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Test no. 1557

India in Sri Lanka Test Series - 2nd Test
Sri Lanka v India

2001 season

Played at Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, on 22,23,24,25 August 2001 (5-day match)

Result India won by 7 wickets


Sri Lanka 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MS Atapattu	b Khan	39	108	79	6	0	49.36
	ST Jayasuriya	run out (Harvinder Singh/Dighe/Prasad)	3	21	8	0	0	37.50
	KC Sangakkara	c Ramesh b Ganguly	31	79	51	4	0	60.78
	DPMD Jayawardene	c Dighe b Prasad	104	234	149	17	0	69.79
	RP Arnold	c Dravid b Khan	5	38	27	0	0	18.51
	HP Tillakaratne	c Dighe b Prasad	10	56	32	1	0	31.25
	ASA Perera	lbw b Ganguly	18	59	31	3	0	58.06
	WPUJC Vaas	b Harvinder Singh	42	110	64	7	0	65.62
	M Muralitharan	b Harvinder Singh	5	16	10	1	0	50.00
	CRD Fernando	c Dighe b Khan	4	16	24	1	0	16.66
	PDRL Perera	not out	0	4	1	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(lb 7, w 1, nb 5)	13

	Total	(all out; 78.3 overs; 374 mins)	274	(3.49 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-18 (Jayasuriya, 4.2 ov), 2-78 (Sangakkara, 22.2 ov), 3-82 (Atapattu, 23.3 ov), 4-101 (Arnold, 31.4 ov), 5-138 (Tillakaratne, 43.2 ov), 6-189 (ASA Perera, 56.3 ov), 7-232 (Jayawardene, 67.3 ov), 8-245 (Muralitharan, 70.5 ov), 9-274 (Fernando, 77.5 ov), 10-274 (Vaas, 78.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	22	6	62	3	2.81
Harvinder Singh	14.3	1	62	2	4.27
BKV Prasad	18	4	52	2	2.88	(2nb, 1w)
SC Ganguly	17	5	69	2	4.05	(3nb)
Harbhajan Singh	7	1	22	0	3.14


India 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SS Das	lbw b Vaas	8	18	17	1	0	47.05
	S Ramesh	c Sangakkara b Fernando	47	152	95	5	0	49.47
	R Dravid	lbw b Vaas	15	33	19	3	0	78.94
	SC Ganguly	c Tillakaratne b PDRL Perera	18	30	18	2	0	100.00
	M Kaif	c Atapattu b Fernando	17	58	44	2	0	38.63
	HK Badani	c Fernando b PDRL Perera	16	76	52	1	0	30.76
	SS Dighe	lbw b Vaas	28	108	79	5	0	35.44
	Harbhajan Singh	b Vaas	44	60	32	9	0	137.50
	Z Khan	c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan	0	13	19	0	0	0.00
	BKV Prasad	not out	1	25	15	0	0	6.66
	Harvinder Singh	b Muralitharan	6	20	17	1	0	35.29
	Extras	(lb 7, w 2, nb 23)	32

	Total	(all out; 64.1 overs; 300 mins)	232	(3.61 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-11 (Das, 4.1 ov), 2-36 (Dravid, 10.1 ov), 3-68 (Ganguly, 15.2 ov), 4-120 (Kaif, 28.6 ov), 5-123 (Ramesh, 30.5 ov), 6-154 (Badani, 45.2 ov), 7-218 (Dighe, 55.2 ov), 8-223 (Khan, 58.5 ov), 9-223 (Harbhajan Singh, 59.2 ov), 10-232 (Harvinder Singh, 64.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	21	3	65	4	3.09	(13nb)
CRD Fernando	14	2	66	2	4.71	(8nb)
PDRL Perera	7	2	23	2	3.28
M Muralitharan	20.1	5	62	2	3.07	(1nb)
ASA Perera	2	0	9	0	4.50	(2w)


Sri Lanka 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MS Atapattu	c Dighe b Prasad	45	124	88	7	0	51.13
	ST Jayasuriya	b Khan	6	19	5	1	0	120.00
	KC Sangakkara	c Dighe b Khan	13	62	46	1	0	28.26
	DPMD Jayawardene	c Badani b Khan	25	80	55	3	0	45.45
	HP Tillakaratne	lbw b Prasad	16	110	64	2	0	25.00
	RP Arnold	lbw b Khan	4	11	8	1	0	50.00
	ASA Perera	c Badani b Prasad	15	50	26	3	0	57.69
	WPUJC Vaas	lbw b Prasad	4	20	14	0	0	28.57
	M Muralitharan	c Ramesh b Harbhajan Singh	67	94	65	5	3	103.07
	CRD Fernando	b Prasad	4	4	5	1	0	80.00
	PDRL Perera	not out	6	76	28	0	0	21.42
	Extras	(b 4, lb 7, nb 5)	16

