Welcome to the highlights of India vs Sri Lanka - The 4th match of the 1997 Pepsi Independence Cup quadrangular One-Day International cricket tournament between India and Sri Lanka was played at Wankhede Stadium, Bombay on May 17, 1997.
Match Overview:
Chaminda Vaas and Sajeewa de Silva's combined 5-wickets before Dashing opener Sanath Jayasuriya's swashbuckling career-best unbeaten 151 steers to Sri Lanka comfortable five-wicket victory over India in the fourth match of a Pepsi Independence Cup.
Match Stats:
- Sourav Ganguly became the third Indian batsman to be dismissed off the first ball of a one-day international match after Sunil Gavaskar (c Lees b Hadlee) against England at Basseterre in 2019 and Ravi Shastri (lbw b Imran Khan) at Sharjah in the 1985 Rothmans Four-Nations Cup.
- Sanath Jayasuriya's unbeaten 151 was the highest score by an Sri Lanka batsman in one-day international cricket history, surpassing the previous record of 145 held by Aravinda de Silva against Kenya at Kandy in the 1996 World Cup and also the highest-score by an Sri Lankan batsman against India in ODIs, surpassing the previous record of 121 held by Roy Dias at Bangalore in 1982.
- Sanath Jayasuriya became the second Sri Lankan batsman to scored two centuries against India in ODIs after Roy Dias' 2-hundreds.
- Sanath Jayasuriya became the third Sri Lankan batsman to scored four centuries in ODIs after Aravinda de Silva (8) and Roshan Mahanama (4).
In-Depth Match Highlights:
India scored 225-7 in 50 overs with top scorer by Ajay Jadeja cracked a 72 off 102-balls including 4-fours & a six.
Rahul Dravid struck 61 off 103-balls including 8-fours, Robin Singh hit 51 off 52-balls included 4-fours & a six and Nayan Mongia scored a unbeaten 21 off 17-balls contained a six.
Sri Lanka best bowler by Sajeewa de Silva picked up 3-wickets for 59-runs in 10-overs, Chaminda Vaas captured 2-wickets for 13-runs in 10-overs included three maidens with economy rate of 1.30, Muttiah Muralitharan and Sanath Jayasuriya both took one-wickets.
Sri Lanka chase down the target of 226, finishing at 226 for 5 in 40.5 overs with top scorer by Sanath Jayasuriya blasted a career-best unbeaten 151 off 120-balls - which was his 4th ODI hundred and his second century against India in ODIs.
Marvan Atapattu cracked a 38 off 69-balls including 4-fours and Arjuna Ranatunga hit 17 off 30-balls contained one-six & a four.
India best bowler by Abey Kuruvilla and Anil Kumble both took 2-wickets.
Sanath Jayasuriya named Player of the match for his match-winning swashbuckling career-best unbeaten 151-runs knocked off facing 120-balls including 17-fours & 4-sixes with strike rate of 125.83.
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