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Sri Lanka v India @ R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo
2,3,4,5,6 August 1997 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: KT Francis, SG Randell
Third Umpire: PT Manuel
Match Referee: JR Reid
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +1. Nayan Mongia | c Mahela Jayawardene b Ravindra Pushpakumara | 7 | 38 | 58 | - | - |
| 2. Navjot Sidhu | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Chaminda Vaas | 111 | 200 | 250 | 13 | 2 |
| 3. Rahul Dravid | c & b Sanath Jayasuriya | 69 | 197 | 250 | 10 | - |
| *4. Sachin Tendulkar | c Mahela Jayawardene b Muttiah Muralitharan | 143 | 247 | 292 | 20 | - |
| 5. Mohammad Azharuddin | c & b Muttiah Muralitharan | 126 | 199 | 290 | 11 | - |
| 6. Sourav Ganguly | c Roshan Mahanama b Sanath Jayasuriya | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| 7. Anil Kumble | not out | 27 | 76 | 111 | 2 | - |
| 8. Rajesh Chauhan | c Chaminda Vaas b Sanath Jayasuriya | 23 | 49 | 44 | 3 | 1 |
| 9. Abey Kuruvilla | c Marvan Atapattu b Ravindra Pushpakumara | 9 | 10 | 24 | - | 1 |
| 10. Nilesh Kulkarni | ||||||
| 11. Venkatesh Prasad |
| FOW | 1-36 (Nayan Mongia), 2-183 (Navjot Sidhu), 3-230 (Rahul Dravid), 4-451 (Sachin Tendulkar), 5-451 (Sourav Ganguly), 6-479 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 7-516 (Rajesh Chauhan), 8-537 (Abey Kuruvilla). |
| Extras | 10b, 0lb, 0w, 12nb, 0pen) 22 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 167.3 ovs) 537 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 23 | 5 | 80 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravindra Pushpakumara | 19.3 | 2 | 97 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 65 | 9 | 174 | 2 | (0w,8nb) |
| Jayantha Silva | 39 | 3 | 122 | 0 | (0w,8nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 18 | 3 | 45 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Marvan Atapattu | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Sourav Ganguly b Rajesh Chauhan | 340 | 578 | 799 | 36 | 2 |
| 2. Marvan Atapattu | c Nayan Mongia b Nilesh Kulkarni | 26 | 31 | 42 | 5 | - |
| 3. Roshan Mahanama | lbw b Anil Kumble | 225 | 561 | 753 | 27 | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Venkatesh Prasad b Sourav Ganguly | 126 | 211 | 293 | 16 | - |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | run out (Nayan Mongia > > ) | 86 | 110 | 150 | 14 | - |
| 6. Mahela Jayawardene | c Nilesh Kulkarni b Sourav Ganguly | 66 | 105 | 133 | 10 | - |
| +7. Romesh Kaluwitharana | not out | 14 | 27 | 42 | 1 | - |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | not out | 11 | 24 | 36 | - | - |
| 9. Ravindra Pushpakumara | ||||||
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | ||||||
| 11. Jayantha Silva |
| FOW | 1-39 (Marvan Atapattu), 2-615 (Roshan Mahanama), 3-615 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 4-790 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-921 (Mahela Jayawardene), 6-924 (Aravinda de Silva). |
| Extras | 28b, 9lb, 7w, 14nb, 0pen) 58 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 271 ovs) 952 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 24 | 1 | 88 | 0 | (1w,1nb) |
| Abey Kuruvilla | 14 | 2 | 74 | 0 | (0w,5nb) |
| Rajesh Chauhan | 78 | 8 | 276 | 1 | (3w,9nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 72 | 7 | 223 | 1 | (0w,6nb) |
| Nilesh Kulkarni | 70 | 12 | 195 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 9 | 0 | 53 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rahul Dravid | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Mahela Jayawardene, Arjuna Ranatunga, Aravinda de Silva, Roshan Mahanama, Marvan Atapattu, Sanath Jayasuriya, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Chaminda Vaas, Ravindra Pushpakumara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Jayantha Silva