Fri, 19 Jun 1998 - 00:00 – 1st • R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
India won by 8 wickets (with 38 balls remaining)
Sri LankaSri Lanka
243/6 (39.00)
IndiaIndia
246/2 (43.40)
Sri Lanka innigs
243/6 (39.00)
BatsmenRBM4s6sSRSeasonR4s6sAll timeR4s6s
Sanath Jayasuriya 
b Agarkar
1221201057.14 In 1998 Career
Romesh Kaluwitharana (WK)
c Agarkar b Harbhajan Singh
2934523085.29 In 1998 Career
Marvan Atapattu 
b Kumble
70891466078.65 In 1998 Career
Aravinda de Silva 
c Azharuddin b Agarkar
971191455181.51 In 1998 Career
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
c Azharuddin b Kumble
2533390075.75 In 1998 Career
Roshan Mahanama 
run out (Prasad/Kumble)
004000.00 In 1998 Career
Mahela Jayawardene 
not out
1240050.00 In 1998 Career
Kumar Dharmasena 
not out
22300100.00 In 1998 Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 5, w 1)
7
Total
243/6 50 Ov (RR: 4.86)
461757000285190.00

BowlerOMRWECO0s4s6sSeasonW0sBestAll timeW0sBest
Ajit Agarkar9.0003824.22000 In 1998 Career
Venkatesh Prasad7.0003204.57010 In 1998 Career
Harbhajan Singh10.0004514.50000 In 1998 Career
Robin Singh8.0003003.75000 In 1998 Career
Anil Kumble10.0005625.60000 In 1998 Career
Hrishikesh Kanitkar4.0011904.75000 In 1998 Career
Sachin Tendulkar2.0001708.50000 In 1998 Career
India innigs
246/2 (43.40)
BatsmenRBM4s6sSRSeasonR4s6sAll timeR4s6s
Sourav Ganguly 
c Jayawardene b Muralidaran
801141607170.17 In 1998 Career
Sachin Tendulkar 
c Atapattu b Muralidaran
65507990130.00 In 1998 Career
Mohammad Azharuddin (c)
not out
55811011167.90 In 1998 Career
Ajay Jadeja 
not out
22182111122.22 In 1998 Career
Extras
(lb 8, nb 2, w 14)
24
Total
246/2 43.4 Ov (RR: 5.63)
467449970342570.00

BowlerOMRWECO0s4s6sSeasonW0sBestAll timeW0sBest
Pramodya Wickramasinghe5.0003607.20010 In 1998 Career
Suresh Perera10.0005805.80060 In 1998 Career
Kumar Dharmasena9.4015705.89000 In 1998 Career
Muthiah Muralidaran10.0004824.80031 In 1998 Career
Sanath Jayasuriya9.0003904.33010 In 1998 Career