India v Sri Lanka @ Sharjah C.A. Stadium
6 November 1998
Toss: India (field)
Umpires: RS Dunne, DL Orchard
Third Umpire: Javed Akhtar
Match Referee: E Isaccs
Match Result: India won by 3 wickets
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | b Nikhil Chopra | 27 | 41 | 80 | 2 | - | |
| 2. Avishka Gunawardene | b Anil Kumble | 52 | 55 | 66 | 8 | - | |
| 3. Marvan Atapattu | lbw b Javagal Srinath | 64 | 93 | 135 | 1 | - | |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Sourav Ganguly b Anil Kumble | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | c & b Ajit Agarkar | 43 | 66 | 78 | 1 | 1 | |
| +6. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Anil Kumble b Ajit Agarkar | 22 | 19 | 29 | 2 | - | |
| 7. Roshan Mahanama | not out | 12 | 11 | 21 | - | - | |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | b Javagal Srinath | 6 | 7 | 7 | - | - | |
| 9. Kumar Dharmasena | not out | 3 | 6 | 5 | - | - | |
| 10. Thilan Samaraweera | |||||||
| 11. Nuwan Zoysa |
| FOW | 1-79 (Avishka Gunawardene), 2-85 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-86 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-175 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-219 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 6-228 (Marvan Atapattu), 7-238 (Chaminda Vaas). |
| Extras | 0b, 7lb, 7w, 2nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs) 245 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Javagal Srinath | 10 | 0 | 59 | 2 | (0w,2nb) |
| Ajit Agarkar | 10 | 0 | 56 | 2 | (3w,0nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 10 | 2 | 39 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Nikhil Chopra | 10 | 2 | 34 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sunil Joshi | 6 | 0 | 33 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Sourav Ganguly | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Nuwan Zoysa | 5 | 15 | 19 | 1 | - | |
| 2. Sachin Tendulkar | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Chaminda Vaas | 3 | 6 | 15 | - | - | |
| +3. Nayan Mongia | c Roshan Mahanama b Thilan Samaraweera | 51 | 63 | 96 | 5 | 1 | |
| *4. Mohammad Azharuddin | b Chaminda Vaas | 94 | 131 | 159 | 3 | 4 | |
| 5. Javagal Srinath | run out (Marvan Atapattu > ) | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | - | |
| 6. Ajay Jadeja | run out (Roshan Mahanama > ) | 26 | 38 | 64 | 2 | - | |
| 7. Robin Singh | not out | 12 | 26 | 35 | - | - | |
| 8. Nikhil Chopra | run out (Sanath Jayasuriya > Aravinda de Silva) | 4 | 7 | 9 | - | - | |
| 9. Ajit Agarkar | not out | 26 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10. Sunil Joshi | |||||||
| 11. Anil Kumble |
| FOW | 1-12 (Sachin Tendulkar), 2-13 (Sourav Ganguly), 3-117 (Nayan Mongia), 4-119 (Javagal Srinath), 5-198 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 6-207 (Ajay Jadeja), 7-215 (Nikhil Chopra). |
| Extras | 0b, 9lb, 11w, 6nb, 0pen) 26 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 49.1 ovs) 248 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 8 | 0 | 19 | 2 | (2w,1nb) |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 8 | 0 | 45 | 1 | (2w,4nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 69 | 0 | (1w,1nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 8.1 | 0 | 39 | 0 | (5w,0nb) |
| Thilan Samaraweera | 10 | 0 | 41 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
India: Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Nayan Mongia, Mohammad Azharuddin, Javagal Srinath, Ajay Jadeja, Robin Singh, Nikhil Chopra, Ajit Agarkar, Sunil Joshi, Anil Kumble
Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya, Avishka Gunawardene, Marvan Atapattu, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Roshan Mahanama, Chaminda Vaas, Kumar Dharmasena, Thilan Samaraweera, Nuwan Zoysa
