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Sri Lanka v India @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
30, 31 August, 1, 3, 4 September 1985 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: HC Felsinger, KT Francis
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Lalchand Rajput | c Amal Silva b Saliya Ahangama | 32 | - | 90 | - | - |
| 2. Kris Srikkanth | b Rumesh Ratnayake | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Mohammad Azharuddin | c Amal Silva b Saliya Ahangama | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Amal Silva b Ashantha de Mel | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Sunny Gavaskar | run out ( > > ) | 51 | - | 342 | - | - |
| 6. Ravi Shastri | c Amal Silva b Ashantha de Mel | 9 | - | 30 | - | - |
| *7. Kapil Dev | c Amal Silva b Ashantha de Mel | 36 | 0 | 24 | 7 | - |
| +8. Sadanand Viswanath | c Asoka de Silva b Ashantha de Mel | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Chetan Sharma | c Amal Silva b Ashantha de Mel | 38 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Gopal Sharma | not out | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Maninder Singh | lbw b Rumesh Ratnayake | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-19 (Kris Srikkanth), 2-30 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 3-47 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 4-49 (Lalchand Rajput), 5-65 (Ravi Shastri), 6-101 (Kapil Dev), 7-143 (Sadanand Viswanath), 8-202 (Chetan Sharma), 9-218 (Sunny Gavaskar), 218 (Maninder Singh). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 1w, 5nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 97.2 ovs) 218 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ashantha de Mel | 28 | 8 | 64 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 24.2 | 7 | 64 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Saliya Ahangama | 23 | 3 | 60 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Asoka de Silva | 12 | 5 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sidath Wettimuny | c Sadanand Viswanath b Chetan Sharma | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| +2. Amal Silva | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Chetan Sharma | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Ranjan Madugalle | c & b Maninder Singh | 103 | - | 403 | 10 | - |
| 4. Roy Dias | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Chetan Sharma | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| *5. Duleep Mendis | c Sunny Gavaskar b Maninder Singh | 51 | - | 130 | - | - |
| 6. Arjuna Ranatunga | b Ravi Shastri | 111 | - | 335 | - | 1 |
| 7. Aravinda de Silva | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Ravi Shastri | 33 | - | - | - | - |
| 8. Ashantha de Mel | c Sadanand Viswanath b Kapil Dev | 16 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 9. Rumesh Ratnayake | lbw b Kapil Dev | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Asoka de Silva | not out | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Saliya Ahangama | c Sadanand Viswanath b Kapil Dev | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-18 (Amal Silva), 2-29 (Sidath Wettimuny), 3-33 (Roy Dias), 4-118 (Duleep Mendis), 5-262 (Ranjan Madugalle), 6-317 (Aravinda de Silva), 7-342 (Ashantha de Mel), 8-346 (Rumesh Ratnayake), 9-346 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 347 (Saliya Ahangama). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 144.4 ovs) 347 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 30.4 | 8 | 74 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chetan Sharma | 25 | 3 | 81 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravi Shastri | 34 | 9 | 70 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Maninder Singh | 40 | 12 | 82 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gopal Sharma | 15 | 6 | 35 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Lalchand Rajput | c Amal Silva b Rumesh Ratnayake | 61 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Kris Srikkanth | c Amal Silva b Rumesh Ratnayake | 9 | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Mohammad Azharuddin | lbw b Saliya Ahangama | 16 | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Dilip Vengsarkar | not out | 98 | - | 405 | - | - |
| 5. Sunny Gavaskar | c Ashantha de Mel b Rumesh Ratnayake | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Ravi Shastri | lbw b Rumesh Ratnayake | 40 | - | - | - | - |
| *7. Kapil Dev | c sub b Rumesh Ratnayake | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| +8. Sadanand Viswanath | c Amal Silva b Rumesh Ratnayake | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Chetan Sharma | run out ( > > ) | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Gopal Sharma | lbw b Saliya Ahangama | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Maninder Singh | b Saliya Ahangama | 3 | - | 45 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-23 (Kris Srikkanth), 2-54 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 3-130 (Lalchand Rajput), 4-130 (Sunny Gavaskar), 5-188 (Ravi Shastri), 6-206 (Kapil Dev), 7-206 (Sadanand Viswanath), 8-220 (Chetan Sharma), 9-229 (Gopal Sharma), 251 (Maninder Singh). |
| Extras | 4b, 3lb, 0w, 6nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 119.3 ovs) 251 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ashantha de Mel | 30 | 3 | 84 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 41 | 10 | 85 | 6 | (0w,0nb) |
| Saliya Ahangama | 27.3 | 10 | 49 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Asoka de Silva | 15 | 6 | 20 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Aravinda de Silva | c Maninder Singh b Kapil Dev | 21 | - | - | - | 1 |
| *2. Duleep Mendis | c Kapil Dev b Chetan Sharma | 18 | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Roy Dias | c Kris Srikkanth b Kapil Dev | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Arjuna Ranatunga | run out ( > > ) | 15 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Ranjan Madugalle | not out | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| +6. Amal Silva | not out | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Sidath Wettimuny | ||||||
| 8. Ashantha de Mel | ||||||
| 9. Rumesh Ratnayake | ||||||
| 10. Asoka de Silva | ||||||
| 11. Saliya Ahangama |
| FOW | 1-38 (Aravinda de Silva), 2-39 (Roy Dias), 3-44 (Duleep Mendis), 4-58 (Arjuna Ranatunga). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 1 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 8 ovs) 61 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 4 | 0 | 36 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chetan Sharma | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Aravinda de Silva, Duleep Mendis, Roy Dias, Arjuna Ranatunga, Ranjan Madugalle, Amal Silva, Sidath Wettimuny, Ashantha de Mel, Rumesh Ratnayake, Asoka de Silva, Saliya Ahangama