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Fri, 19 Jun 1998 - 00:00 – 1st • R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
India won by 8 wickets (with 38 balls remaining)
Sri Lanka
243/6 (39.00)
India
246/2 (43.40)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Most 50s
Mohammad Azharuddin
1
Sachin Tendulkar
1
Sourav Ganguly
1
Aravinda de Silva
1
Marvan Atapattu
1
Most Runs Conceed
Suresh Perera
58
Kumar Dharmasena
57
Anil Kumble
56
Muttiah Muralitharan
48
Harbhajan Singh
45
Best Strike Rate
Sachin Tendulkar
1.300000
Ajay Jadeja
1.222222
Kumar Dharmasena
1.000000
Romesh Kaluwitharana
0.852941
Aravinda de Silva
0.815126
Best Economy
Robin Singh
3.750000
Ajit Agarkar
4.222222
Sanath Jayasuriya
4.333333
Harbhajan Singh
4.500000
Venkatesh Prasad
4.571428
Most Fours
Sachin Tendulkar
9
Sourav Ganguly
7
Marvan Atapattu
6
Aravinda de Silva
5
Romesh Kaluwitharana
3
Best Averages
Aravinda de Silva
97.000000
Sourav Ganguly
80.000000
Marvan Atapattu
70.000000
Sachin Tendulkar
65.000000
Romesh Kaluwitharana
29.000000
Most Runs
Aravinda de Silva
97
Sourav Ganguly
80
Marvan Atapattu
70
Sachin Tendulkar
65
Mohammad Azharuddin
55
Highest Score
Aravinda de Silva
97
Sourav Ganguly
80
Marvan Atapattu
70
Sachin Tendulkar
65
Mohammad Azharuddin
55
Most Runs Conceed
Sanath Jayasuriya
39
Ajit Agarkar
38
Best Bowling Fig
Anil Kumble
2
Ajit Agarkar
2
Muttiah Muralitharan
2
Harbhajan Singh
1
Most Not Outs
Mohammad Azharuddin
1
Ajay Jadeja
1
Kumar Dharmasena
1
Mahela Jayawardene
1
Best Averages
Arjuna Ranatunga
25.000000
Sanath Jayasuriya
12.000000
Worst Bowling Fig
Suresh Perera
58
Kumar Dharmasena
57
Anil Kumble
56
Muttiah Muralitharan
48
Harbhajan Singh
45
Sanath Jayasuriya
39
Ajit Agarkar
38
Most Runs
Romesh Kaluwitharana
29
Arjuna Ranatunga
25
Most Ducks
Roshan Mahanama
1
Best Economy
Hrishikesh Kanitkar
4.750000
Muttiah Muralitharan
4.800000
Best Strike Rate
Ajit Agarkar
27
Muttiah Muralitharan
30
Anil Kumble
30
Best Average
Ajit Agarkar
19.000000
Muttiah Muralitharan
24.000000
Anil Kumble
28.000000
Harbhajan Singh
45.000000
Most Wickets
Anil Kumble
2
Ajit Agarkar
2
Muttiah Muralitharan
2
Harbhajan Singh
1
Most Fours
Mohammad Azharuddin
1
Sanath Jayasuriya
1
Ajay Jadeja
1
Most Balls Faced
Aravinda de Silva
119
Sourav Ganguly
114
Marvan Atapattu
89
Mohammad Azharuddin
81
Sachin Tendulkar
50
Romesh Kaluwitharana
34
Arjuna Ranatunga
33
Best Strike Rate
Marvan Atapattu
0.786516
Arjuna Ranatunga
0.757575
Highest Score
Romesh Kaluwitharana
29
Arjuna Ranatunga
25
Most sixes
Mohammad Azharuddin
1
Ajay Jadeja
1
Sourav Ganguly
1
Best Strike Rate
Harbhajan Singh
60
Most sixes
Aravinda de Silva
1