Sat, 02 Aug - Wed, 06 Aug 1997 - 00:00 – 1st Test • R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Match drawn
Sri LankaSri Lanka
537/10 (31.10)
IndiaIndia
478/1 (20.00)
India innigs
478/1 (20.00)
BatsmenRBM4s6sSRSeasonR4s6sAll timeR4s6s
Nayan Mongia (WK)
c Jayawardene b Pushpakumara
738580018.42 In 1997 Career
Navjot Sidhu 
c †Kaluwitharana b Vaas
11120025013255.50 In 1997 Career
Rahul Dravid 
c & b Jayasuriya
6919725010035.02 In 1997 Career
Sachin Tendulkar (c)
c Jayawardene b Muralidaran
14324729220057.89 In 1997 Career
Mohammad Azharuddin 
c & b Muralidaran
12619929011063.31 In 1997 Career
Sourav Ganguly 
c Mahanama b Jayasuriya
055000.00 In 1997 Career
Anil Kumble 
not out
27761112035.52 In 1997 Career
Rajesh Chauhan 
c Vaas b Jayasuriya
2349443146.93 In 1997 Career
Abey Kuruvilla 
c Atapattu b Pushpakumara
910240190.00 In 1997 Career
Extras
(b 10, nb 12)
22
Total
537/8d 167.3 Ov (RR: 3.20)
102031939901121760.00

BowlerOMRWECO0s4s6sSeasonW0sBestAll timeW0sBest
Chaminda Vaas23.0058013.47000 In 1997 Career
Ravindra Pushpakumara19.3029724.97000 In 1997 Career
Mahela Jayawardene2.000603.00000 In 1997 Career
Muthiah Muralidaran65.00917422.67008 In 1997 Career
Jayantha Silva39.00312203.12008 In 1997 Career
Sanath Jayasuriya18.0034532.50000 In 1997 Career
Marvan Atapattu1.000303.00000 In 1997 Career
Sri Lanka innigs
537/10 (31.10)
BatsmenRBM4s6sSRSeasonR4s6sAll timeR4s6s
Sanath Jayasuriya 
c Ganguly b Chauhan
34057879936258.82 In 1997 Career
Marvan Atapattu 
c †Mongia b Kulkarni
2631425083.87 In 1997 Career
Roshan Mahanama 
lbw b Kumble
22556175327040.10 In 1997 Career
Aravinda de Silva 
c Prasad b Ganguly
12621129316059.71 In 1997 Career
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
run out (sub [A Jadeja]/†Mongia)
8611015014078.18 In 1997 Career
Mahela Jayawardene 
c Kulkarni b Ganguly
6610513310062.85 In 1997 Career
Romesh Kaluwitharana (WK)
not out
1427421051.85 In 1997 Career
Chaminda Vaas 
not out
1124360045.83 In 1997 Career
Extras
(b 28, lb 9, nb 14, w 7)
58
Total
952/6d 271 Ov (RR: 3.51)
180883129302071380.00

BowlerOMRWECO0s4s6sSeasonW0sBestAll timeW0sBest
Venkatesh Prasad24.0018803.66011 In 1997 Career
Abey Kuruvilla14.0027405.28005 In 1997 Career
Rajesh Chauhan78.00827613.53039 In 1997 Career
Anil Kumble72.00722313.09006 In 1997 Career
Nilesh Kulkarni70.001219512.78000 In 1997 Career
Sourav Ganguly9.0005325.88000 In 1997 Career
Sachin Tendulkar2.001201.00000 In 1997 Career
Rahul Dravid2.000402.00000 In 1997 Career
India innigs

Sri Lanka innigs