Cricinfo - 1st Match: India v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Nov 27, 1986

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Played at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (neutral venue) on 27 November 1986 (45-over match)

Result India won by 7 wickets (with 21 balls remaining)


Sri Lanka innings (45 overs maximum)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
	RS Mahanama	b Sharma	26	65	0	0	40.00
	PA de Silva	c Azharuddin b Sharma	33	40	3	1	82.50
	A Ranatunga	b Madan Lal	39	44	1	2	88.63
	LRD Mendis	b Binny	35	46	2	0	76.08
	AP Gurusinha	b Binny	4	12	0	0	33.33
	HP Tillakaratne	b Sharma	18	30	0	0	60.00
	RG de Alwis	b Kapil Dev	17	13	1	1	130.76
	ALF de Mel	c Maninder Singh b Kapil Dev	11	9	1	0	122.22
	RJ Ratnayake	not out	8	8	0	0	100.00
	GF Labrooy	run out	3	4	0	0	75.00
	SD Anurasiri	not out	0	0	0	0	-
	Extras	(lb 19, nb 1)	20

	Total	(9 wickets; 45 overs)	214	(4.75 runs per over)


India innings (target: 215 runs from 45 overs)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
	K Srikkanth	b Gurusinha	92	89	10	2	103.37
	SM Gavaskar	c de Alwis b Labrooy	27	43	2	0	62.79
	R Lamba	b Labrooy	0	3	0	0	0.00
	M Azharuddin	not out	50	79	0	0	63.29
	N Kapil Dev	not out	34	36	3	0	94.44
	Extras	(b 1, lb 3, w 8)	12

	Total	(3 wickets; 41.3 overs)	215	(5.18 runs per over)

Did not bat RJ Shastri,

Toss India, who chose to field first
Points India 4, Sri Lanka 0

ODI debuts GF Labrooy and HP Tillakaratne (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match K Srikkanth (India)

Umpires HD Bird (England) and DR Shepherd (England)

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