Sri Lanka v India @ R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo
17 August 1997
Toss: India (field)
Umpires: KT Francis, PT Manuel
Third Umpire: WAU Wickremasinghe
Match Referee: JR Reid
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 2 runs
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | b Venkatesh Prasad | 73 | 52 | 58 | 10 | 2 | |
| 2. Marvan Atapattu | run out (Robin Singh > Anil Kumble) | 118 | 153 | 208 | 7 | - | |
| 3. Roshan Mahanama | c Ajay Jadeja b Robin Singh | 53 | 58 | 87 | 3 | 1 | |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Anil Kumble b Venkatesh Prasad | 34 | 34 | 49 | 2 | - | |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | not out | 8 | 9 | 13 | - | - | |
| 6. Hashan Tillakaratne | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| +7. Lanka de Silva | |||||||
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | |||||||
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | |||||||
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | |||||||
| 11. Sajeewa de Silva |
| FOW | 1-91 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-199 (Roshan Mahanama), 3-279 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-300 (Marvan Atapattu). |
| Extras | 0b, 7lb, 6w, 3nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 50 ovs) 302 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Rajesh Chauhan | 10 | 0 | 64 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Abey Kuruvilla | 9 | 0 | 59 | 0 | (1w,3nb) |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 9 | 0 | 50 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 8 | 0 | 50 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 | (4w,0nb) |
| Robin Singh | 9 | 0 | 44 | 1 | (1w,2nb) |
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Sachin Tendulkar | c Muttiah Muralitharan b Chaminda Vaas | 27 | 28 | 55 | 3 | - | |
| 2. Sourav Ganguly | run out (Aravinda de Silva > Lanka de Silva) | 31 | 26 | 36 | 4 | - | |
| 3. Robin Singh | c Lanka de Silva b Chaminda Vaas | 1 | 4 | 6 | - | - | |
| 4. Rahul Dravid | run out (Sajeewa de Silva > ) | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | - | |
| 5. Mohammad Azharuddin | not out | 111 | 117 | 190 | 5 | - | |
| 6. Ajay Jadeja | c & b Chaminda Vaas | 119 | 121 | 180 | 8 | 1 | |
| +7. Nayan Mongia | run out (Roshan Mahanama > ) | 1 | 2 | 7 | - | - | |
| 8. Rajesh Chauhan | c Roshan Mahanama b Sanath Jayasuriya | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| 9. Anil Kumble | not out | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - | |
| 10. Abey Kuruvilla | |||||||
| 11. Venkatesh Prasad |
| FOW | 1-58 (Sourav Ganguly), 2-59 (Robin Singh), 3-61 (Rahul Dravid), 4-64 (Sachin Tendulkar), 5-287 (Ajay Jadeja), 6-294 (Nayan Mongia), 7-296 (Rajesh Chauhan). |
| Extras | 2b, 3lb, 2w, 1nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs) 300 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 0 | 63 | 3 | (1w,0nb) |
| Sajeewa de Silva | 8 | 0 | 49 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 40 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 9 | 0 | 51 | 0 | (0w,2nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 7 | 0 | 53 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya, Marvan Atapattu, Roshan Mahanama, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Hashan Tillakaratne, Lanka de Silva, Kumar Dharmasena, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, Sajeewa de Silva
India: Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Robin Singh, Rahul Dravid, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Nayan Mongia, Rajesh Chauhan, Anil Kumble, Abey Kuruvilla, Venkatesh Prasad
