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Sri Lanka v India @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
29, 30, 31 August 2001 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: EAR de Silva, DL Orchard
Third Umpire: TH Wijewardene
Match Referee: CW Smith
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by an innings and 77 runs
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Shiv Sunder Das | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 59 | 111 | 134 | 10 | - |
| 2. Sadagoppan Ramesh | c Mahela Jayawardene b Muttiah Muralitharan | 46 | 115 | 158 | 4 | - |
| 3. Rahul Dravid | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Muttiah Muralitharan | 36 | 85 | 129 | 2 | - |
| *4. Sourav Ganguly | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 1 | 9 | 10 | - | - |
| 5. Mohammad Kaif | c Kumar Sangakkara b Chaminda Vaas | 14 | 42 | 57 | 2 | - |
| 6. Hemang Badani | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Muttiah Muralitharan | 38 | 56 | 73 | 7 | - |
| +7. Sameer Dighe | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 8. Sairaj Bahutule | st Kumar Sangakkara b Muttiah Muralitharan | 18 | 42 | 69 | 2 | - |
| 9. Harbhajan Singh | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 2 | 4 | 7 | - | - |
| 10. Zaheer Khan | c Mahela Jayawardene b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| 11. Venkatesh Prasad | not out | 10 | 22 | 23 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-97 (Shiv Sunder Das), 2-115 (Sadagoppan Ramesh), 3-119 (Sourav Ganguly), 4-146 (Mohammad Kaif), 5-192 (Rahul Dravid), 6-192 (Sameer Dighe), 7-207 (Hemang Badani), 8-210 (Harbhajan Singh), 9-213 (Zaheer Khan), 234 (Sairaj Bahutule). |
| Extras | 2b, 3lb, 2w, 3nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 81.1 ovs) 234 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 24 | 7 | 60 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Dulip Liyanage | 9 | 2 | 32 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 12 | 2 | 38 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 34.1 | 9 | 87 | 8 | (0w,2nb) |
| Thilan Samaraweera | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marvan Atapattu | c Shiv Sunder Das b Harbhajan Singh | 108 | 228 | 310 | 11 | - |
| *2. Sanath Jayasuriya | b Venkatesh Prasad | 30 | 42 | 63 | 4 | - |
| +3. Kumar Sangakkara | c Hemang Badani b Venkatesh Prasad | 47 | 100 | 103 | 9 | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | lbw b Sairaj Bahutule | 139 | 216 | 339 | 14 | 1 |
| 5. Russel Arnold | b Venkatesh Prasad | 31 | 39 | 58 | 4 | - |
| 6. Dulip Liyanage | c Sameer Dighe b Harbhajan Singh | 3 | 17 | 23 | - | - |
| 7. Hashan Tillakaratne | not out | 136 | 214 | 316 | 16 | - |
| 8. Thilan Samaraweera | not out | 103 | 175 | 201 | 10 | - |
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | ||||||
| 10. Dilhara Fernando | ||||||
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan |
| FOW | 1-48 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-119 (Kumar Sangakkara), 3-252 (Marvan Atapattu), 4-310 (Russel Arnold), 5-321 (Dulip Liyanage), 6-416 (Mahela Jayawardene). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 4w, 5nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 171 ovs, 710 mins) 610 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Zaheer Khan | 27 | 3 | 134 | 0 | (1w,1nb) |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 34 | 8 | 101 | 3 | (2w,1nb) |
| Harbhajan Singh | 53.3 | 6 | 185 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 12.3 | 3 | 44 | 0 | (1w,1nb) |
| Sairaj Bahutule | 31 | 5 | 101 | 1 | (0w,2nb) |
| Hemang Badani | 8 | 2 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sadagoppan Ramesh | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Shiv Sunder Das | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Muttiah Muralitharan | 68 | 162 | 165 | 11 | - |
| 2. Sadagoppan Ramesh | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 55 | 164 | 229 | 4 | - |
| 3. Rahul Dravid | run out (Marvan Atapattu > > ) | 36 | 124 | 152 | 4 | - |
| *4. Sourav Ganguly | c Mahela Jayawardene b Thilan Samaraweera | 30 | 103 | 148 | 2 | 1 |
| 5. Mohammad Kaif | run out (Kumar Sangakkara > > ) | 5 | 30 | 31 | - | - |
| 6. Hemang Badani | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 11 | 66 | 75 | 1 | - |
| 7. Sairaj Bahutule | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| +8. Sameer Dighe | run out (Marvan Atapattu > > ) | 4 | 38 | 48 | - | - |
| 9. Harbhajan Singh | c Marvan Atapattu b Chaminda Vaas | 17 | 20 | 32 | 1 | 1 |
| 10. Zaheer Khan | c Marvan Atapattu b Muttiah Muralitharan | 45 | 40 | 44 | 5 | 2 |
| 11. Venkatesh Prasad | not out | 4 | 9 | 17 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-107 (Shiv Sunder Das), 2-147 (Sadagoppan Ramesh), 3-186 (Rahul Dravid), 4-196 (Mohammad Kaif), 5-210 (Sourav Ganguly), 6-211 (Sairaj Bahutule), 7-221 (Hemang Badani), 8-221 (Sameer Dighe), 9-269 (Harbhajan Singh), 299 (Zaheer Khan). |
| Extras | 8b, 5lb, 2w, 9nb, 0pen) 24 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 124.5 ovs, 478 mins) 299 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 27 | 9 | 62 | 2 | (0w,3nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 17 | 3 | 59 | 0 | (1w,3nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 46.5 | 17 | 109 | 3 | (0w,2nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 21 | 10 | 34 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dulip Liyanage | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Thilan Samaraweera | 8 | 4 | 10 | 1 | (1w,1nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Marvan Atapattu, Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Russel Arnold, Dulip Liyanage, Hashan Tillakaratne, Thilan Samaraweera, Chaminda Vaas, Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan