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Test No. 2179

India tour of Sri Lanka 2015
2015-16 season
Sri Lanka vs India - 3rd Test
28 August - 01 September, 2015 (5-day match)

India won the 3-match series 2-1

Venue : Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first
Result : India won by 117 runs


India 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 KL Rahul b Prasad
2 
2 
0 
0
100.00 
»
 Cheteshwar Pujara Not Out
145 
289 
14 
0
50.17 
»
 Ajinkya Rahane lbw b Pradeep
8 
13 
2 
0
61.54 
»
 Virat Kohli c Perera b Mathews
18 
60 
3 
0
30.00 
»
 Rohit Sharma c Tharanga b Prasad
26 
65 
3 
1
40.00 
»
 Stuart Binny lbw b Prasad
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Naman Ojha c Tharanga b Kaushal
21 
54 
3 
0
38.89 
»
 Ravichandran Ashwin c Perera b Prasad
5 
14 
1 
0
35.71 
»
 Amit Mishra st Perera b Herath
59 
87 
7 
0
67.82 
»
 Ishant Sharma b Herath
6 
9 
1 
0
66.67 
»
 Umesh Yadav b Herath
4 
14 
0 
0
28.57 
Extras LB 2, W 4, N 7, Pen 5
18
Total : (all out in 100.1 overs)
312
 RR : 3.11

Fall of wickets : 1-2 (Rahul, 0.2 ov), 2-14 (Rahane, 3.4 ov), 3-64 (Kohli, 23.3 ov), 4-119 (RG Sharma, 45.5 ov), 5-119 (Binny, 45.6 ov), 6-173 (Ojha, 60.6 ov), 7-180 (Ashwin, 65.1 ov), 8-284 (Mishra, 92.2 ov), 9-298 (I Sharma, 96.6 ov), 10-312 (Yadav, 100.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Dhammika Prasad
26
4 
100 
4
3.85
4
1
»
 Nuwan Pradeep
22
6 
52 
1
2.36
0
3
»
 Angelo Mathews
13
6 
24 
1
1.85
0
0
»
 Rangana Herath
27
 .1
3 
84 
3
3.09
0
0
»
 Tharindu Kaushal
12
2 
45 
1
3.75
3
0

Sri Lanka 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Upul Tharanga c Rahul b Sharma
4 
23 
1 
0
17.39 
»
 Kaushal Silva b Yadav
3 
11 
0 
0
27.27 
»
 Dimuth Karunaratne c Rahul b Binny
11 
37 
0 
0
29.73 
»
 Dinesh Chandimal lbw b Binny
23 
27 
5 
0
85.19 
»
 Angelo Mathews c Ojha b Sharma
1 
9 
0 
0
11.11 
»
 Lahiru Thirimanne c Rahul b Sharma
0 
7 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Kusal Perera c Kohli b Sharma
55 
56 
9 
0
98.21 
»
 Dhammika Prasad st Ojha b Mishra
27 
23 
4 
0
117.39 
»
 Rangana Herath c Ojha b Sharma
49 
84 
8 
0
58.33 
»
 Tharindu Kaushal lbw b Mishra
16 
39 
3 
0
41.03 
»
 Nuwan Pradeep Not Out
2 
5 
0 
0
40.00 
Extras LB 1, W 2, N 7
10
Total : (all out in 52.2 overs)
201
 RR : 3.84

Fall of wickets : 1-11 (Tharanga, 4.5 ov), 2-11 (Silva, 5.2 ov), 3-40 (Chandimal, 11.5 ov), 4-45 (Mathews, 16.1 ov), 5-47 (Karunaratne, 17.6 ov), 6-47 (Thirimanne, 18.2 ov), 6-48* (Prasad, retired not out, 18.3 ov), 7-127 (Perera, 33.4 ov), 8-156 (Kaushal, 44.4 ov), 9-183 (Herath, 49.5 ov), 10-201 (Prasad, 52.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Ishant Sharma
15
2 
54 
5
3.60
6
1
»
 Umesh Yadav
13
2 
64 
1
4.92
0
0
»
 Stuart Binny
9
3 
24 
2
2.67
0
1
»
 Ravichandran Ashwin
8
1 
33 
0
4.13
0
0
»
 Amit Mishra
7
 .2
1 
25 
2
3.41
1
0

