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Sri Lanka v India @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
24, 25, 26, 27, 28 February 1999 (five-day match)
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: RE Koertzen, RB Tiffin
Third Umpire: Saleem Badar
Match Referee: CW Smith
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sadagoppan Ramesh | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Mahela Jayawardene | 143 | 214 | 317 | 18 | - |
| 2. VVS Laxman | c Aravinda de Silva b Ruchira Perera | 11 | 22 | 37 | 2 | - |
| 3. Rahul Dravid | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Chandika Hathurusingha | 107 | 218 | 314 | 12 | - |
| 4. Sachin Tendulkar | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Chaminda Vaas | 53 | 54 | 94 | 10 | - |
| *5. Mohammad Azharuddin | c Chandika Hathurusingha b Russel Arnold | 87 | 161 | 218 | 12 | - |
| 6. Sourav Ganguly | c sub b Eric Upashantha | 56 | 127 | 209 | 6 | - |
| +7. Nayan Mongia | c Aravinda de Silva b Russel Arnold | 25 | 56 | 75 | 2 | - |
| 8. Anil Kumble | not out | 10 | 15 | 24 | 1 | - |
| 9. Venkatesh Prasad | ||||||
| 10. Harbhajan Singh | ||||||
| 11. Ashish Nehra |
| FOW | 1-20 (VVS Laxman), 2-252 (Sadagoppan Ramesh), 3-288 (Rahul Dravid), 4-351 (Sachin Tendulkar), 5-463 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 6-491 (Sourav Ganguly), 7-518 (Nayan Mongia). |
| Extras | 5b, 6lb, 3w, 12nb, 0pen) 26 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 142.5 ovs) 518 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 31 | 5 | 108 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Ruchira Perera | 30 | 4 | 125 | 1 | (1w,7nb) |
| Eric Upashantha | 28 | 3 | 94 | 1 | (1w,1nb) |
| Chandika Hathurusingha | 18 | 3 | 51 | 1 | (1w,2nb) |
| Russel Arnold | 24.5 | 2 | 94 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 11 | 3 | 35 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Russel Arnold | run out (Rahul Dravid > > ) | 34 | 93 | 120 | 5 | 1 |
| 2. Marvan Atapattu | lbw b Ashish Nehra | 6 | 13 | 24 | 1 | - |
| 3. Mahela Jayawardene | c & b Anil Kumble | 242 | 465 | 677 | 30 | 2 |
| 4. Chandika Hathurusingha | lbw b Venkatesh Prasad | 14 | 39 | 61 | 2 | - |
| 5. Aravinda de Silva | b Harbhajan Singh | 23 | 54 | 69 | 4 | - |
| *6. Arjuna Ranatunga | c sub b Anil Kumble | 66 | 113 | 176 | 8 | - |
| 7. Hashan Tillakaratne | st Nayan Mongia b Harbhajan Singh | 14 | 47 | 105 | 3 | - |
| +8. Romesh Kaluwitharana | b Harbhajan Singh | 23 | 45 | 57 | 2 | - |
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | c VVS Laxman b Anil Kumble | 23 | 64 | 93 | 3 | - |
| 10. Eric Upashantha | lbw b Anil Kumble | 6 | 17 | 22 | 1 | - |
| 11. Ruchira Perera | not out | 1 | 9 | 6 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-18 (Marvan Atapattu), 2-93 (Russel Arnold), 3-129 (Chandika Hathurusingha), 4-178 (Aravinda de Silva), 5-354 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 6-390 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 7-466 (Chaminda Vaas), 8-466 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 9-484 (Eric Upashantha), 485 (Mahela Jayawardene). |
| Extras | 1b, 19lb, 4w, 9nb, 0pen) 33 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 159.1 ovs) 485 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 31 | 6 | 94 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Ashish Nehra | 28 | 5 | 94 | 1 | (0w,8nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 54.1 | 10 | 134 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Harbhajan Singh | 40 | 9 | 127 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sadagoppan Ramesh | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Eric Upashantha | 30 | 38 | 50 | 5 | - |
| 2. VVS Laxman | lbw b Eric Upashantha | 25 | 63 | 111 | 3 | - |
| 3. Sourav Ganguly | st Romesh Kaluwitharana b Aravinda de Silva | 78 | 167 | 244 | 8 | - |
| 4. Sachin Tendulkar | not out | 124 | 235 | 308 | 10 | 1 |
| *5. Mohammad Azharuddin | c Russel Arnold b Aravinda de Silva | 15 | 41 | 43 | - | - |
| 6. Anil Kumble | c Chaminda Vaas b Russel Arnold | 10 | 40 | 36 | - | - |
| 7. Venkatesh Prasad | not out | 9 | 52 | 43 | 1 | - |
| 8. Rahul Dravid | ||||||
| +9. Nayan Mongia | ||||||
| 10. Harbhajan Singh | ||||||
| 11. Ashish Nehra |
| FOW | 1-50 (Sadagoppan Ramesh), 2-74 (VVS Laxman), 3-213 (Sourav Ganguly), 4-253 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 5-283 (Anil Kumble). |
| Extras | 1b, 3lb, 2w, 9nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 104 ovs) 306 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 18 | 3 | 58 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ruchira Perera | 14 | 2 | 60 | 0 | (2w,3nb) |
| Eric Upashantha | 15 | 2 | 41 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Russel Arnold | 23.4 | 4 | 54 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 18.2 | 2 | 59 | 2 | (0w,2nb) |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 14 | 1 | 30 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Hashan Tillakaratne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Russel Arnold, Marvan Atapattu, Mahela Jayawardene, Chandika Hathurusingha, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Hashan Tillakaratne, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Chaminda Vaas, Eric Upashantha, Ruchira Perera