India v Sri Lanka @ Vidarbha C.A. Ground, Nagpur
26, 27, 28, 29, 30 November 1997 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: CJ Mitchley, VK Ramaswamy
Third Umpire: PS Godbole
Match Referee: RB Simpson
Match Result: Match Drawn
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| +1. Nayan Mongia | c Muttiah Muralitharan b Ravindra Pushpakumara | 11 | 17 | 18 | 2 | - | |
| 2. Navjot Sidhu | c Marvan Atapattu b Chaminda Vaas | 79 | 162 | 214 | 13 | 1 | |
| 3. Rahul Dravid | c Marvan Atapattu b Chaminda Vaas | 92 | 221 | 330 | 10 | 1 | |
| *4. Sachin Tendulkar | b Ravindra Pushpakumara | 15 | 20 | 38 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5. Mohammad Azharuddin | lbw b Ravindra Pushpakumara | 62 | 121 | 139 | 6 | - | |
| 6. Sourav Ganguly | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Ravindra Pushpakumara | 99 | 188 | 309 | 13 | - | |
| 7. Anil Kumble | run out (Arjuna Ranatunga > > ) | 78 | 191 | 219 | 8 | - | |
| 8. Javagal Srinath | lbw b Sanath Jayasuriya | 11 | 11 | 13 | 1 | - | |
| 9. Rajesh Chauhan | c Chaminda Vaas b Sanath Jayasuriya | 1 | 13 | 18 | - | - | |
| 10. Abey Kuruvilla | lbw b Ravindra Pushpakumara | 0 | 1 | 5 | - | - | |
| 11. Nilesh Kulkarni | not out | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | . |
| Extras | 8b, 13lb, 3w, 12nb, 0pen) 36 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 155 ovs) 485 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 31 | 3 | 80 | 2 | (0w,3nb) |
| Ravindra Pushpakumara | 32 | 3 | 122 | 5 | (0w,6nb) |
| Jayantha Silva | 28 | 6 | 81 | 0 | (1w,2nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 46 | 9 | 137 | 0 | (0w,7nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 16 | 4 | 32 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Marvan Atapattu | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
India:
Nayan Mongia, Navjot Sidhu, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Rajesh Chauhan, Abey Kuruvilla, Nilesh Kulkarni
Sri Lanka:
Sanath Jayasuriya, Marvan Atapattu, Roshan Mahanama, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Hashan Tillakaratne, Lanka de Silva, Chaminda Vaas, Ravindra Pushpakumara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Jayantha Silva
