India v Sri Lanka @ Nehru Stadium, Guwahati
22 December 1997
Toss: India (field)
Umpires: KS Giridharan, KSB Murali
Third Umpire: S Banerjee
Match Referee: AM Ebrahim
Match Result: India won by 7 wickets
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Ajay Jadeja b Debasis Mohanty | 1 | 7 | 12 | - | - | |
| 2. Marvan Atapattu | c Nayan Mongia b Debasis Mohanty | 8 | 21 | 40 | 1 | - | |
| 3. Roshan Mahanama | c Ajay Jadeja b Robin Singh | 68 | 115 | 165 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Rajesh Chauhan b Debasis Mohanty | 4 | 12 | 19 | - | - | |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Robin Singh b Sourav Ganguly | 27 | 45 | 68 | 1 | - | |
| +6. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Sairaj Bahutule b Robin Singh | 23 | 33 | 29 | 3 | - | |
| 7. Kumar Dharmasena | c Sairaj Bahutule b Robin Singh | 9 | 12 | 11 | - | - | |
| 8. Upul Chandana | lbw b Robin Singh | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | - | |
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | not out | 7 | 13 | 16 | - | - | |
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | b Robin Singh | 1 | 4 | 6 | - | - | |
| 11. Sajeewa de Silva | not out | 3 | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-5 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-22 (Marvan Atapattu), 3-30 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-92 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-133 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 6-152 (Kumar Dharmasena), 7-156 (Roshan Mahanama), 8-161 (Upul Chandana), 9-167 (Muttiah Muralitharan). |
| Extras | 0b, 9lb, 6w, 2nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 45 ovs) 172 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Javagal Srinath | 9 | 4 | 16 | 0 | (1w,1nb) |
| Debasis Mohanty | 9 | 1 | 31 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Rajesh Chauhan | 7 | 0 | 30 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 6 | 0 | 31 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sairaj Bahutule | 9 | 0 | 33 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Robin Singh | 5 | 0 | 22 | 5 | (1w,0nb) |
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Sourav Ganguly | b Chaminda Vaas | 12 | 31 | 43 | - | - | |
| 2. Ajay Jadeja | run out (Romesh Kaluwitharana > ) | 7 | 15 | 28 | 1 | - | |
| 3. Navjot Sidhu | c Marvan Atapattu b Muttiah Muralitharan | 36 | 50 | 72 | 4 | - | |
| *4. Sachin Tendulkar | not out | 82 | 86 | 110 | 6 | - | |
| 5. Mohammad Azharuddin | not out | 28 | 46 | 52 | 3 | - | |
| 6. Robin Singh | |||||||
| +7. Nayan Mongia | |||||||
| 8. Sairaj Bahutule | |||||||
| 9. Javagal Srinath | |||||||
| 10. Rajesh Chauhan | |||||||
| 11. Debasis Mohanty |
| FOW | 1-16 (Ajay Jadeja), 2-26 (Sourav Ganguly), 3-94 (Navjot Sidhu). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 6w, 1nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 3 wickets, 37.5 ovs) 173 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 7 | 1 | 19 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Sajeewa de Silva | 7.5 | 0 | 31 | 0 | (2w,1nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 7 | 0 | 49 | 1 | (3w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 8 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Upul Chandana | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
India: Sourav Ganguly, Ajay Jadeja, Navjot Sidhu, Sachin Tendulkar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Robin Singh, Nayan Mongia, Sairaj Bahutule, Javagal Srinath, Rajesh Chauhan, Debasis Mohanty
Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya, Marvan Atapattu, Roshan Mahanama, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Kumar Dharmasena, Upul Chandana, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, Sajeewa de Silva
