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India v Sri Lanka @ MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
2, 3, 4, 5, 6 December 2005 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: MR Benson, DJ Harper
Third Umpire: K Hariharan
Match Referee: CH Lloyd
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gautam Gambhir | b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 7 | 11 | - | - |
| 2. Virender Sehwag | c Marvan Atapattu b Chaminda Vaas | 36 | 28 | 43 | 7 | - |
| *3. Rahul Dravid | c Kumar Sangakkara b Chaminda Vaas | 32 | 105 | 142 | 3 | - |
| 4. Sachin Tendulkar | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 22 | 126 | 157 | 2 | - |
| 5. VVS Laxman | run out (Kumar Sangakkara > > ) | 5 | 43 | 64 | 1 | - |
| 6. Sourav Ganguly | c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Dilhara Fernando | 5 | 24 | 31 | 1 | - |
| +7. MS Dhoni | c Avishka Gunawardene b Malinga Bandara | 30 | 54 | 83 | 6 | - |
| 8. Irfan Pathan | c & b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 4 | 5 | - | - |
| 9. Ajit Agarkar | run out (Avishka Gunawardene > Kumar Sangakkara > ) | 4 | 16 | 19 | - | - |
| 10. Anil Kumble | c & b Chaminda Vaas | 9 | 35 | 37 | 1 | - |
| 11. Harbhajan Singh | not out | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-13 (Gautam Gambhir), 2-45 (Virender Sehwag), 3-97 (Rahul Dravid), 4-108 (Sachin Tendulkar), 5-109 (VVS Laxman), 6-117 (Sourav Ganguly), 7-118 (Irfan Pathan), 8-128 (Ajit Agarkar), 9-159 (Anil Kumble), 167 (MS Dhoni). |
| Extras | 12b, 2lb, 0w, 6nb, 0pen) 20 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 73.2 ovs, 303 mins) 167 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 21 | 14 | 20 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 16 | 4 | 58 | 1 | (0w,6nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 25 | 6 | 60 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Malinga Bandara | 11.2 | 6 | 15 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Avishka Gunawardene | c MS Dhoni b Irfan Pathan | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | - |
| +2. Kumar Sangakkara | lbw b Anil Kumble | 30 | 52 | 73 | 5 | - |
| 3. Mahela Jayawardene | c Gautam Gambhir b Anil Kumble | 71 | 80 | 119 | 14 | 1 |
| 4. Thilan Samaraweera | not out | 35 | 93 | 97 | 7 | - |
| *5. Marvan Atapattu | b Anil Kumble | 7 | 20 | 38 | 1 | - |
| 6. Tillakaratne Dilshan | not out | 8 | 14 | 14 | 1 | - |
| 7. Chaminda Vaas | ||||||
| 8. Malinga Bandara | ||||||
| 9. Dilhara Fernando | ||||||
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | ||||||
| 11. Jehan Mubarak |
| FOW | 1-5 (Avishka Gunawardene), 2-62 (Kumar Sangakkara), 3-124 (Mahela Jayawardene), 4-158 (Marvan Atapattu). |
| Extras | 0b, 0lb, 1w, 7nb, 5pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 43 ovs, 179 mins) 168 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Irfan Pathan | 7 | 0 | 43 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Ajit Agarkar | 10 | 3 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | (0w,2nb) |
| Harbhajan Singh | 9 | 2 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 15 | 3 | 41 | 3 | (0w,5nb) |
Squads
India:
Harbhajan Singh, Ajit Agarkar, Anil Kumble, Irfan Pathan, Sourav Ganguly, MS Dhoni, VVS Laxman, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Gautam Gambhir