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Test No. 2176

India tour of Sri Lanka 2015
2015-16 season
Sri Lanka vs India - 1st Test
12-15 August, 2015 (5-day match)

Sri Lanka led the 3-match series 1-0

Venue : Galle International Stadium
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Sri Lanka won by 63 runs


Sri Lanka 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Dimuth Karunaratne c Rahane b Sharma
9 
19 
0 
0
47.37 
»
 Kaushal Silva c Dhawan b Aaron
5 
24 
1 
0
20.83 
»
 Lahiru Thirimanne c Rahane b Ashwin
13 
38 
2 
0
34.21 
»
 Kumar Sangakkara c Rahul b Ashwin
5 
12 
0 
0
41.67 
»
 Angelo Mathews c Sharma b Ashwin
64 
92 
6 
1
69.57 
»
 Jehan Mubarak c Rahul b Ashwin
0 
7 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Dinesh Chandimal c Rahane b Mishra
59 
77 
9 
0
76.62 
»
 Dhammika Prasad lbw b Ashwin
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Rangana Herath b Ashwin
23 
24 
4 
0
95.83 
»
 Tharindu Kaushal c Sharma b Mishra
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Nuwan Pradeep Not Out
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 1, LB 1, W 3
5
Total : (all out in 49.4 overs)
183
 RR : 3.68

Fall of wickets : 1-15 (Karunaratne, 6.5 ov), 2-15 (Silva, 7.1 ov), 3-27 (Sangakkara, 11.3 ov), 4-54 (Thirimanne, 19.4 ov), 5-60 (Mubarak, 21.3 ov), 6-139 (Mathews, 41.3 ov), 7-155 (Prasad, 43.3 ov), 8-179 (Chandimal, 48.1 ov), 9-179 (Kaushal, 48.2 ov), 10-183 (Herath, 49.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Ishant Sharma
11
3 
30 
1
2.73
3
0
»
 Varun Aaron
11
0 
68 
1
6.18
0
0
»
 Ravichandran Ashwin
13
 .4
2 
46 
6
3.37
0
0
»
 Amit Mishra
6
1 
20 
2
3.33
0
0
»
 Harbhajan Singh
8
1 
17 
0
2.13
0
0

India 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 KL Rahul lbw b Prasad
7 
7 
0 
0
100.00 
»
 Shikhar Dhawan b Pradeep
134 
271 
13 
0
49.45 
»
 Rohit Sharma lbw b Mathews
9 
24 
1 
0
37.50 
»
 Virat Kohli lbw b Kaushal
103 
191 
11 
0
53.93 
»
 Ajinkya Rahane lbw b Kaushal
0 
5 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Wriddhiman Saha c Chandimal b Pradeep
60 
120 
6 
1
50.00 
»
 Ravichandran Ashwin b Pradeep
7 
4 
1 
0
175.00 
»
 Harbhajan Singh b Kaushal
14 
31 
2 
0
45.16 
»
 Amit Mishra b Kaushal
10 
17 
1 
0
58.82 
»
 Ishant Sharma Not Out
3 
39 
0 
0
7.69 
»
 Varun Aaron c Mathews b Kaushal
4 
9 
1 
0
44.44 
Extras LB 10, W 3, N 11
24
Total : (all out in 117.4 overs)
375
 RR : 3.19

Fall of wickets : 1-14 (Rahul, 2.6 ov), 2-28 (RG Sharma, 9.3 ov), 3-255 (Kohli, 73.6 ov), 4-257 (Rahane, 75.2 ov), 5-294 (Dhawan, 87.6 ov), 6-302 (Ashwin, 89.5 ov), 7-330 (Harbhajan Singh, 99.2 ov), 8-344 (Mishra, 103.4 ov), 9-366 (Saha, 114.5 ov), 10-375 (Aaron, 117.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Dhammika Prasad
22
4 
54 
1
2.45
1
1
»
 Nuwan Pradeep
26
2 
98 
3
3.77
1
2
»
 Angelo Mathews
4
1 
12 
1
3.00
0
0
»
 Tharindu Kaushal
32
 .4
2 
134 
5
4.10
9
0
»
 Rangana Herath
33
4 
67 
0
2.03
0
0

