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Sat, 26 Jul 1997 - 00:00 – Final • R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets (with 79 balls remaining)
Sri Lanka
239/7 (43.00)
India
240/2 (36.50)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Most 50s
Mohammad Azharuddin
1
Sachin Tendulkar
1
Arjuna Ranatunga
1
Marvan Atapattu
1
Sanath Jayasuriya
1
Best Average
Chaminda Vaas
16.000000
Sourav Ganguly
25.000000
Kumar Dharmasena
27.000000
Muttiah Muralitharan
38.000000
Sajeewa de Silva
44.000000
Most Runs Conceed
Anil Kumble
54
Kumar Dharmasena
54
Nilesh Kulkarni
48
Sanath Jayasuriya
46
Sajeewa de Silva
44
Venkatesh Prasad
43
Muttiah Muralitharan
38
Best Bowling Fig
Kumar Dharmasena
2
Chaminda Vaas
2
Sajeewa de Silva
1
Muttiah Muralitharan
1
Most Wickets
Kumar Dharmasena
2
Chaminda Vaas
2
Sajeewa de Silva
1
Muttiah Muralitharan
1
Sourav Ganguly
1
Best Economy
Rahul Dravid
3.000000
Muttiah Muralitharan
3.800000
Chaminda Vaas
4.000000
Sanath Jayasuriya
4.600000
Most Wickets
Nilesh Kulkarni
1
Best Bowling Fig
Sourav Ganguly
1
Nilesh Kulkarni
1
Most Not Outs
Anil Kumble
1
Saba Karim
1
Arjuna Ranatunga
1
Marvan Atapattu
1
Best Economy
Nilesh Kulkarni
4.800000
Sajeewa de Silva
4.888888
Sourav Ganguly
5.000000
Best Strike Rate
Chaminda Vaas
24
Sourav Ganguly
30
Best Average
Nilesh Kulkarni
48.000000
Highest Score
Marvan Atapattu
84
Mohammad Azharuddin
81
Sanath Jayasuriya
63
Arjuna Ranatunga
62
Sachin Tendulkar
53
Most Runs
Marvan Atapattu
84
Mohammad Azharuddin
81
Sanath Jayasuriya
63
Arjuna Ranatunga
62
Sachin Tendulkar
53
Best Averages
Mohammad Azharuddin
81.000000
Sanath Jayasuriya
63.000000
Sachin Tendulkar
53.000000
Sourav Ganguly
34.000000
Ajay Jadeja
22.000000
Best Strike Rate
Kumar Dharmasena
30
Sajeewa de Silva
54
Nilesh Kulkarni
60
Muttiah Muralitharan
60
Best Strike Rate
Robin Singh
1.800000
Anil Kumble
1.400000
Sanath Jayasuriya
1.211538
Aravinda de Silva
1.000000
Saba Karim
1.000000
Arjuna Ranatunga
0.939393
Ajay Jadeja
0.916666
Most Runs
Sourav Ganguly
34
Ajay Jadeja
22
Most Fours
Sanath Jayasuriya
7
Marvan Atapattu
6
Arjuna Ranatunga
5
Sourav Ganguly
5
Sachin Tendulkar
2
Mohammad Azharuddin
1
Robin Singh
1
Best Averages
Navjot Sidhu
10.000000
Robin Singh
9.000000
Worst Bowling Fig
Anil Kumble
54
Kumar Dharmasena
54
Nilesh Kulkarni
48
Sanath Jayasuriya
46
Sajeewa de Silva
44
Venkatesh Prasad
43
Muttiah Muralitharan
38
Highest Score
Sourav Ganguly
34
Ajay Jadeja
22
Most sixes
Arjuna Ranatunga
3
Sanath Jayasuriya
2
Mohammad Azharuddin
2
Marvan Atapattu
1
Most Balls Faced
Mohammad Azharuddin
102
Marvan Atapattu
101
Sachin Tendulkar
67
Arjuna Ranatunga
66
Sourav Ganguly
55
Sanath Jayasuriya
52
Navjot Sidhu
30