2nd Match · Test

India and Sri Lanka draw in the 2nd Match

Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, . Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl.

India518/7 & 306/5104 ov
Sri Lanka485159.1 ov
Match drawn

Match report

From the scorecard

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl. India made 518 for 7, Sadagoppan Ramesh 143 from 214 balls and Rahul Dravid 107 from 218 balls. Russel Arnold took 2 for 94.

Sri Lanka were bowled out for 485, Mahela Jayawardene 242 from 465 balls and Arjuna Ranatunga 66 from 113 balls. Anil Kumble took 4 for 134.

India made 306 for 5, Sachin Tendulkar 124 not out from 235 balls and Sourav Ganguly 78 from 167 balls. Eric Upashantha took 2 for 41.

Match drawn.

Key performers

India 1st innings

518/7(142.5 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Sadagoppan Rameshc A Ranatunga b DPMD Jayawardenec A Ranatunga b DPMD Jayawardene14321418066.82
VVS Laxmanc PA de Silva b PDRL Pererac PA de Silva b PDRL Perera11222050.00
Rahul Dravidc A Ranatunga b UC Hathurusinghac A Ranatunga b UC Hathurusingha10721812049.08
Sachin Tendulkarc †RS Kaluwitharana b WPUJC Vaasc †RS Kaluwitharana b WPUJC Vaas535410098.15
Mohammad Azharuddin (c)c UC Hathurusingha b RP Arnoldc UC Hathurusingha b RP Arnold8716112054.04
Sourav Gangulyc sub (RS Kalpage) b KEA Upashanthac sub (RS Kalpage) b KEA Upashantha561276044.09
Nayan Mongia †c PA de Silva b RP Arnoldc PA de Silva b RP Arnold25562044.64
Anil Kumblenot outnot out10*151066.67
Extras(b 5, lb 6, w 3, nb 12)(b 5, lb 6, w 3, nb 12)26
Total142.5 Ov (RR 2.72)142.5 Ov (RR 2.72)518/7
Fall of wickets: 20-1 (VVS Laxman, 7.1 ov), 252-2 (S Ramesh, 71.3 ov), 288-3 (R Dravid, 78.6 ov), 351-4 (SR Tendulkar, 90.1 ov), 463-5 (M Azharuddin, 125.3 ov), 491-6 (SC Ganguly, 136.3 ov), 518-7 (NR Mongia, 142.5 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
WPUJC Vaas31510812.61---01
Ruchira Perera30412513.13---17
Eric Upashantha2839412.52---11
Chandika Hathurusinghe1835112.13---12
Russel Arnold24.529422.86---00
Mahela Jayawardene1133512.39---00

Sri Lanka 1st innings

485(159.1 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Russel Arnoldrun out (R Dravid)run out (R Dravid)34935136.56
Marvan Atapattulbw b A Nehralbw b A Nehra6131046.15
Mahela Jayawardenec & b A Kumblec & b A Kumble24246530252.04
Chandika Hathurusinghelbw b BKV Prasadlbw b BKV Prasad14392035.90
Aravinda de Silvab Harbhajan Singhb Harbhajan Singh23544042.59
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)c sub (HH Kanitkar) b A Kumblec sub (HH Kanitkar) b A Kumble661138058.41
Hashan Tillakaratnest †NR Mongia b Harbhajan Singhst †NR Mongia b Harbhajan Singh14473029.79
Romesh Kaluwitharana †b Harbhajan Singhb Harbhajan Singh23452051.11
WPUJC Vaasc VVS Laxman b A Kumblec VVS Laxman b A Kumble23643035.94
Eric Upashanthalbw b A Kumblelbw b A Kumble6171035.29
Ruchira Pereranot outnot out1*90011.11
Extras(b 1, lb 19, w 4, nb 9)(b 1, lb 19, w 4, nb 9)33
Total159.1 Ov (RR 2.29)159.1 Ov (RR 2.29)485
Fall of wickets: 18-1 (MS Atapattu, 5.2 ov), 93-2 (RP Arnold, 29.3 ov), 129-3 (UC Hathurusingha, 44.1 ov), 178-4 (PA de Silva, 59.2 ov), 354-5 (HP Tillakaratne, 115.5 ov), 390-6 (RS Kaluwitharana, 131.2 ov), 466-7 (WPUJC Vaas, 153.2 ov), 466-8 (A Ranatunga, 153.3 ov), 484-9 (KEA Upashantha, 157.3 ov), 485-10 (DPMD Jayawardene, 159.1 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Venkatesh Prasad3169412.27---10
Ashish Nehra2859412.52---08
Anil Kumble54.11013441.86---00
Harbhajan Singh40912732.38---00
Sachin Tendulkar501602.40---00
Sourav Ganguly11000.00---00

India 2nd innings

306/5(104 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Sadagoppan Rameshc HP Tillakaratne b KEA Upashanthac HP Tillakaratne b KEA Upashantha30385078.95
VVS Laxmanlbw b KEA Upashanthalbw b KEA Upashantha25633039.68
Sourav Gangulyst †RS Kaluwitharana b PA de Silvast †RS Kaluwitharana b PA de Silva781678046.71
Sachin Tendulkarnot outnot out124*23510152.77
Mohammad Azharuddin (c)c RP Arnold b PA de Silvac RP Arnold b PA de Silva15410036.59
Anil Kumblec WPUJC Vaas b RP Arnoldc WPUJC Vaas b RP Arnold10400025.00
Venkatesh Prasadnot outnot out9*521017.31
Extras(b 1, lb 3, w 2, nb 9)(b 1, lb 3, w 2, nb 9)15
Total104 Ov (RR 2.21)104 Ov (RR 2.21)306/5
Fall of wickets: 50-1 (S Ramesh, 9.6 ov), 74-2 (VVS Laxman, 21.5 ov), 213-3 (SC Ganguly, 64.2 ov), 253-4 (M Azharuddin, 78.4 ov), 283-5 (A Kumble, 88.5 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
WPUJC Vaas1835802.42---00
Ruchira Perera1426003.21---23
Eric Upashantha1524122.05---01
Russel Arnold23.445411.72---00
Aravinda de Silva18.225922.42---02
Mahela Jayawardene1413001.61---00
Hashan Tillakaratne11000.00---00