India v Sri Lanka @ Sharjah C.A. Stadium
9 November 1998
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: RS Dunne, DL Orchard
Third Umpire: Javed Akhtar
Match Referee: E Isaccs
Match Result: India won by 81 runs
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Sachin Tendulkar | c Marvan Atapattu b Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 18 | 28 | 57 | 2 | - | |
| 2. Sourav Ganguly | run out (Marvan Atapattu > ) | 0 | 3 | 7 | - | - | |
| +3. Nayan Mongia | c Marvan Atapattu b Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 1 | 22 | 32 | - | - | |
| 4. Ajay Jadeja | run out (Pramodya Wickramasinghe > ) | 64 | 117 | 162 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5. Robin Singh | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Kumar Dharmasena | 3 | 8 | 9 | - | - | |
| *6. Mohammad Azharuddin | c Marvan Atapattu b Thilan Samaraweera | 26 | 48 | 59 | - | - | |
| 7. Nikhil Chopra | c Roshan Mahanama b Kumar Dharmasena | 15 | 32 | 32 | 1 | - | |
| 8. Ajit Agarkar | c & b Kumar Dharmasena | 6 | 9 | 11 | 1 | - | |
| 9. Javagal Srinath | b Chaminda Vaas | 15 | 20 | 23 | - | - | |
| 10. Sunil Joshi | not out | 3 | 5 | 16 | - | - | |
| 11. Anil Kumble | run out (Marvan Atapattu > ) | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | - |
| FOW | 1-1 (Sourav Ganguly), 2-18 (Nayan Mongia), 3-29 (Sachin Tendulkar), 4-36 (Robin Singh), 5-88 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 6-118 (Nikhil Chopra), 7-134 (Ajit Agarkar), 8-163 (Javagal Srinath), 9-164 (Ajay Jadeja), 179 (Anil Kumble). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 10w, 2nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.5 ovs) 179 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 1 | 37 | 1 | (1w,2nb) |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 8.5 | 1 | 27 | 2 | (3w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 9 | 0 | 31 | 3 | (1w,0nb) |
| Thilan Samaraweera | 10 | 0 | 35 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 34 | 0 | (4w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | b Javagal Srinath | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| 2. Avishka Gunawardene | lbw b Ajit Agarkar | 0 | 5 | 9 | - | - | |
| 3. Marvan Atapattu | b Ajit Agarkar | 10 | 14 | 32 | - | - | |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Nayan Mongia b Sunil Joshi | 29 | 67 | 97 | 4 | - | |
| 5. Roshan Mahanama | lbw b Ajit Agarkar | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| *6. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Robin Singh b Javagal Srinath | 9 | 14 | 30 | 1 | - | |
| +7. Romesh Kaluwitharana | run out (Sunil Joshi > ) | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | - | |
| 8. Thilan Samaraweera | c Javagal Srinath b Sunil Joshi | 16 | 48 | 57 | 2 | - | |
| 9. Kumar Dharmasena | not out | 13 | 60 | 63 | - | - | |
| 10. Chaminda Vaas | b Sunil Joshi | 4 | 12 | 23 | - | - | |
| 11. Pramodya Wickramasinghe | b Anil Kumble | 3 | 15 | 15 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-2 (Avishka Gunawardene), 3-21 (Marvan Atapattu), 4-21 (Roshan Mahanama), 5-47 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 6-47 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 7-66 (Aravinda de Silva), 8-79 (Thilan Samaraweera), 9-89 (Chaminda Vaas), 98 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe). |
| Extras | 4b, 2lb, 2w, 6nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 39 ovs) 98 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Javagal Srinath | 8 | 1 | 20 | 2 | (1w,6nb) |
| Ajit Agarkar | 8 | 1 | 35 | 3 | (1w,0nb) |
| Sunil Joshi | 10 | 1 | 17 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 9 | 3 | 11 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nikhil Chopra | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
India: Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Nayan Mongia, Ajay Jadeja, Robin Singh, Mohammad Azharuddin, Nikhil Chopra, Ajit Agarkar, Javagal Srinath, Sunil Joshi, Anil Kumble
Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya, Avishka Gunawardene, Marvan Atapattu, Aravinda de Silva, Roshan Mahanama, Arjuna Ranatunga, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Thilan Samaraweera, Kumar Dharmasena, Chaminda Vaas, Pramodya Wickramasinghe
