Sri Lanka v India @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
1 July 1998
Toss: India (field)
Umpires: I A, Ppa and BC Cooray
Third Umpire: WAU Wickremasinghe
Match Referee: CW Smith
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 8 runs
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Hrishikesh Kanitkar b Venkatesh Prasad | 23 | 14 | 30 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2. Avishka Gunawardene | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Ajit Agarkar | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - | |
| 3. Marvan Atapattu | c Robin Singh b Ajit Agarkar | 12 | 18 | 20 | 1 | - | |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Venkatesh Prasad | 62 | 86 | 118 | 5 | - | |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Ajay Jadeja b Harbhajan Singh | 11 | 22 | 35 | 2 | - | |
| +6. Romesh Kaluwitharana | st Nayan Mongia b Harbhajan Singh | 7 | 16 | 15 | 1 | - | |
| 7. Upul Chandana | b Ajit Agarkar | 26 | 24 | 28 | 1 | 2 | |
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | c Sachin Tendulkar b Anil Kumble | 11 | 21 | 26 | - | - | |
| 9. Pramodya Wickramasinghe | not out | 5 | 10 | 14 | - | - | |
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | not out | 3 | 10 | 9 | - | - | |
| 11. Suresh Perera |
| FOW | 1-1 (Avishka Gunawardene), 2-30 (Marvan Atapattu), 3-38 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 4-77 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-90 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 6-132 (Upul Chandana), 7-160 (Kumar Dharmasena), 8-164 (Aravinda de Silva). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 2w, 5nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 36 ovs) 171 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ajit Agarkar | 7 | 0 | 38 | 3 | (1w,1nb) |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 7 | 0 | 34 | 2 | (0w,5nb) |
| Robin Singh | 7 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Harbhajan Singh | 7 | 0 | 35 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 8 | 0 | 22 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Sourav Ganguly | c Aravinda de Silva b Suresh Perera | 26 | 27 | 36 | 5 | - | |
| 2. Sachin Tendulkar | c & b Kumar Dharmasena | 17 | 16 | 28 | 4 | - | |
| +3. Nayan Mongia | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Suresh Perera | 2 | 6 | 16 | - | - | |
| *4. Mohammad Azharuddin | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Kumar Dharmasena | 8 | 11 | 17 | 1 | - | |
| 5. Ajay Jadeja | run out (Muttiah Muralitharan > ) | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - | |
| 6. Hrishikesh Kanitkar | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Aravinda de Silva | 9 | 22 | 32 | - | - | |
| 7. Robin Singh | c sub b Aravinda de Silva | 50 | 74 | 102 | 1 | 1 | |
| 8. Ajit Agarkar | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 30 | 47 | 52 | 2 | 1 | |
| 9. Anil Kumble | st Romesh Kaluwitharana b Sanath Jayasuriya | 4 | 10 | 17 | - | - | |
| 10. Venkatesh Prasad | not out | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | - | |
| 11. Harbhajan Singh | st Romesh Kaluwitharana b Sanath Jayasuriya | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-41 (Sachin Tendulkar), 2-48 (Sourav Ganguly), 3-57 (Nayan Mongia), 4-57 (Ajay Jadeja), 5-58 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 6-75 (Hrishikesh Kanitkar), 7-138 (Ajit Agarkar), 8-162 (Anil Kumble), 9-163 (Harbhajan Singh). |
| Extras | 4b, 5lb, 6w, 1nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 35.4 ovs) 163 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Suresh Perera | 6 | 0 | 25 | 2 | (2w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 7 | 0 | 29 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 8 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 6 | 0 | 27 | 1 | (2w,2nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 5.4 | 0 | 18 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya, Avishka Gunawardene, Marvan Atapattu, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Upul Chandana, Kumar Dharmasena, Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Muttiah Muralitharan, Suresh Perera
India: Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Nayan Mongia, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Hrishikesh Kanitkar, Robin Singh, Ajit Agarkar, Anil Kumble, Venkatesh Prasad, Harbhajan Singh
