Sri Lanka v India @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
24 August 1997
Toss: India (field)
Umpires: KT Francis, TM Samarasinghe
Third Umpire: PT Manuel
Match Referee: JR Reid
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 9 runs
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Ajay Jadeja b Abey Kuruvilla | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | - | |
| 2. Marvan Atapattu | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Abey Kuruvilla | 3 | 12 | 30 | - | - | |
| 3. Roshan Mahanama | b Nilesh Kulkarni | 50 | 61 | 85 | 5 | - | |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Nilesh Kulkarni | 104 | 117 | 168 | 7 | - | |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | b Nilesh Kulkarni | 3 | 6 | 9 | - | - | |
| +6. Lanka de Silva | c Sachin Tendulkar b Abey Kuruvilla | 50 | 58 | 59 | 3 | - | |
| 7. Upul Chandana | b Rajesh Chauhan | 16 | 19 | 21 | 1 | - | |
| 8. Dulip Liyanage | c Ajay Jadeja b Sachin Tendulkar | 20 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1 | |
| 9. Kumar Dharmasena | run out (Abey Kuruvilla > ) | 1 | 2 | 11 | - | - | |
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | c Sachin Tendulkar b Abey Kuruvilla | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| 11. Sajeewa de Silva | not out | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-3 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-22 (Marvan Atapattu), 3-105 (Roshan Mahanama), 4-113 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-195 (Lanka de Silva), 6-226 (Upul Chandana), 7-254 (Aravinda de Silva), 8-256 (Dulip Liyanage), 9-264 (Muttiah Muralitharan), 264 (Kumar Dharmasena). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 1w, 5nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.4 ovs) 264 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | (0w,2nb) |
| Abey Kuruvilla | 8.4 | 1 | 43 | 4 | (0w,2nb) |
| Nilesh Kulkarni | 10 | 0 | 73 | 3 | (1w,0nb) |
| Rajesh Chauhan | 10 | 0 | 43 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Robin Singh | 7 | 0 | 32 | 0 | (0w,2nb) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Sachin Tendulkar | c Lanka de Silva b Sajeewa de Silva | 39 | 32 | 41 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2. Sourav Ganguly | c & b Sajeewa de Silva | 17 | 23 | 61 | 3 | - | |
| 3. Robin Singh | c sub b Muttiah Muralitharan | 28 | 41 | 54 | 3 | 1 | |
| 4. Rahul Dravid | c Upul Chandana b Sanath Jayasuriya | 42 | 68 | 87 | 4 | - | |
| 5. Mohammad Azharuddin | run out (Marvan Atapattu > Lanka de Silva) | 65 | 68 | 100 | 4 | - | |
| 6. Ajay Jadeja | run out (Aravinda de Silva > ) | 22 | 32 | 39 | 2 | - | |
| +7. Nayan Mongia | not out | 14 | 19 | 36 | - | - | |
| 8. Rajesh Chauhan | c Dulip Liyanage b Upul Chandana | 4 | 9 | 10 | - | - | |
| 9. Abey Kuruvilla | c & b Sanath Jayasuriya | 7 | 4 | 7 | - | 1 | |
| 10. Nilesh Kulkarni | not out | 3 | 5 | 10 | - | - | |
| 11. Venkatesh Prasad |
| FOW | 1-50 (Sachin Tendulkar), 2-78 (Sourav Ganguly), 3-107 (Robin Singh), 4-165 (Rahul Dravid), 5-221 (Ajay Jadeja), 6-227 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 7-235 (Rajesh Chauhan), 8-245 (Abey Kuruvilla). |
| Extras | 9b, 1lb, 2w, 2nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 255 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sajeewa de Silva | 8 | 0 | 48 | 2 | (2w,1nb) |
| Dulip Liyanage | 5 | 1 | 36 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 9 | 0 | 33 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 41 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 56 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Upul Chandana | 8 | 0 | 31 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya, Marvan Atapattu, Roshan Mahanama, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Lanka de Silva, Upul Chandana, Dulip Liyanage, Kumar Dharmasena, Muttiah Muralitharan, Sajeewa de Silva
India: Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Robin Singh, Rahul Dravid, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Nayan Mongia, Rajesh Chauhan, Abey Kuruvilla, Nilesh Kulkarni, Venkatesh Prasad
