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India v Zimbabwe @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
1 September 1996
Toss: India (field)
Umpires: BC Cooray, TM Samarasinghe
Third Umpire: SA Bucknor
Match Referee: JR Reid
Match Result: India won by 7 wickets
1st Innings
Zimbabwe
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Alistair Campbell | c Sachin Tendulkar b Venkatesh Prasad | 10 | 20 | 37 | 2 | - |
| 2. Paul Strang | st Nayan Mongia b Sunil Joshi | 19 | 35 | 58 | 3 | - |
| +3. Andy Flower | c Venkatesh Prasad b Anil Kumble | 78 | 115 | 148 | 3 | - |
| 4. Craig Evans | c Nayan Mongia b Sunil Joshi | 4 | 15 | 16 | - | - |
| 5. Grant Flower | b Anil Kumble | 26 | 44 | 51 | - | - |
| 6. Craig Wishart | c Sunil Joshi b Anil Kumble | 53 | 41 | 60 | 3 | 3 |
| 7. Guy Whittall | run out (Ajay Jadeja > ) | 1 | 4 | 7 | - | - |
| 8. Mark Dekker | c Anil Kumble b Javagal Srinath | 3 | 13 | 13 | - | - |
| 9. Heath Streak | b Anil Kumble | 2 | 7 | 10 | - | - |
| 10. Ali Shah | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Venkatesh Prasad | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | - |
| 11. Bryan Strang | not out | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-22 (Alistair Campbell), 2-50 (Paul Strang), 3-61 (Craig Evans), 4-117 (Grant Flower), 5-201 (Craig Wishart), 6-204 (Guy Whittall), 7-217 (Andy Flower), 8-218 (Mark Dekker), 9-220 (Heath Streak), 226 (Ali Shah). |
| Extras | 0b, 12lb, 9w, 2nb, 0pen) 23 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.4 ovs) 226 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Javagal Srinath | 10 | 2 | 42 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 7.4 | 0 | 42 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sunil Joshi | 10 | 1 | 37 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ajay Jadeja | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 10 | 2 | 33 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Ajay Jadeja | c Andy Flower b Craig Evans | 68 | 80 | 128 | 6 | 2 |
| *2. Sachin Tendulkar | c Bryan Strang b Heath Streak | 40 | 46 | 60 | 8 | - |
| 3. Sourav Ganguly | c Bryan Strang b Paul Strang | 36 | 52 | 59 | 3 | 1 |
| 4. Mohammad Azharuddin | not out | 40 | 54 | 65 | 5 | - |
| 5. Vinod Kambli | not out | 29 | 36 | 56 | 4 | - |
| 6. Rahul Dravid | ||||||
| +7. Nayan Mongia | ||||||
| 8. Anil Kumble | ||||||
| 9. Sunil Joshi | ||||||
| 10. Javagal Srinath | ||||||
| 11. Venkatesh Prasad |
| FOW | 1-91 (Sachin Tendulkar), 2-148 (Sourav Ganguly), 3-161 (Ajay Jadeja). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 9w, 6nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 3 wickets, 43.5 ovs) 229 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Heath Streak | 10 | 1 | 46 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bryan Strang | 7.5 | 0 | 52 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Strang | 10 | 0 | 72 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Guy Whittall | 9 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Grant Flower | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig Evans | 5 | 0 | 19 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
India:
Ajay Jadeja, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Mohammad Azharuddin, Vinod Kambli, Rahul Dravid, Nayan Mongia, Anil Kumble, Sunil Joshi, Javagal Srinath, Venkatesh Prasad