Pepsi Asia Cup 1997
Final: Sri Lanka vs India | Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
| Toss | India, who chose to bat | Tournament | Pepsi Asia Cup 1997 |
| Umpires
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Mohammad Nazir and Saleem Badar | Match Date | 26 Jul 1997 |
| Match Referee | JR Reid | Ground | R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium, Colombo |
| TV Umpire | Mohammad Asghar | ||
| Player of Match | Marvan Atapattu (Sri Lanka) |
India Innings |
R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sourav Ganguly | c Aravinda de Silva b Kumar Dharmasena | 34 | 86 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 61.82 |
| 2 | Navjot Sidhu | c Muttiah Muralitharan b Sajeewa de Silva | 10 | 44 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| 3 | Rahul Dravid | c Roshan Mahanama b Chaminda Vaas | 7 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 58.33 |
| 4 | Sachin Tendulkar * | c Ruwan Kalpage b Muttiah Muralitharan | 53 | 109 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 79.10 |
| 5 | Mohammad Azharuddin | c Muttiah Muralitharan b Kumar Dharmasena | 81 | 110 | 102 | 1 | 2 | 79.41 |
| 6 | Ajay Jadeja | run out Lanka de Silva | 22 | 39 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 91.67 |
| 7 | Robin Singh | c Aravinda de Silva b Chaminda Vaas | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 180.00 |
| 8 | Anil Kumble | not out | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 140.00 |
| 9 | Saba Karim † | not out | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 10 | Nilesh Kulkarni | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Venkatesh Prasad | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extra | b 1, lb 8, w 5, nb 1 | 15 | ||||||
| Total | 7 wickets; 50.0 overs; | 239 | 4.78 runs per over | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-32 ( Navjot Sidhu, 0.0 ) ; 2-51 ( Rahul Dravid, 0.0 ) ; 3-59 ( Sourav Ganguly, 0.0 ) ; 4-168 ( Sachin Tendulkar, 0.0 ) ; 5-215 ( Mohammad Azharuddin, 0.0 ) ; 6-225 ( Robin Singh, 0.0 ) ; 7-234 ( Ajay Jadeja, 0.0 )
Bowling |
Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaminda Vaas | 8.0 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sajeewa de Silva | 9.0 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10.0 | 1 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10.0 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 10.0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ruwan Kalpage | 3.0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka Innings |
R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanath Jayasuriya | c Navjot Sidhu b Nilesh Kulkarni | 63 | 91 | 52 | 7 | 2 | 121.15 |
| 2 | Marvan Atapattu | not out | 84 | 169 | 101 | 6 | 1 | 83.17 |
| 3 | Aravinda de Silva | c & b Sourav Ganguly | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 4 | Arjuna Ranatunga * | not out | 62 | 70 | 66 | 5 | 3 | 93.94 |
| 5 | Roshan Mahanama | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Lanka de Silva † | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Ruwan Kalpage | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Kumar Dharmasena | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Chaminda Vaas | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Muttiah Muralitharan | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Sajeewa de Silva | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extra | lb 10, w 13, nb 2 | 25 | ||||||
| Total | 2 wickets; 36.5 overs; | 240 | 6.52 runs per over | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-137 ( Sanath Jayasuriya, 0.0 ) ; 2-144 ( Aravinda de Silva, 0.0 )
Bowling |
Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venkatesh Prasad | 4.0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Robin Singh | 3.0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Anil Kumble | 8.0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Sachin Tendulkar * | 3.0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nilesh Kulkarni | 10.0 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 5.0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Rahul Dravid | 2.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ajay Jadeja | 1.5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
