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)
Stat #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Most 50s 1 Rahul Dravid 1 Arjuna Ranatunga 1 Mahela Jayawardene
Most Wickets 3 Sanath Jayasuriya 2 Muttiah Muralitharan 2 Ravindra Pushpakumara 2 Sourav Ganguly 1 Nilesh Kulkarni
Most Runs Conceed 276 Rajesh Chauhan 223 Anil Kumble 195 Nilesh Kulkarni 174 Muttiah Muralitharan 122 Jayantha Silva
Best Economy 1 Sachin Tendulkar 2 Rahul Dravid 2.5 Sanath Jayasuriya 2.68 Muttiah Muralitharan 2.79 Nilesh Kulkarni
Most Wickets 1 Rajesh Chauhan 1 Chaminda Vaas
Most Runs Conceed 88 Venkatesh Prasad
Best Bowling Fig 3 Sanath Jayasuriya 2 Muttiah Muralitharan 2 Ravindra Pushpakumara 2 Sourav Ganguly 1 Nilesh Kulkarni
Best Strike Rate 0.9 Abey Kuruvilla 0.84 Marvan Atapattu 0.78 Arjuna Ranatunga 0.63 Mohammad Azharuddin 0.63 Mahela Jayawardene
Best Averages 340 Sanath Jayasuriya 225 Roshan Mahanama 143 Sachin Tendulkar 126 Mohammad Azharuddin 126 Aravinda de Silva
Highest Score 340 Sanath Jayasuriya 225 Roshan Mahanama 143 Sachin Tendulkar
Best Average 15 Sanath Jayasuriya 26.5 Sourav Ganguly 48.5 Ravindra Pushpakumara 80 Chaminda Vaas 87 Muttiah Muralitharan
Highest Score 126 Mohammad Azharuddin 126 Aravinda de Silva 111 Navjot Sidhu
Best Strike Rate 0.59 Sanath Jayasuriya
Most Fours 36 Sanath Jayasuriya 27 Roshan Mahanama 20 Sachin Tendulkar 16 Aravinda de Silva 14 Arjuna Ranatunga
Best Averages 86 Arjuna Ranatunga 69 Rahul Dravid
Most 100s 1 Navjot Sidhu 1 Mohammad Azharuddin 1 Sachin Tendulkar 1 Aravinda de Silva
Best Economy 3 Mahela Jayawardene 3.1 Anil Kumble
Best Strike Rate 27 Sourav Ganguly 36 Sanath Jayasuriya 57.9 Ravindra Pushpakumara 138 Chaminda Vaas 195 Muttiah Muralitharan
Best Bowling Fig 1 Rajesh Chauhan 1 Chaminda Vaas
Most Not Outs 1 Anil Kumble 1 Romesh Kaluwitharana 1 Chaminda Vaas
Most Runs 340 Sanath Jayasuriya 225 Roshan Mahanama 143 Sachin Tendulkar 126 Mohammad Azharuddin 126 Aravinda de Silva
Most 100s 1 Roshan Mahanama 1 Sanath Jayasuriya
Worst Bowling Fig 276 Rajesh Chauhan 223 Anil Kumble 195 Nilesh Kulkarni 174 Muttiah Muralitharan 122 Jayantha Silva
Highest Score 86 Arjuna Ranatunga 69 Rahul Dravid
Most sixes 2 Navjot Sidhu 2 Sanath Jayasuriya 1 Abey Kuruvilla 1 Rajesh Chauhan
Most Runs 86 Arjuna Ranatunga 69 Rahul Dravid
Most Ducks 1 Sourav Ganguly
Best Average 223 Anil Kumble
Most Fours 11 Mohammad Azharuddin
Aravinda de Silva vs Anil Kumble
Dismissals 14
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 78.9
✔ Batsman advantage
Sachin Tendulkar vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 12
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 25.3
Balanced matchup
Sourav Ganguly vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 11
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 38.1
✔ Batsman advantage
Roshan Mahanama vs Anil Kumble
Dismissals 10
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 129.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Rahul Dravid vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 8
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 93.1
✔ Batsman advantage
Rahul Dravid vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 7
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 82.9
✔ Batsman advantage
Sachin Tendulkar vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 7
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 58.4
✔ Batsman advantage
Marvan Atapattu vs Anil Kumble
Dismissals 7
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 92.7
✔ Batsman advantage
Arjuna Ranatunga vs Anil Kumble
Dismissals 7
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 55.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Anil Kumble
Dismissals 7
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 51.9
✔ Batsman advantage
Mahela Jayawardene vs Anil Kumble
Dismissals 7
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 137.4
✔ Batsman advantage
Navjot Sidhu vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 110.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Mohammad Azharuddin vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 95.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Marvan Atapattu vs Chetan Chauhan
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 86.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Chetan Chauhan
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 154.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Aravinda de Silva vs Chetan Chauhan
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 66.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Chaminda Vaas vs Anil Kumble
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 28.3
Balanced matchup
Arjuna Ranatunga vs Chetan Chauhan
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 35.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Arjuna Ranatunga vs Sourav Ganguly
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 39.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Navjot Sidhu vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 36.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Mohammad Azharuddin vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 57.7
✔ Batsman advantage
Sachin Tendulkar vs Ravindra Pushpakumara
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 176.7
✔ Batsman advantage
Anil Kumble vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 17.3
Balanced matchup
Rajesh Chauhan vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 21.3
Balanced matchup
Nayan Mongia vs Ravindra Pushpakumara
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 27.5
Balanced matchup
Sourav Ganguly vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 38.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Sourav Ganguly vs Ravindra Pushpakumara
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 104.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Mohammad Azharuddin vs Ravindra Pushpakumara
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 61.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Aravinda de Silva vs Umesh Kulkarni
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 112.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Abey Kuruvilla vs Ravindra Pushpakumara
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 5.5
âš  Bowler dominance
Aravinda de Silva vs Sourav Ganguly
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 108.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Roshan Mahanama vs Umesh Kulkarni
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 49.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Roshan Mahanama vs Chetan Chauhan
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 131.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Mahela Jayawardene vs Sourav Ganguly
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 91.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Chaminda Vaas vs Sourav Ganguly
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 4.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Sourav Ganguly
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 161.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Romesh Kaluwitharana vs Chetan Chauhan
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 20.0
Balanced matchup
Romesh Kaluwitharana vs Anil Kumble
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 19.0
Balanced matchup
Arjuna Ranatunga vs Umesh Kulkarni
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 6.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Marvan Atapattu vs Umesh Kulkarni
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 31.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Umesh Kulkarni
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 52.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Anil Kumble vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 10.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Anil Kumble vs Ravindra Pushpakumara
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 8.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Abey Kuruvilla vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 4.0
âš  Bowler dominance