Asian Test Championship 1998/99
Sri Lanka v India: Sri Lanka vs India | Match drawn
| Toss | Sri Lanka, who chose to field | Tournament | Asian Test Championship 1998/99 |
| Umpires
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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 | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sadagoppan Ramesh | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Mahela Jayawardene | 143 | 317 | 214 | 18 | 0 | 66.82 |
| 2 | VVS Laxman | c Aravinda de Silva b Ruchira Perera | 11 | 37 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 |
| 3 | Rahul Dravid | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Chandika Hathurusingha | 107 | 314 | 218 | 12 | 0 | 49.08 |
| 4 | Sachin Tendulkar | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Chaminda Vaas | 53 | 94 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 98.15 |
| 5 | Mohammad Azharuddin * | c Chandika Hathurusingha b Russel Arnold | 87 | 218 | 161 | 12 | 0 | 54.04 |
| 6 | Sourav Ganguly | c Ruwan Kalpage b Eric Upashantha | 56 | 209 | 127 | 6 | 0 | 44.09 |
| 7 | Nayan Mongia † | c Aravinda de Silva b Russel Arnold | 25 | 75 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 44.64 |
| 8 | Anil Kumble | not out | 10 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 |
| 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 | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russel Arnold | run out Rahul Dravid | 34 | 120 | 93 | 5 | 1 | 36.56 |
| 2 | Marvan Atapattu | lbw Ashish Nehra | 6 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 46.15 |
| 3 | Mahela Jayawardene | c & b Anil Kumble | 242 | 677 | 465 | 30 | 2 | 52.04 |
| 4 | Chandika Hathurusingha | lbw Venkatesh Prasad | 14 | 61 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 35.90 |
| 5 | Aravinda de Silva | b Harbhajan Singh | 23 | 69 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 42.59 |
| 6 | Arjuna Ranatunga * | c Hrishikesh Kanitkar b Anil Kumble | 66 | 176 | 113 | 8 | 0 | 58.41 |
| 7 | Hashan Tillakaratne | st Nayan Mongia b Harbhajan Singh | 14 | 105 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 29.79 |
| 8 | Romesh Kaluwitharana † | b Harbhajan Singh | 23 | 57 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 51.11 |
| 9 | Chaminda Vaas | c VVS Laxman b Anil Kumble | 23 | 93 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 35.94 |
| 10 | Eric Upashantha | lbw Anil Kumble | 6 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 35.29 |
| 11 | Ruchira Perera | not out | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 |
| 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 | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sadagoppan Ramesh | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Eric Upashantha | 30 | 50 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 78.95 |
| 2 | VVS Laxman | lbw Eric Upashantha | 25 | 111 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 39.68 |
| 3 | Sourav Ganguly | st Romesh Kaluwitharana b Aravinda de Silva | 78 | 244 | 167 | 8 | 0 | 46.71 |
| 4 | Sachin Tendulkar | not out | 124 | 308 | 235 | 10 | 1 | 52.77 |
| 5 | Mohammad Azharuddin * | c Russel Arnold b Aravinda de Silva | 15 | 43 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 36.59 |
| 6 | Anil Kumble | c Chaminda Vaas b Russel Arnold | 10 | 36 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| 7 | Venkatesh Prasad | not out | 9 | 43 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 17.31 |
| 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 |