	Total	(all out; 66.3 overs; 328 mins)	221	(3.32 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-20 (Jayasuriya, 4.2 ov), 2-52 (Sangakkara, 18.3 ov), 3-84 (Atapattu, 27.5 ov), 4-108 (Jayawardene, 34.5 ov), 5-116 (Arnold, 36.5 ov), 6-137 (ASA Perera, 47.3 ov), 7-140 (Tillakaratne, 49.1 ov), 8-153 (Vaas, 51.1 ov), 9-157 (Fernando, 51.6 ov), 10-221 (Muralitharan, 66.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	23	4	76	4	3.30
Harvinder Singh	8	1	25	0	3.12	(1nb)
BKV Prasad	21	7	72	5	3.42	(1nb)
SC Ganguly	10	4	21	0	2.10	(3nb)
Harbhajan Singh	4.3	2	16	1	3.55


India 2nd innings (target: 264 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SS Das	b Muralitharan	19	85	61	2	0	31.14
	S Ramesh	c Jayasuriya b Fernando	31	157	105	4	0	29.52
	R Dravid	c Arnold b Muralitharan	75	184	123	12	0	60.97
	SC Ganguly	not out	98	187	152	15	0	64.47
	M Kaif	not out	19	76	43	2	0	44.18
	Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 16)	22

	Total	(3 wickets; 78.4 overs; 345 mins)	264	(3.35 runs per over)

Did not bat HK Badani,

SS Dighe, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, Harvinder Singh, BKV Prasad

Fall of wickets1-42 (Das, 18.2 ov), 2-103 (Ramesh, 35.4 ov), 3-194 (Dravid, 61.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	20.4	9	42	0	2.03	(4nb)
CRD Fernando	16	4	64	1	4.00	(5nb)
PDRL Perera	9	2	26	0	2.88	(1nb)
M Muralitharan	25	2	96	2	3.84	(1nb)
ST Jayasuriya	3	0	12	0	4.00
ASA Perera	3	0	11	0	3.66	(1nb)
RP Arnold	2	0	7	0	3.50

Toss India, who chose to field first
Series 3-match series level 1-1

Player of the match SC Ganguly (India)

Umpires SA Bucknor (West Indies) and TH Wijewardene
TV umpire MG Silva
Match referee CW Smith (West Indies)

Close of play
22 Aug day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 274/9 (WPUJC Vaas 42*, PDRL Perera 0*, 78 ov)
23 Aug day 2 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 52/1 (MS Atapattu 30*, KC Sangakkara 13*, 18 ov)
24 Aug day 3 - India 2nd innings 55/1 (S Ramesh 15*, R Dravid 11*, 23 ov)
25 Aug day 4 - India 2nd innings 264/3 (78.4 ov) - end of match

Match notes

4th Umpire: PT Manuel

Day 1:
Sri Lanka 50 in 12.4 overs, 57 mins
At Lunch: Sri Lanka 82/3 in 23.3 overs, 108 mins (Jayawardene 4*)
Sri Lanka 100 in 31 overs, 143 mins
DPMD Jayawardene 50 off 111 mins, 72 balls, 10x4
Sri Lanka 150 in 45 overs, 213 mins
At Tea: Sri Lanka 167/5 in 52 overs, 240 mins (Jayawardene 61*, Perera 9*)
Sri Lanka 200 in 58.1 overs, 273 mins
DPMD Jayawardene 100 off 228 mins, 144 balls, 17x4
Sri Lanka 250 in 73.2 overs, 348 mins

Day 2:
India 50 in 13.4 overs, 74 mins
At Lunch: India 90/3 in 21 overs, 108 mins (Ramesh 31*, Kaif 10*)
India 100 in 23 overs, 117 mins
India 150 in 42.3 overs, 207 mins
At Tea: India 161/6 in 48 overs, 288 mins (Dighe 10*, Harbhajan Singh 4*)
India 200 in 52.1 overs, 301 mins
Sri Lanka 50 in 16.1 overs, 74 mins

Day 3:
Sri Lanka 100 in 32.1 overs, 151 mins
At Lunch: Sri Lanka 124/5 in 41 overs, 195 mins (Tillakaratne 14*, ASA Perera 4*)
Sri Lanka 150 in 50 overs, 250 mins
At Tea: Sri Lanka 172/9 in 55 overs, 271 mins (Muralithara 27*, PDRL Perera 0*)
M Muralitharan 50 off 48 balls, 67 mins, 4x4, 6x2
Sri Lanka 200 in 62.3 overs, 308 mins
India 50 in 20.1 overs, 93 mins

Day 4:
India 100 in 34.2 overs, 152 mins
R Dravid 50 off 73 balls, 112 mins, 8x4
India 150 in 50.5 overs, 222 mins
At Lunch: India 151/2 in 51 overs, 223 mins (Dravid 59*, Ganguly 25*)
SC Ganguly 50 off 106 balls, 128 mins, 8x4
India 200 in 65.1 overs, 287 mins
India 250 in 75.4 overs, 331 mins

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