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)
Stat #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Most 50s 1 Mohammad Azharuddin 1 Sachin Tendulkar 1 Sourav Ganguly 1 Aravinda de Silva 1 Marvan Atapattu
Best Average 19 Ajit Agarkar 24 Muttiah Muralitharan 28 Anil Kumble
Best Bowling Fig 2 Anil Kumble 2 Ajit Agarkar 2 Muttiah Muralitharan
Most Runs Conceed 58 Suresh Perera 57 Kumar Dharmasena 56 Anil Kumble
Most Wickets 2 Anil Kumble 2 Ajit Agarkar 2 Muttiah Muralitharan
Most Runs Conceed 48 Muttiah Muralitharan 45 Harbhajan Singh 39 Sanath Jayasuriya
Best Economy 3.75 Robin Singh 4.22 Ajit Agarkar 4.33 Sanath Jayasuriya 4.5 Harbhajan Singh 4.57 Venkatesh Prasad
Most Runs 97 Aravinda de Silva 80 Sourav Ganguly 70 Marvan Atapattu 65 Sachin Tendulkar 55 Mohammad Azharuddin
Best Averages 97 Aravinda de Silva 80 Sourav Ganguly 70 Marvan Atapattu 65 Sachin Tendulkar 29 Romesh Kaluwitharana
Best Strike Rate 1.3 Sachin Tendulkar 1.22 Ajay Jadeja 1 Kumar Dharmasena 0.85 Romesh Kaluwitharana 0.82 Aravinda de Silva
Most Fours 9 Sachin Tendulkar 7 Sourav Ganguly 6 Marvan Atapattu 5 Aravinda de Silva 3 Romesh Kaluwitharana
Highest Score 97 Aravinda de Silva 80 Sourav Ganguly 70 Marvan Atapattu 65 Sachin Tendulkar 55 Mohammad Azharuddin
Best Bowling Fig 1 Harbhajan Singh
Most Not Outs 1 Mohammad Azharuddin 1 Ajay Jadeja
Most Runs Conceed 38 Ajit Agarkar
Most Wickets 1 Harbhajan Singh
Most Not Outs 1 Kumar Dharmasena 1 Mahela Jayawardene
Best Economy 4.8 Muttiah Muralitharan
Best Strike Rate 27 Ajit Agarkar 30 Muttiah Muralitharan
Best Average 45 Harbhajan Singh
Most Fours 1 Sanath Jayasuriya 1 Ajay Jadeja
Most Balls Faced 119 Aravinda de Silva 114 Sourav Ganguly 89 Marvan Atapattu 81 Mohammad Azharuddin 50 Sachin Tendulkar
Best Strike Rate 30 Anil Kumble 60 Harbhajan Singh
Best Strike Rate 0.76 Arjuna Ranatunga
Best Averages 12 Sanath Jayasuriya
Worst Bowling Fig 58 Suresh Perera 57 Kumar Dharmasena 56 Anil Kumble 48 Muttiah Muralitharan 45 Harbhajan Singh
Highest Score 25 Arjuna Ranatunga
Most sixes 1 Mohammad Azharuddin 1 Ajay Jadeja
Most Runs 25 Arjuna Ranatunga
Most Ducks 1 Roshan Mahanama
Worst Bowling Fig 39 Sanath Jayasuriya 38 Ajit Agarkar
Aravinda de Silva vs Anil Kumble
Dismissals 14
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 78.9
✔ Batsman advantage
Roshan Mahanama vs Anil Kumble
Dismissals 10
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 129.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Ajit Agarkar
Dismissals 10
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 30.9
✔ Batsman advantage
Mahela Jayawardene vs Anil Kumble
Dismissals 7
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 137.4
✔ Batsman advantage
Mahela Jayawardene vs Ajit Agarkar
Dismissals 7
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 49.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Anil Kumble
Dismissals 7
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 51.9
✔ 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
Romesh Kaluwitharana vs Ajit Agarkar
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 25.7
Balanced matchup
Marvan Atapattu vs Ajit Agarkar
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 14.6
⚠ Bowler dominance
Aravinda de Silva vs Ajit Agarkar
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 79.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Arjuna Ranatunga vs Ajit Agarkar
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 44.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Kumar Dharmasena vs Anil Kumble
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 39.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Romesh Kaluwitharana vs Anil Kumble
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 19.0
Balanced matchup
Roshan Mahanama vs Ajit Agarkar
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 1.0
⚠ Bowler dominance