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India v Sri Lanka @ Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
10, 11, 12, 13, 14 December 2005 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: Nadeem Ghauri, SJA Taufel
Third Umpire: AV Jayaprakash
Match Referee: CH Lloyd
Match Result: India won by 188 runs
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gautam Gambhir | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| *2. Rahul Dravid | c Jehan Mubarak b Muttiah Muralitharan | 24 | 43 | 62 | 5 | - |
| 3. VVS Laxman | c Kumar Sangakkara b Muttiah Muralitharan | 69 | 117 | 175 | 12 | - |
| 4. Sachin Tendulkar | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 109 | 196 | 310 | 14 | 1 |
| 5. Sourav Ganguly | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 40 | 129 | 182 | 4 | - |
| 6. Yuvraj Singh | c Jehan Mubarak b Malinga Bandara | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| +7. MS Dhoni | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 5 | 12 | 19 | 1 | - |
| 8. Irfan Pathan | c Jehan Mubarak b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| 9. Ajit Agarkar | not out | 14 | 35 | 49 | 1 | - |
| 10. Anil Kumble | b Malinga Bandara | 8 | 14 | 11 | 1 | - |
| 11. Harbhajan Singh | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 7 | 22 | 24 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-2 (Gautam Gambhir), 2-56 (Rahul Dravid), 3-133 (VVS Laxman), 4-254 (Sourav Ganguly), 5-255 (Yuvraj Singh), 6-255 (Sachin Tendulkar), 7-255 (Irfan Pathan), 8-260 (MS Dhoni), 9-271 (Anil Kumble), 290 (Harbhajan Singh). |
| Extras | 4b, 8lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 96.4 ovs, 432 mins) 290 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 22 | 5 | 77 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 18 | 5 | 43 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 38.4 | 8 | 100 | 7 | (0w,0nb) |
| Malinga Bandara | 17 | 1 | 54 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Avishka Gunawardene | lbw b Irfan Pathan | 25 | 73 | 93 | 5 | - |
| *2. Marvan Atapattu | c Gautam Gambhir b Anil Kumble | 88 | 202 | 275 | 11 | - |
| +3. Kumar Sangakkara | c Anil Kumble b Irfan Pathan | 3 | 9 | 8 | - | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | lbw b Anil Kumble | 60 | 103 | 125 | 9 | - |
| 5. Thilan Samaraweera | b Anil Kumble | 1 | 7 | 8 | - | - |
| 6. Tillakaratne Dilshan | lbw b Anil Kumble | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 7. Jehan Mubarak | not out | 29 | 65 | 88 | 5 | - |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | c Harbhajan Singh b Anil Kumble | 2 | 9 | 7 | - | - |
| 9. Malinga Bandara | b Irfan Pathan | 1 | 8 | 9 | - | - |
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | b Anil Kumble | 9 | 7 | 13 | - | 1 |
| 11. Dilhara Fernando | c Sourav Ganguly b Harbhajan Singh | 0 | 18 | 20 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-54 (Avishka Gunawardene), 2-62 (Kumar Sangakkara), 3-175 (Mahela Jayawardene), 4-179 (Thilan Samaraweera), 5-179 (Tillakaratne Dilshan), 6-198 (Marvan Atapattu), 7-200 (Chaminda Vaas), 8-204 (Malinga Bandara), 9-219 (Muttiah Muralitharan), 230 (Dilhara Fernando). |
| Extras | 4b, 2lb, 0w, 1nb, 5pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 83.3 ovs, 333 mins) 230 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Irfan Pathan | 22 | 8 | 34 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ajit Agarkar | 16 | 4 | 40 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 28 | 6 | 72 | 6 | (0w,1nb) |
| Harbhajan Singh | 15.3 | 0 | 67 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gautam Gambhir | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 3 | 5 | 9 | - | - |
| 2. Irfan Pathan | c Kumar Sangakkara b Dilhara Fernando | 93 | 143 | 207 | 10 | 2 |
| 3. VVS Laxman | c Kumar Sangakkara b Chaminda Vaas | 11 | 38 | 55 | 1 | - |
| 4. Sachin Tendulkar | lbw b Malinga Bandara | 16 | 28 | 42 | 3 | - |
| *5. Rahul Dravid | run out (Mahela Jayawardene > > ) | 53 | 89 | 118 | 6 | - |
| 6. Sourav Ganguly | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 39 | 115 | 166 | 3 | - |
| 7. Yuvraj Singh | not out | 77 | 168 | 225 | 10 | - |
| +8. MS Dhoni | not out | 51 | 51 | 83 | 5 | 2 |
| 9. Ajit Agarkar | ||||||
| 10. Anil Kumble | ||||||
| 11. Harbhajan Singh |
| FOW | 1-12 (Gautam Gambhir), 2-42 (VVS Laxman), 3-86 (Sachin Tendulkar), 4-178 (Irfan Pathan), 5-190 (Rahul Dravid), 6-271 (Sourav Ganguly). |
| Extras | 9b, 16lb, 0w, 7nb, 0pen) 32 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 105 ovs, 460 mins) 375 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 21 | 4 | 65 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 38 | 5 | 118 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 22 | 5 | 75 | 1 | (0w,5nb) |
| Malinga Bandara | 20 | 2 | 74 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Avishka Gunawardene | lbw b Irfan Pathan | 9 | 20 | 27 | 2 | - |
| *2. Marvan Atapattu | c & b Anil Kumble | 67 | 129 | 182 | 11 | - |
| +3. Kumar Sangakkara | c MS Dhoni b Ajit Agarkar | 33 | 89 | 119 | 5 | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | c Gautam Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh | 67 | 164 | 205 | 7 | - |
| 5. Malinga Bandara | lbw b Anil Kumble | 0 | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| 6. Thilan Samaraweera | c Rahul Dravid b Harbhajan Singh | 0 | 14 | 17 | - | - |
| 7. Jehan Mubarak | lbw b Ajit Agarkar | 3 | 26 | 23 | - | - |
| 8. Tillakaratne Dilshan | b Anil Kumble | 32 | 65 | 81 | 6 | - |
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | c Harbhajan Singh b Anil Kumble | 17 | 36 | 47 | 3 | - |
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | c MS Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh | 2 | 4 | 8 | - | - |
| 11. Dilhara Fernando | not out | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-30 (Avishka Gunawardene), 2-109 (Kumar Sangakkara), 3-119 (Marvan Atapattu), 4-119 (Malinga Bandara), 5-123 (Thilan Samaraweera), 6-131 (Jehan Mubarak), 7-199 (Tillakaratne Dilshan), 8-243 (Mahela Jayawardene), 9-243 (Chaminda Vaas), 247 (Muttiah Muralitharan). |
| Extras | 2b, 7lb, 0w, 6nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 91.2 ovs, 365 mins) 247 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Irfan Pathan | 14 | 2 | 38 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ajit Agarkar | 16 | 4 | 45 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 36 | 7 | 85 | 4 | (0w,5nb) |
| Harbhajan Singh | 25.2 | 5 | 70 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
India:
Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble, Ajit Agarkar, Irfan Pathan, MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid, Gautam Gambhir