Cricinfo - 1st Match: India v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Nov 6, 1998

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Played at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (neutral venue) on 6 November 1998 - day/night (50-over match)

Result India won by 3 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)


Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	ST Jayasuriya	b Chopra	27	80	41	2	0	65.85
	DA Gunawardene	b Kumble	52	66	55	8	0	94.54
	MS Atapattu	lbw b Srinath	64	135	93	1	0	68.81
	PA de Silva	c Ganguly b Kumble	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
	A Ranatunga	c & b Agarkar	43	78	66	1	1	65.15
	RS Kaluwitharana	c Kumble b Agarkar	22	29	19	2	0	115.78
	RS Mahanama	not out	12	21	11	0	0	109.09
	WPUJC Vaas	b Srinath	6	7	7	0	0	85.71
	HDPK Dharmasena	not out	3	5	6	0	0	50.00
	Extras	(lb 7, w 7, nb 2)	16

	Total	(7 wickets; 50 overs)	245	(4.90 runs per over)

Did not bat TT Samaraweera, DNT Zoysa


India innings (target: 246 runs from 50 overs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SC Ganguly	c Kaluwitharana b Zoysa	5	19	15	1	0	33.33
	SR Tendulkar	c Kaluwitharana b Vaas	3	15	6	0	0	50.00
	NR Mongia	c Mahanama b Samaraweera	51	96	63	5	1	80.95
	M Azharuddin	b Vaas	94	159	131	3	4	71.75
	J Srinath	run out (Atapattu)	1	4	2	0	0	50.00
	A Jadeja	run out (Mahanama)	26	64	38	2	0	68.42
	RR Singh	not out	12	35	26	0	0	46.15
	N Chopra	run out (Jayasuriya/de Silva)	4	9	7	0	0	57.14
	AB Agarkar	not out	26	13	12	1	2	216.66
	Extras	(lb 9, w 11, nb 6)	26

	Total	(7 wickets; 49.1 overs)	248	(5.04 runs per over)

Did not bat SB Joshi, A Kumble

Toss India, who chose to field first
Points India 2, Sri Lanka 0

ODI debut TT Samaraweera (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match M Azharuddin (India)

Umpires RS Dunne (New Zealand) and DL Orchard (South Africa)
TV umpire Javed Akhtar (Pakistan)
Match referee E Isaccs (South Africa)

Match notes

India innings: 1x5 ball over (37th over - Dharmasena's 6th over, called by umpire Orchard)

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