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Sri Lanka in India Test Series - 1st Test

India v Sri Lanka

Match drawn

Test no. 1775 | 2005/06 season
Played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
2,3,4,5,6 December 2005 (5-day match)


India 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	b Vaas	0	11	7	0	0	0.00
2.1 Vaas to Gambhir, OUT (Bowled), good ball, short of length, pitched on the stumps and zooming on the pads of Gambhir, ball deflects of the pad onto the stumps, good delivery 13/1
V Sehwag	c Atapattu b Vaas	36	43	28	7	0	128.57
8.5 Vaas to Sehwag, OUT (Caught), pitched on the stumps and moving away slightly, Sehwag enticed to hit, mishits straight to Atapattu at extra-cover, who takes the catch 45/2
R Dravid*	c †Sangakkara b Vaas	32	142	105	3	0	30.47
37.2 caught †Sangakkara 97/3
SR Tendulkar	lbw b Muralitharan	22	157	126	2	0	17.46
49.1 108/4
VVS Laxman	run out (sub [WU Tharanga]/†Sangakkara)	5	64	43	1	0	11.62
53.1 from Muralitharan, run out (sub [WU Tharanga]/†Sangakkara) 109/5
SC Ganguly	c Dilshan b Fernando	5	31	24	1	0	20.83
56.4 caught Dilshan 117/6
MS Dhoni†	c Gunawardene b Bandara	30	83	54	6	0	55.55
73.2 caught Gunawardene 167/10
IK Pathan	c & b Muralitharan	0	5	4	0	0	0.00
57.3 caught & 118/7
AB Agarkar	run out (Gunawardene/†Sangakkara)	4	19	16	0	0	25.00
62.2 from Fernando, run out (Gunawardene/†Sangakkara) 128/8
A Kumble	c & b Vaas	9	37	35	1	0	25.71
72.2 caught & 159/9
Harbhajan Singh	not out	4	6	4	1	0	100.00

Extras	(b 12, lb 2, nb 6)	20

Total	(all out; 73.2 overs; 303 mins)	167	(2.27 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-13 (Gambhir, 2.1 ov), 2-45 (Sehwag, 8.5 ov), 3-97 (Dravid, 37.2 ov), 4-108 (Tendulkar, 49.1 ov), 5-109 (Laxman, 53.1 ov), 6-117 (Ganguly, 56.4 ov), 7-118 (Pathan, 57.3 ov), 8-128 (Agarkar, 62.2 ov), 9-159 (Kumble, 72.2 ov), 10-167 (Dhoni, 73.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	21	14	20	4	0.95
2.1 to Gambhir, Vaas to Gambhir, OUT (Bowled), good ball, short of length, pitched on the stumps and zooming on the pads of Gambhir, ball deflects of the pad onto the stumps, good delivery 13/1 8.5 to Sehwag, Vaas to Sehwag, OUT (Caught), pitched on the stumps and moving away slightly, Sehwag enticed to hit, mishits straight to Atapattu at extra-cover, who takes the catch 45/2 37.2 to Dravid, caught †Sangakkara 97/3 72.2 to Kumble, caught & 159/9
CRD Fernando	16	4	58	1	3.62	(6nb)
56.4 to Ganguly, caught Dilshan 117/6
M Muralitharan	25	6	60	2	2.40
49.1 to Tendulkar, 108/4 57.3 to Pathan, caught & 118/7
CM Bandara	11.2	6	15	1	1.32
73.2 to Dhoni, caught Gunawardene 167/10


Sri Lanka 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
DA Gunawardene	c †Dhoni b Pathan	4	6	6	1	0	66.66
0.6 caught †Dhoni 5/1
KC Sangakkara†	lbw b Kumble	30	73	52	5	0	57.69
14.6 62/2
DPMD Jayawardene	c Gambhir b Kumble	71	119	80	14	1	88.75
28.6 caught Gambhir 124/3
TT Samaraweera	not out	35	97	93	7	0	37.63

MS Atapattu*	b Kumble	7	38	20	1	0	35.00
38.4 bowled 158/4
TM Dilshan	not out	8	14	14	1	0	57.14

Extras	(w 1, nb 7, pen 5)	13

Total	(4 wickets; 43 overs; 179 mins)	168	(3.90 runs per over)

Did not bat WPUJC Vaas, CM Bandara, CRD Fernando, M Muralitharan, J Mubarak

Fall of wickets1-5 (Gunawardene, 0.6 ov), 2-62 (Sangakkara, 14.6 ov), 3-124 (Jayawardene, 28.6 ov), 4-158 (Atapattu, 38.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
IK Pathan	7	0	43	1	6.14	(1w)
0.6 to Gunawardene, caught †Dhoni 5/1
AB Agarkar	10	3	29	0	2.90

SC Ganguly	2	0	16	0	8.00	(2nb)

Harbhajan Singh	9	2	34	0	3.77

A Kumble	15	3	41	3	2.73	(5nb)
14.6 to Sangakkara, 62/2 28.6 to Jayawardene, caught Gambhir 124/3 38.4 to Atapattu, bowled 158/4

Match details

Toss India, who chose to bat
Series 3-match series level 0-0

Test debut MS Dhoni (India)
Player of the match WPUJC Vaas (Sri Lanka)

Umpires MR Benson (England) and DJ Harper (Australia)
TV umpire K Hariharan
Match referee CH Lloyd (West Indies)

Close of play
2 Dec day 1 - no play
3 Dec day 2 - no play
4 Dec day 3 - no play
5 Dec day 4 - India 1st innings 90/2 (R Dravid 30*, SR Tendulkar 11*, 32.3 ov)
6 Dec day 5 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 168/4 (43 ov) - end of match

Match notes