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Test no. 1023

India in Sri Lanka Test Series - 1st Test
Sri Lanka v India

1985 season

Played at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, on 30,31 August, 1,3,4 September 1985 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn


India 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	LS Rajput	c Silva b Ahangama	32	90			0
	K Srikkanth	b Ratnayake	2			0	0
	M Azharuddin	c Silva b Ahangama	3			0	0
	DB Vengsarkar	c Silva b de Mel	6				0
	SM Gavaskar	run out	51	342			0
	RJ Shastri	c Silva b de Mel	9	30			0
	N Kapil Dev	c Silva b de Mel	36	24	26	7	0	138.46
	S Viswanath	c EAR de Silva b de Mel	20				0
	C Sharma	c Silva b de Mel	38				0
	G Sharma	not out	10				0
	Maninder Singh	lbw b Ratnayake	0			0	0
	Extras	(lb 5, w 1, nb 5)	11

	Total	(all out; 97.2 overs)	218	(2.23 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-19 (Srikkanth), 2-30 (Azharuddin), 3-47 (Vengsarkar), 4-49 (Rajput), 5-65 (Shastri), 6-101 (Kapil Dev), 7-143 (Viswanath), 8-202 (C Sharma), 9-218 (Gavaskar), 10-218 (Maninder Singh)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
ALF de Mel	28	8	64	5	2.28
RJ Ratnayake	24.2	7	64	2	2.63
FS Ahangama	23	3	60	2	2.60
EAR de Silva	12	5	18	0	1.50
A Ranatunga	10	8	7	0	0.70


Sri Lanka 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	S Wettimuny	c Viswanath b C Sharma	13			0
	SAR Silva	c Azharuddin b C Sharma	7			0
	RS Madugalle	c & b Maninder Singh	103	403	10	0
	RL Dias	c Azharuddin b C Sharma	4			0
	LRD Mendis	c Gavaskar b Maninder Singh	51	130		0
	A Ranatunga	b Shastri	111	335		1
	PA de Silva	c Azharuddin b Shastri	33			0
	ALF de Mel	c Viswanath b Kapil Dev	16			1
	RJ Ratnayake	lbw b Kapil Dev	2		0	0
	EAR de Silva	not out	1		0	0
	FS Ahangama	c Viswanath b Kapil Dev	0		0	0
	Extras	(lb 5, nb 1)	6

	Total	(all out; 144.4 overs)	347	(2.39 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-18 (Silva), 2-29 (Wettimuny), 3-33 (Dias), 4-118 (Mendis), 5-262 (Madugalle), 6-317 (PA de Silva), 7-342 (de Mel), 8-346 (Ratnayake), 9-346 (Ranatunga), 10-347 (Ahangama)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
N Kapil Dev	30.4	8	74	3	2.41
C Sharma	25	3	81	3	3.24
RJ Shastri	34	9	70	2	2.05
Maninder Singh	40	12	82	2	2.05
G Sharma	15	6	35	0	2.33


India 2nd innings			R	M	4s	6s
	LS Rajput	c Silva b Ratnayake	61			0
	K Srikkanth	c Silva b Ratnayake	9			0
	M Azharuddin	lbw b Ahangama	16			0
	DB Vengsarkar	not out	98	405		0
	SM Gavaskar	c de Mel b Ratnayake	0		0	0
	RJ Shastri	lbw b Ratnayake	40			0
	N Kapil Dev	c sub (SD Anurasiri) b Ratnayake	6			0
	S Viswanath	c Silva b Ratnayake	0		0	0
	C Sharma	run out	4			0
	G Sharma	lbw b Ahangama	1		0	0
	Maninder Singh	b Ahangama	3	45	0	0
	Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 6)	13

	Total	(all out; 119.3 overs)	251	(2.10 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-23 (Srikkanth), 2-54 (Azharuddin), 3-130 (Rajput), 4-130 (Gavaskar), 5-188 (Shastri), 6-206 (Kapil Dev), 7-206 (Viswanath), 8-220 (C Sharma), 9-229 (G Sharma), 10-251 (Maninder Singh)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
ALF de Mel	30	3	84	0	2.80
RJ Ratnayake	41	10	85	6	2.07
FS Ahangama	27.3	10	49	3	1.78
EAR de Silva	15	6	20	0	1.33
A Ranatunga	6	2	6	0	1.00


Sri Lanka 2nd innings (target: 123 runs)			R	4s	6s
	PA de Silva	c Maninder Singh b Kapil Dev	21		1
	LRD Mendis	c Kapil Dev b C Sharma	18		0
	RL Dias	c Srikkanth b Kapil Dev	0	0	0
	A Ranatunga	run out	15		0
	RS Madugalle	not out	5		0
	SAR Silva	not out	1	0	0
	Extras	(lb 1)	1

	Total	(4 wickets; 8 overs)	61	(7.62 runs per over)

Did not bat S Wettimuny, ALF de Mel, RJ Ratnayake, EAR de Silva, FS Ahangama

Fall of wickets1-38 (PA de Silva), 2-39 (Dias), 3-44 (Mendis), 4-58 (Ranatunga)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
N Kapil Dev	4	0	36	2	9.00
C Sharma	4	0	24	1	6.00

Toss India, who chose to bat first
Series 3-match series level 0-0

Test debuts LS Rajput and S Viswanath (India); FS Ahangama and EAR de Silva (Sri Lanka)

Umpires HC Felsinger and KT Francis

Close of play
30 Aug day 1 - India 1st innings 184/7 (SM Gavaskar 43*, C Sharma 23*)
31 Aug day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 148/4 (RS Madugalle 55*, A Ranatunga 16*)
1 Sep day 3 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 342/7 (A Ranatunga 109*, RJ Ratnayake 0*)
2 Sep rest day
3 Sep day 4 - India 2nd innings 153/4 (DB Vengsarkar 42*, RJ Shastri 17*)
4 Sep day 5 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 61/4 (8 ov) - end of match

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