Sri Lanka v India @ R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo
18 July 1997
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: Mohammad Nazir, Saleem Badar
Third Umpire: Mohammad Asghar
Match Referee: JR Reid
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Sachin Tendulkar | b Chaminda Vaas | 21 | 28 | 49 | 3 | - | |
| 2. Sourav Ganguly | c Kumar Dharmasena b Sajeewa de Silva | 11 | 22 | 38 | 2 | - | |
| +3. Saba Karim | c Lanka de Silva b Kumar Dharmasena | 12 | 25 | 46 | 1 | - | |
| 4. Rahul Dravid | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 69 | 102 | 123 | 6 | - | |
| 5. Mohammad Azharuddin | not out | 81 | 103 | 122 | 4 | 2 | |
| 6. Robin Singh | c Aravinda de Silva b Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 10 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| 7. Ajay Jadeja | st Lanka de Silva b Sanath Jayasuriya | 3 | 4 | 5 | - | - | |
| 8. Anil Kumble | not out | 16 | 8 | 11 | 2 | - | |
| 9. Noel David | |||||||
| 10. Abey Kuruvilla | |||||||
| 11. Venkatesh Prasad |
| FOW | 1-32 (Sourav Ganguly), 2-35 (Sachin Tendulkar), 3-51 (Saba Karim), 4-168 (Rahul Dravid), 5-189 (Robin Singh), 6-201 (Ajay Jadeja). |
| Extras | 0b, 0lb, 3w, 1nb, 0pen) 4 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 50 ovs) 227 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 8 | 1 | 35 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Sajeewa de Silva | 7 | 0 | 30 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 1 | 30 | 0 | (1w,2nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 1 | 52 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 52 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ruwan Kalpage | 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Rahul Dravid b Venkatesh Prasad | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| 2. Marvan Atapattu | lbw b Robin Singh | 31 | 57 | 117 | 2 | - | |
| 3. Aravinda de Silva | c Saba Karim b Venkatesh Prasad | 6 | 5 | 10 | 1 | - | |
| *4. Arjuna Ranatunga | not out | 131 | 152 | 221 | 17 | - | |
| 5. Roshan Mahanama | c Saba Karim b Robin Singh | 5 | 8 | 12 | - | - | |
| +6. Lanka de Silva | not out | 37 | 49 | 84 | 3 | - | |
| 7. Ruwan Kalpage | |||||||
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | |||||||
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | |||||||
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | |||||||
| 11. Sajeewa de Silva |
| FOW | 1-0 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-9 (Aravinda de Silva), 3-117 (Marvan Atapattu), 4-125 (Roshan Mahanama). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 12w, 3nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 44.4 ovs) 231 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 8 | 0 | 44 | 2 | (4w,0nb) |
| Abey Kuruvilla | 7 | 0 | 35 | 0 | (0w,2nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 10 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (1w,2nb) |
| Noel David | 8 | 0 | 36 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Robin Singh | 4 | 0 | 29 | 2 | (3w,0nb) |
| Ajay Jadeja | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 0.4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya, Marvan Atapattu, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Roshan Mahanama, Lanka de Silva, Ruwan Kalpage, Kumar Dharmasena, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, Sajeewa de Silva
India: Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Saba Karim, Rahul Dravid, Mohammad Azharuddin, Robin Singh, Ajay Jadeja, Anil Kumble, Noel David, Abey Kuruvilla, Venkatesh Prasad
