India v Sri Lanka @ Nehru Stadium, Gauhati
11 January 1987
Toss: India (field)
Umpires: RB Gupta, PG Pandit
Match Result: India won by 8 wickets
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Ravi Ratnayeke | c Ravi Shastri b Shivlal Yadav | 11 | 43 | - | - | - | |
| 2. Aravinda de Silva | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Madan Lal | 3 | 13 | - | - | - | |
| 3. Asanka Gurusinha | b Shivlal Yadav | 6 | 39 | - | 1 | - | |
| 4. Roy Dias | lbw b Ravi Shastri | 26 | 69 | - | 2 | - | |
| 5. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Kris Srikkanth b Maninder Singh | 0 | 7 | - | - | - | |
| *6. Duleep Mendis | lbw b Kapil Dev | 31 | 48 | - | 2 | - | |
| 7. Ranjan Madugalle | not out | 22 | 31 | - | 1 | - | |
| 8. Rumesh Ratnayake | run out | 17 | 21 | - | 2 | - | |
| 9. Ashantha de Mel | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Ravi Shastri | 7 | 7 | - | 1 | - | |
| +10. Guy de Alwis | not out | 6 | 5 | - | - | - | |
| 11. Asoka de Silva |
| FOW | 1-7 (Aravinda de Silva), 2-27 (Asanka Gurusinha), 3-33 (Ravi Ratnayeke), 4-33 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-91 (Roy Dias), 6-93 (Duleep Mendis), 7-120 (Rumesh Ratnayake), 8-135 (Ashantha de Mel). |
| Extras | 4b, 8lb, 3w, 1nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 46 ovs) 145 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 9 | 1 | 32 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Madan Lal | 9 | 1 | 25 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shivlal Yadav | 9 | 2 | 18 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Maninder Singh | 10 | 1 | 30 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravi Shastri | 9 | 0 | 28 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Kris Srikkanth | lbw b Rumesh Ratnayake | 19 | 20 | - | 2 | - | |
| 2. Sunny Gavaskar | not out | 70 | 83 | - | 6 | 1 | |
| 3. Raman Lamba | lbw b Ravi Ratnayeke | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | |
| 4. Dilip Vengsarkar | not out | 43 | 62 | - | 4 | - | |
| 5. Mohammad Azharuddin | |||||||
| 6. Ravi Shastri | |||||||
| *7. Kapil Dev | |||||||
| +8. Chandrakant Pandit | |||||||
| 9. Madan Lal | |||||||
| 10. Shivlal Yadav | |||||||
| 11. Maninder Singh |
| FOW | 1-44 (Kris Srikkanth), 2-50 (Raman Lamba). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 9w, 2nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 2 wickets, 27.3 ovs) 146 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ashantha de Mel | 7 | 0 | 43 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 6 | 0 | 26 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 6.3 | 0 | 38 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Asoka de Silva | 3 | 1 | 14 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
India: Kris Srikkanth, Sunny Gavaskar, Raman Lamba, Dilip Vengsarkar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ravi Shastri, Kapil Dev, Chandrakant Pandit, Madan Lal, Shivlal Yadav, Maninder Singh
Sri Lanka: Ravi Ratnayeke, Aravinda de Silva, Asanka Gurusinha, Roy Dias, Arjuna Ranatunga, Duleep Mendis, Ranjan Madugalle, Rumesh Ratnayake, Ashantha de Mel, Guy de Alwis, Asoka de Silva