Sri Lanka 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Dimuth Karunaratne b Ashwin
0 
5 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Kaushal Silva b Mishra
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Dhammika Prasad c Rahane b Aaron
3 
12 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Kumar Sangakkara c Rahane b Ashwin
40 
70 
5 
0
57.14 
»
 Angelo Mathews c Rahul b Mishra
39 
63 
4 
1
61.90 
»
 Dinesh Chandimal Not Out
162 
169 
19 
4
95.86 
»
 Lahiru Thirimanne c Rahane b Ashwin
44 
76 
4 
0
57.89 
»
 Jehan Mubarak c Rahane b Harbhajan Singh
49 
60 
4 
2
81.67 
»
 Rangana Herath c Rahane b Mishra
1 
15 
0 
0
6.67 
»
 Tharindu Kaushal c Saha b Sharma
7 
22 
1 
0
31.82 
»
 Nuwan Pradeep b Ashwin
3 
4 
0 
0
75.00 
Extras B 3, W 8, N 8
19
Total : (all out in 82.2 overs)
367
 RR : 4.46

Fall of wickets : 1-0 (Karunaratne, 0.5 ov), 2-1 (Silva, 1.5 ov), 3-5 (Prasad, 4.1 ov), 4-92 (Sangakkara, 24.5 ov), 5-95 (Mathews, 25.6 ov), 6-220 (Thirimanne, 50.4 ov), 7-302 (Mubarak, 68.3 ov), 8-319 (Herath, 72.5 ov), 9-360 (Kaushal, 81.2 ov), 10-367 (Pradeep, 82.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Ravichandran Ashwin
28
 .2
6 
114 
4
4.02
0
0
»
 Amit Mishra
17
2 
61 
3
3.59
2
0
»
 Harbhajan Singh
17
0 
73 
1
4.29
0
0
»
 Varun Aaron
7
0 
39 
1
5.57
0
3
»
 Ishant Sharma
13
0 
77 
1
5.92
6
0

India 2nd innings
(Target: 176 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 KL Rahul lbw b Herath
5 
14 
0 
0
35.71 
»
 Shikhar Dhawan c & b Kaushal
28 
83 
3 
0
33.73 
»
 Ishant Sharma lbw b Herath
10 
23 
1 
0
43.48 
»
 Rohit Sharma b Herath
4 
16 
1 
0
25.00 
»
 Virat Kohli c Silva b Kaushal
3 
10 
0 
0
30.00 
»
 Ajinkya Rahane c Mathews b Herath
36 
76 
4 
0
47.37 
»
 Wriddhiman Saha st Chandimal b Herath
2 
11 
0 
0
18.18 
»
 Harbhajan Singh c Silva b Herath
1 
7 
0 
0
14.29 
»
 Ravichandran Ashwin c Prasad b Herath
3 
20 
0 
0
15.00 
»
 Amit Mishra c Karunaratne b Kaushal
15 
36 
3 
0
41.67 
»
 Varun Aaron Not Out
1 
4 
0 
0
25.00 
Extras LB 2, W 1, N 1
4
Total : (all out in 49.5 overs)
112
 RR : 2.25

Fall of wickets : 1-12 (Rahul, 4.3 ov), 2-30 (I Sharma, 14.1 ov), 3-34 (RG Sharma, 18.5 ov), 4-45 (Kohli, 21.6 ov), 5-60 (Dhawan, 27.3 ov), 6-65 (Saha, 30.3 ov), 7-67 (Harbhajan Singh, 32.3 ov), 8-81 (Ashwin, 38.6 ov), 9-102 (Rahane, 46.3 ov), 10-112 (Mishra, 49.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Dhammika Prasad
4
2 
4 
0
1.00
1
0
»
 Rangana Herath
21
6 
48 
7
2.29
0
0
»
 Tharindu Kaushal
17
 .5
1 
47 
3
2.64
0
0
»
 Nuwan Pradeep
6
3 
8 
0
1.33
0
0
»
 Angelo Mathews
1
0 
3 
0
3.00
0
1

Match details
Man of the Match: LD Chandimal (Sri Lanka)
Umpires : NJ Llong (England) and BNJ Oxenford (Australia)
Third Umpire: REJ Martinesz (Sri Lanka)
Referee : AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe)
Reserve Umpire: RR Wimalasiri (Sri Lanka)
Close of Play
Day 1 : India 1st innings - 128/2 (S Dhawan 53*, V Kohli 45*, 34 ov)
Day 2 : Sri Lanka 2nd innings - 5/2 (KTGD Prasad 3*, KC Sangakkara 1*, 4 ov)
Day 3 : India 2nd innings - 23/1 (S Dhawan 13*, I Sharma 5*, 8 ov)
Day 4 : India 2nd innings - 112 (VR Aaron 1*, 49.5 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Sri Lanka Angelo Mathews (Capt.), Dhammika Prasad, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Jehan Mubarak, Kaushal Silva, Kumar Sangakkara, Lahiru Thirimanne, Nuwan Pradeep, Rangana Herath, Tharindu Kaushal
India Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, KL Rahul, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Varun Aaron, Virat Kohli (Capt.), Wriddhiman Saha (wk)
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