b 5, lb 6, w 3, nb 12 26
Total 7 wickets; 142.5 overs; 518 3.63 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-20 ( VVS Laxman, 7.1 ) ;   2-252 ( Sadagoppan Ramesh, 71.3 ) ;   3-288 ( Rahul Dravid, 79.0 ) ;   4-351 ( Sachin Tendulkar, 90.1 ) ;   5-463 ( Mohammad Azharuddin, 125.3 ) ;   6-491 ( Sourav Ganguly, 136.3 ) ;   7-518 ( Nayan Mongia, 142.5 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Chaminda Vaas 31.0 5 108 1 0 1
Ruchira Perera 30.0 4 125 1 1 7
Eric Upashantha 28.0 3 94 1 1 1
Chandika Hathurusingha 18.0 3 51 1 1 2
Russel Arnold 24.5 2 94 2 0 0
Mahela Jayawardene 11.0 3 35 1 0 0

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Russel Arnold run out Rahul Dravid 34 120 93 5 1
2 Marvan Atapattu lbw Ashish Nehra 6 24 13 1 0
3 Mahela Jayawardene c & b Anil Kumble 242 677 465 30 2
4 Chandika Hathurusingha lbw Venkatesh Prasad 14 61 39 2 0
5 Aravinda de Silva b Harbhajan Singh 23 69 54 4 0
6 Arjuna Ranatunga * c Hrishikesh Kanitkar b Anil Kumble 66 176 113 8 0
7 Hashan Tillakaratne st Nayan Mongia b Harbhajan Singh 14 105 47 3 0
8 Romesh Kaluwitharana † b Harbhajan Singh 23 57 45 2 0
9 Chaminda Vaas c VVS Laxman b Anil Kumble 23 93 64 3 0
10 Eric Upashantha lbw Anil Kumble 6 22 17 1 0
11 Ruchira Perera not out 1 6 9 0 0
Extra b 1, lb 19, w 4, nb 9 33
Total 10 wickets; 159.1 overs; 485 3.05 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-18 ( Marvan Atapattu, 5.2 ) ;   2-93 ( Russel Arnold, 29.3 ) ;   3-129 ( Chandika Hathurusingha, 44.1 ) ;   4-178 ( Aravinda de Silva, 59.2 ) ;   5-354 ( Hashan Tillakaratne, 115.5 ) ;   6-390 ( Romesh Kaluwitharana, 131.2 ) ;   7-466 ( Chaminda Vaas, 153.2 ) ;   8-466 ( Arjuna Ranatunga, 153.3 ) ;   9-484 ( Eric Upashantha, 157.3 ) ;   10-485 ( Mahela Jayawardene, 159.1 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Venkatesh Prasad 31.0 6 94 1 1 0
Ashish Nehra 28.0 5 94 1 0 8
Anil Kumble 54.1 10 134 4 0 0
Harbhajan Singh 40.0 9 127 3 0 0
Sachin Tendulkar 5.0 0 16 0 0 0
Sourav Ganguly 1.0 1 0 0 0 0

India 2nd Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Sadagoppan Ramesh c Hashan Tillakaratne b Eric Upashantha 30 50 38 5 0
2 VVS Laxman lbw Eric Upashantha 25 111 63 3 0
3 Sourav Ganguly st Romesh Kaluwitharana b Aravinda de Silva 78 244 167 8 0
4 Sachin Tendulkar not out 124 308 235 10 1
5 Mohammad Azharuddin * c Russel Arnold b Aravinda de Silva 15 43 41 0 0
6 Anil Kumble c Chaminda Vaas b Russel Arnold 10 36 40 0 0
7 Venkatesh Prasad not out 9 43 52 1 0
8 Rahul Dravid Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
9 Harbhajan Singh Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ashish Nehra Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
11 Nayan Mongia † Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
Extra b 1, lb 3, w 2, nb 9 15
Total 5 wickets; 104.0 overs; 306 2.94 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-50 ( Sadagoppan Ramesh, 10.0 ) ;   2-74 ( VVS Laxman, 21.5 ) ;   3-213 ( Sourav Ganguly, 64.2 ) ;   4-253 ( Mohammad Azharuddin, 78.4 ) ;   5-283 ( Anil Kumble, 88.5 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Chaminda Vaas 18.0 3 58 0 0 0
Ruchira Perera 14.0 2 60 0 2 3
Eric Upashantha 15.0 2 41 2 0 1
Russel Arnold 23.4 4 54 1 0 0
Aravinda de Silva 18.2 2 59 2 0 2
Mahela Jayawardene 14.0 1 30 0 0 0
Hashan Tillakaratne 1.0 1 0 0 0 0