Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 1997–98

Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 1997–98

	India	Sri Lanka
Dates	13 November 1997 – 28 December 1997
Captains	Sachin Tendulkar	Arjuna Ranatunga
Test series
Result	3-match series drawn 0–0
Most runs	Sourav Ganguly (392)	Marvan Atapattu (268)
Most wickets	Javagal Srinath (9)	KR Pushpakumara (8), HDPK Dharmasena (8)
Player of the series	Sourav Ganguly (India)
One Day International series
Result	3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Sachin Tendulkar (88)	Roshan Mahanama (119)
Most wickets	Debasis Mohanty (6)	Muttiah Muralitharan (4)
Player of the series	Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)

The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured India during the 1997–98 cricket season, playing three Test matches and three One Day Internationals (ODIs).^[1] Both series were drawn; all three Tests were draws, and each side won one of the ODIs, tying the series 1–1.^[2] The other ODI, which was held on 25 December, was abandoned after three overs had been bowled, when after discussion between the two captains and the match referee, it was determined that the inconsistent bounce of the pitch was too dangerous for the players.^[3]^[4] This was the first occasion on which an international cricket match had been called off for this reason.^[5]

The third ODI was marred by umpiring controversy and disruption from the crowd. During India's innings, Ajay Jadeja was given out, after being caught behind. The umpire initially raised his finger to dismiss the batsman, but then changed his mind, and continued raising his finger to adjust his hat. He then turned down the appeal, and Jadeja continued to bat. Elmo Rodrigopulle, writing for Cricinfo, reported that "it was a mockery on the umpiring fraternity and what umpiring stands for."^[6] Later, in Sri Lanka's reply, when they were 205 for four, needing just 29 more runs for victory, the game was held up because spectators threw bottles onto the field. After a ten-minute delay, the match resumed, and Sri Lanka won by five wickets.^[7]

The tour began on 13 November, when the Sri Lankans played an Indian XI for Anshuman Gaekwad's benefit match, and concluded with the third ODI on 28 December.^[1] Sourav Ganguly was named player of the Test series,^[8] in which he was the leading run-scorer from either side, aggregating 392 runs.^[9] The most prolific batsman in the ODI series was Sri Lanka's Roshan Mahanama, who was named the player of the ODI series.^[8]

Test series

1st Test

19–23 November 1997
Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	India
369 (125.2 overs) Marvan Atapattu 108 (244) Abey Kuruvilla 4/88 (27 overs)		515/9dec. (206.5 overs) Navjot Sidhu 131 (372) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/174 (75 overs)
251/6 (93.1 overs) Aravinda de Silva 110* (263) Javagal Srinath 3/75 (22 overs)

Match drawn
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (Sri Lanka)

2nd Test

26–30 November 1997
Scorecard

India	v	Sri Lanka
485 (155 overs) Sourav Ganguly 99 (188) Ravindra Pushpakumara 5/122 (32 overs)

Match drawn
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Umpires: Cyril Mitchley and Virinchirpuram Ramaswamy

3rd Test

3–7 December 1997
Scorecard

India	v	Sri Lanka
512 (162.1 overs) Sourav Ganguly 173 (361) Ravindra Pushpakumara 3/108 (28 overs)		361 (143.2 overs) Marvan Atapattu 98 (273) Rajesh Chauhan 4/48 (34 overs)
181/9 dec. (42.4 overs) Rahul Dravid 85 (121) Kumar Dharmasena 5/57 (12.4 overs)		166/7 (82 overs) Sanath Jayasuriya 37 (86) Anil Kumble 3/56 (28 overs)

Match drawn
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Arani Jayaprakash
Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (India)

One Day International series

1st ODI

22 December 1997
Scorecard

Sri Lanka 172/9 (45 overs)	v	India 173/3 (37.5 overs)
Roshan Mahanama 68 (115) Robin Singh 5/22 (5 overs)		Sachin Tendulkar 82* (86) Chaminda Vaas 1/19 (7 overs)

India won by 7 wickets
Nehru Stadium, Guwahati
Umpires: KS Giridharan and Kutticode Murali
Player of the match: Robin Singh (India)

India won the toss and elected to field
Rain reduced the match to 45 overs per side

2nd ODI

25 December 1997
Scorecard

Sri Lanka 17/1 (3 overs)	v	India
Sanath Jayasuriya 6* (7) Javagal Srinath 1/6 (2 overs)

No result
Nehru Stadium, Indore
Umpires: Subroto Porel and Devendra Sharma

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat
After three overs the match was abandoned because the pitch was deemed too dangerous.

3rd ODI

28 December 1997
Scorecard

India 228/6 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 229/5 (48.2 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 61 (86) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/53 (10 overs)		Aravinda de Silva 82* (90) Debasis Mohanty 3/58 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
Nehru Stadium, Margao
Umpires: Krishna Hariharan and Raman Sharma
Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (Sri Lanka)

India won the toss and elected to bat

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sri Lanka in India, Nov-Dec 1997 – Schedule". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
↑ "Sri Lanka in India Nov-Dec 1997, Results Summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
↑ "2nd ODI: India v Sri Lanka at Indore, Dec 25, 1997". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
↑ Williamson, Martin (24 December 2005). "India's Christmas cracker". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
↑ "A Christmas gnome". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
↑ Rodrigopulle, Elmo (30 December 1997). "When umpiring was made a mockery of". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
↑ Cozier, Craig (1999). "The Sri Lankans in India, 1997–98". In Engel, Matthew. Wisden Cricketer's Almanack 1999 (136 ed.). Guildford, Surrey: John Wisden & Co. Ltd. p. 1110. ISBN 0-947-76650-2.
↑ 8.0 8.1 "Sri Lanka in India 1997/98". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
↑ "Test Series 1997/98 Averages: India v Sri Lanka". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 December 2012.

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