India 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Cheteshwar Pujara b Prasad
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 KL Rahul b Pradeep
2 
8 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Ajinkya Rahane lbw b Pradeep
4 
17 
1 
0
23.53 
»
 Virat Kohli c Tharanga b Pradeep
21 
63 
2 
0
33.33 
»
 Rohit Sharma c Pradeep b Prasad
50 
72 
4 
1
69.44 
»
 Stuart Binny c Tharanga b Prasad
49 
62 
7 
0
79.03 
»
 Naman Ojha c Karunaratne b Herath
35 
63 
4 
0
55.56 
»
 Amit Mishra run out
39 
62 
4 
0
62.90 
»
 Ravichandran Ashwin c Perera b Prasad
58 
87 
7 
0
66.67 
»
 Umesh Yadav c Herath b Pradeep
4 
19 
0 
0
21.05 
»
 Ishant Sharma Not Out
2 
6 
0 
0
33.33 
Extras B 1, LB 1, W 3, N 5
10
Total : (all out in 76.0 overs)
274
 RR : 3.61

Fall of wickets : 1-0 (Pujara, 0.2 ov), 2-2 (Rahul, 3.2 ov), 3-7 (Rahane, 5.2 ov), 4-64 (Kohli, 22.2 ov), 5-118 (RG Sharma, 32.5 ov), 6-160 (Binny, 44.2 ov), 7-179 (Ojha, 51.3 ov), 8-234 (Mishra, 67.2 ov), 9-269 (Yadav, 74.6 ov), 10-274 (Ashwin, 75.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Dhammika Prasad
19
3 
69 
4
3.63
4
2
»
 Nuwan Pradeep
17
2 
62 
4
3.65
0
1
»
 Rangana Herath
22
0 
89 
1
4.05
0
0
»
 Angelo Mathews
6
3 
11 
0
1.83
0
0
»
 Tharindu Kaushal
12
2 
41 
0
3.42
1
0

Sri Lanka 2nd innings
(Target: 386 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Upul Tharanga c Ojha b Sharma
0 
7 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Kaushal Silva c Pujara b Yadav
27 
50 
4 
0
54.00 
»
 Dimuth Karunaratne c Ojha b Yadav
0 
7 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Dinesh Chandimal c Kohli b Sharma
18 
17 
3 
0
105.88 
»
 Angelo Mathews lbw b Sharma
110 
240 
13 
0
45.83 
»
 Lahiru Thirimanne c Rahul b Ashwin
12 
47 
0 
0
25.53 
»
 Kusal Perera c Sharma b Ashwin
70 
106 
11 
0
66.04 
»
 Rangana Herath lbw b Ashwin
11 
23 
2 
0
47.83 
»
 Tharindu Kaushal Not Out
1 
14 
0 
0
7.14 
»
 Dhammika Prasad c Binny b Ashwin
6 
4 
1 
0
150.00 
»
 Nuwan Pradeep lbw b Mishra
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 4, LB 2, N 7
13
Total : (all out in 85.0 overs)
268
 RR : 3.15

Fall of wickets : 1-1 (Tharanga, 0.6 ov), 2-2 (Karunaratne, 3.2 ov), 3-21 (Chandimal, 6.6 ov), 4-74 (Silva, 21.1 ov), 5-107 (Thirimanne, 37.6 ov), 6-242 (Perera, 76.1 ov), 7-249 (Mathews, 80.3 ov), 8-257 (Herath, 83.1 ov), 9-263 (Prasad, 83.5 ov), 10-268 (Pradeep, 84.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Ishant Sharma
19
5 
32 
3
1.68
4
0
»
 Umesh Yadav
15
3 
65 
2
4.33
0
0
»
 Stuart Binny
13
3 
49 
0
3.77
0
0
»
 Amit Mishra
18
1 
47 
1
2.61
3
0
»
 Ravichandran Ashwin
20
2 
69 
4
3.45
0
0

Match details
Debuts: NV Ojha (India); MDKJ Perera (Sri Lanka)
Man of the Match: CA Pujara (India)
Man of the Series : R Ashwin (India)
Umpires : NJ Llong (England) and RJ Tucker (Australia)
Third Umpire: RR Wimalasiri (Sri Lanka)
Referee : AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe)
Reserve Umpire: RSA Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka)
Close of Play
Day 1 : India 1st innings - 50/2 (CA Pujara 19*, V Kohli 14*, 15 ov)
Day 2 : India 1st innings - 292/8 (CA Pujara 135*, I Sharma 2*, 95.3 ov)
Day 3 : India 2nd innings - 21/3 (V Kohli 1*, RG Sharma 14*, 8.1 ov)
Day 4 : Sri Lanka 2nd innings - 67/3 (JK Silva 24*, AD Mathews 22*, 18.1 ov)
Day 5 : Sri Lanka 2nd innings - 268 (PHT Kaushal 1*, 85 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Sri Lanka Upul Tharanga, Tharindu Kaushal, Rangana Herath, Nuwan Pradeep, Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Perera (wk), Kaushal Silva, Dinesh Chandimal, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dhammika Prasad, Angelo Mathews (Capt.)
India Virat Kohli (Capt.), Umesh Yadav, Stuart Binny, Rohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Naman Ojha (wk), KL Rahul, Ishant Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Amit Mishra, Ajinkya Rahane
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