| Sri Lanka 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MS Atapattu | b Khan | 39 | 108 | 79 | 6 | 0 | 49.36 | |
| ST Jayasuriya* | run out (Harvinder Singh/†Dighe/Prasad) | 3 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| KC Sangakkara† | c Ramesh b Ganguly | 31 | 79 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 60.78 | |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c †Dighe b Prasad | 104 | 234 | 149 | 17 | 0 | 69.79 | |
| RP Arnold | c Dravid b Khan | 5 | 38 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 18.51 | |
| HP Tillakaratne | c †Dighe b Prasad | 10 | 56 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 31.25 | |
| ASA Perera | lbw b Ganguly | 18 | 59 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 58.06 | |
| WPUJC Vaas | b Harvinder Singh | 42 | 110 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 65.62 | |
| M Muralitharan | b Harvinder Singh | 5 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| CRD Fernando | c †Dighe b Khan | 4 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 16.66 | |
| PDRL Perera | not out | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 7, w 1, nb 5) | 13 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 78.3 overs; 374 mins) | 274 | (3.49 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| Z Khan | 22 | 6 | 62 | 3 | 2.81 | |||
| Harvinder Singh | 14.3 | 1 | 62 | 2 | 4.27 | |||
| BKV Prasad | 18 | 4 | 52 | 2 | 2.88 | (2nb, 1w) | ||
| SC Ganguly | 17 | 5 | 69 | 2 | 4.05 | (3nb) | ||
| Harbhajan Singh | 7 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 3.14 |
| India 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| SS Das | lbw b Vaas | 8 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 47.05 | |
| S Ramesh | c †Sangakkara b Fernando | 47 | 152 | 95 | 5 | 0 | 49.47 | |
| R Dravid | lbw b Vaas | 15 | 33 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 78.94 | |
| SC Ganguly* | c Tillakaratne b PDRL Perera | 18 | 30 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| M Kaif | c Atapattu b Fernando | 17 | 58 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 38.63 | |
| HK Badani | c Fernando b PDRL Perera | 16 | 76 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 30.76 | |
| SS Dighe† | lbw b Vaas | 28 | 108 | 79 | 5 | 0 | 35.44 | |
| Harbhajan Singh | b Vaas | 44 | 60 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 137.50 | |
| Z Khan | c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan | 0 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| BKV Prasad | not out | 1 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.66 | |
| Harvinder Singh | b Muralitharan | 6 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 35.29 | |
| Extras | (lb 7, w 2, nb 23) | 32 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 64.1 overs; 300 mins) | 232 | (3.61 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| WPUJC Vaas | 21 | 3 | 65 | 4 | 3.09 | (13nb) | ||
| CRD Fernando | 14 | 2 | 66 | 2 | 4.71 | (8nb) | ||
| PDRL Perera | 7 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 3.28 | |||
| M Muralitharan | 20.1 | 5 | 62 | 2 | 3.07 | (1nb) | ||
| ASA Perera | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | (2w) |
| Sri Lanka 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MS Atapattu | c †Dighe b Prasad | 45 | 124 | 88 | 7 | 0 | 51.13 | |
| ST Jayasuriya* | b Khan | 6 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 120.00 | |
| KC Sangakkara† | c †Dighe b Khan | 13 | 62 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 28.26 | |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c Badani b Khan | 25 | 80 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 45.45 | |
| HP Tillakaratne | lbw b Prasad | 16 | 110 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| RP Arnold | lbw b Khan | 4 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| ASA Perera | c Badani b Prasad | 15 | 50 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 57.69 | |
| WPUJC Vaas | lbw b Prasad | 4 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| M Muralitharan | c Ramesh b Harbhajan Singh | 67 | 94 | 65 | 5 | 3 | 103.07 | |
| CRD Fernando | b Prasad | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| PDRL Perera | not out | 6 | 76 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 21.42 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 7, nb 5) | 16 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 66.3 overs; 328 mins) | 221 | (3.32 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| Z Khan | 23 | 4 | 76 | 4 | 3.30 | |||
| Harvinder Singh | 8 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 3.12 | (1nb) | ||
| BKV Prasad | 21 | 7 | 72 | 5 | 3.42 | (1nb) | ||
| SC Ganguly | 10 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 2.10 | (3nb) | ||
| Harbhajan Singh | 4.3 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 3.55 |
| India 2nd innings (target: 264 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| SS Das | b Muralitharan | 19 | 85 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 31.14 | |
| S Ramesh | c Jayasuriya b Fernando | 31 | 157 | 105 | 4 | 0 | 29.52 | |
| R Dravid | c Arnold b Muralitharan | 75 | 184 | 123 | 12 | 0 | 60.97 | |
| SC Ganguly* | not out | 98 | 187 | 152 | 15 | 0 | 64.47 | |
| M Kaif | not out | 19 | 76 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 44.18 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 2, nb 16) | 22 | ||||||
| Total | (3 wickets; 78.4 overs; 345 mins) | 264 | (3.35 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat HK Badani, SS Dighe†, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, Harvinder Singh, BKV Prasad |
| Fall of wickets1-42 (Das, 18.2 ov), 2-103 (Ramesh, 35.4 ov), 3-194 (Dravid, 61.5 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| WPUJC Vaas | 20.4 | 9 | 42 | 0 | 2.03 | (4nb) | ||
| CRD Fernando | 16 | 4 | 64 | 1 | 4.00 | (5nb) | ||
| PDRL Perera | 9 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 2.88 | (1nb) | ||
| M Muralitharan | 25 | 2 | 96 | 2 | 3.84 | (1nb) | ||
| ST Jayasuriya | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4.00 | |||
| ASA Perera | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3.66 | (1nb) | ||
| RP Arnold | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.50 |
| Match details |
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Toss India, who chose to field Series 3-match series level 1-1 |
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Player of the match
SC Ganguly (India) |
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Umpires
SA Bucknor (West Indies) and TH Wijewardene TV umpire MG Silva Match referee CW Smith (West Indies) |
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Close of play 22 Aug day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 274/9 (WPUJC Vaas 42*, PDRL Perera 0*, 78 ov) 23 Aug day 2 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 52/1 (MS Atapattu 30*, KC Sangakkara 13*, 18 ov) 24 Aug day 3 - India 2nd innings 55/1 (S Ramesh 15*, R Dravid 11*, 23 ov) 25 Aug day 4 - India 2nd innings 264/3 (78.4 ov) - end of match |
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Aug 26, 2001 Russel Arnold cannot hide his disappointment after losing the Kandy Test © AFP |
Aug 26, 2001 A determined Ganguly taking a quick run © AFP |
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