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India v Sri Lanka @ Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, Margao
28 December 1997
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: K Hariharan, RC Sharma
Third Umpire: R Nagarajan
Match Referee: AM Ebrahim
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Ajay Jadeja | c Muttiah Muralitharan b Sanath Jayasuriya | 53 | 108 | 133 | 5 | - |
| 2. Sourav Ganguly | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Muttiah Muralitharan | 61 | 86 | 137 | 4 | 1 |
| *3. Sachin Tendulkar | c Sajeewa de Silva b Muttiah Muralitharan | 6 | 13 | 23 | - | - |
| 4. Mohammad Azharuddin | c & b Muttiah Muralitharan | 24 | 36 | 38 | 1 | 1 |
| 5. Navjot Sidhu | run out (Arjuna Ranatunga > Kumar Dharmasena) | 17 | 22 | 31 | 1 | - |
| 6. Robin Singh | not out | 19 | 23 | 29 | 2 | - |
| +7. Nayan Mongia | c Muttiah Muralitharan b Sajeewa de Silva | 14 | 12 | 20 | 1 | - |
| 8. Sairaj Bahutule | not out | 0 | 2 | 6 | - | - |
| 9. Javagal Srinath | ||||||
| 10. Rajesh Chauhan | ||||||
| 11. Debasis Mohanty |
| FOW | 1-131 (Ajay Jadeja), 2-134 (Sourav Ganguly), 3-152 (Sachin Tendulkar), 4-181 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 5-190 (Navjot Sidhu), 6-223 (Nayan Mongia). |
| Extras | 0b, 13lb, 20w, 1nb, 0pen) 34 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 50 ovs) 228 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 9 | 0 | 28 | 0 | (3w,1nb) |
| Sajeewa de Silva | 8 | 0 | 30 | 1 | (4w,1nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 1 | 38 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 2 | 53 | 3 | (5w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 52 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Robin Singh b Debasis Mohanty | 17 | 8 | 8 | 4 | - |
| 2. Marvan Atapattu | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Debasis Mohanty | 14 | 34 | 55 | 1 | - |
| 3. Roshan Mahanama | b Sairaj Bahutule | 46 | 79 | 99 | 2 | 1 |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | not out | 82 | 90 | 170 | 6 | 1 |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Ajay Jadeja b Javagal Srinath | 20 | 36 | 51 | - | - |
| +6. Romesh Kaluwitharana | b Debasis Mohanty | 30 | 38 | 49 | 1 | 1 |
| 7. Kumar Dharmasena | not out | 5 | 8 | 11 | 1 | - |
| 8. Hashan Tillakaratne | ||||||
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | ||||||
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | ||||||
| 11. Sajeewa de Silva |
| FOW | 1-19 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-51 (Marvan Atapattu), 3-112 (Roshan Mahanama), 4-164 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-220 (Romesh Kaluwitharana). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 13w, 1nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 48.2 ovs) 229 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Javagal Srinath | 10 | 1 | 26 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Debasis Mohanty | 10 | 0 | 58 | 3 | (4w,0nb) |
| Robin Singh | 5.2 | 1 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sairaj Bahutule | 10 | 0 | 46 | 1 | (1w,1nb) |
| Rajesh Chauhan | 9 | 0 | 37 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (2w,1nb) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
Squads
India:
Ajay Jadeja, Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Navjot Sidhu, Robin Singh, Nayan Mongia, Sairaj Bahutule, Javagal Srinath, Rajesh Chauhan, Debasis Mohanty