India v Sri Lanka (1267)

a10877 o1267	India v Sri Lanka
	Sri Lanka in India 1997/98 (1st ODI)
Venue	Nehru Stadium, Guwahati on 22nd December 1997 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	India won the toss and decided to field
Result	India won by 7 wickets
Umpires	KS Giridharan, K Murali
Third umpire	S Banerjee
Referee	AM Ebrahim
Man of the Match	RR Singh

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Sri Lanka innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s ST Jayasuriya c Jadeja b Mohanty 1 7 12 - - MS Atapattu c Mongia b Mohanty 8 21 40 1 - RS Mahanama c Jadeja b Singh 68 115 165 1 1 PA de Silva c Chauhan b Mohanty 4 12 19 - - *A Ranatunga c Singh b Ganguly 27 45 68 1 - +RS Kaluwitharana c Bahutule b Singh 23 33 29 3 - HDPK Dharmasena c Bahutule b Singh 9 12 11 - - UDU Chandana lbw b Singh 4 7 9 1 - WPUJC Vaas not out 7 13 16 - - M Muralitharan b Singh 1 4 6 - - KSC de Silva not out 3 3 4 - - Extras (9 lb, 2 nb, 6 w) 17 Total (9 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs) 172 Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Jayasuriya, 1.5 ov), 2-22 (Atapattu, 7.5 ov), 3-30 (PA de Silva, 11.5 ov), 4-92 (Ranatunga, 27.1 ov), 5-133 (Kaluwitharana, 35.6 ov), 6-152 (Dharmasena, 39.3 ov), 7-156 (Mahanama, 41.2 ov), 8-161 (Chandana, 41.6 ov), 9-167 (Muralitharan, 43.5 ov) India bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Srinath 9 4 16 0 1 1 Mohanty 9 1 31 3 - 1 Chauhan 7 0 30 0 - - Ganguly 6 0 31 1 - - Bahutule 9 0 33 0 1 - Singh 5 0 22 5 1 - India innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s SC Ganguly b Vaas 12 31 43 - - AD Jadeja run out (Kaluwitharana) 7 15 28 1 - NS Sidhu c Atapattu b Muralitharan 36 50 72 4 - *SR Tendulkar not out 82 86 110 6 - M Azharuddin not out 28 46 52 3 - RR Singh did not bat +NR Mongia did not bat SV Bahutule did not bat J Srinath did not bat RK Chauhan did not bat DS Mohanty did not bat Extras (1 lb, 1 nb, 6 w) 8 Total (3 wickets, 37.5 overs) 173 Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Jadeja, 5.4 ov), 2-26 (Ganguly, 8.3 ov), 3-94 (Sidhu, 22.5 ov) Sri Lanka bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Vaas 7 1 19 1 1 - KSC de Silva 7.5 0 31 0 2 1 Dharmasena 5 0 24 0 - - Muralitharan 7 0 49 1 3 - Jayasuriya 8 0 29 0 - - Chandana 3 0 20 0 - -

Notes
--> The match was reduced before play started to 45 overs per side
--> India innings limited to 43 overs due to their slow over rate
--> RS Mahanama passed 4500 runs in ODIs when he reached 11
--> SV Bahutule made his debut in ODIs
--> RR Singh achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ListA Matches when he dismissed UDU Chandana in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 3-13)
--> RR Singh achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODIs when he dismissed UDU Chandana in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 3-13)
--> SC Ganguly reached 50 wickets in ListA Matches when he dismissed A Ranatunga, his 1st wicket in the Sri Lanka innings

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Early morning fog and mist delayed the play by 45 minutes.