a9754 o1070 wc145	India v Sri Lanka
	Wills World Cup 1995/96 (Group A)
Venue	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi on 2nd March 1996 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field
Result	Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
Points	India 0; Sri Lanka 2
Umpires	CJ Mitchley, ID Robinson
TV umpire	Ikram Rabbani
Referee	JR Reid
Player of the Match	ST Jayasuriya

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India innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
M Prabhakar	c Gurusinha b Pushpakumara	7	36	41	1	-	19.44
SR Tendulkar	run out	137	137	198	8	5	100.00
SV Manjrekar	c Kaluwitharana b Dharmasena	32	46	56	2	1	69.57
*M Azharuddin	not out	72	80	101	4	-	90.00
VG Kambli	not out	1	1	2	-	-	100.00
AD Jadeja	did not bat
+NR Mongia	did not bat
J Srinath	did not bat
A Kumble	did not bat
SA Ankola	did not bat
BKV Prasad	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 11 w)	22
Total	(3 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-27 (Prabhakar), 2-93 (Manjrekar), 3-268 (Tendulkar)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Vaas	9	3	37	0	2	-	-	4.11
Pushpakumara	8	0	53	1	7	-	48.00	6.62
Muralitharan	10	1	42	0	1	-	-	4.20
Dharmasena	9	0	53	1	1	-	54.00	5.89
Jayasuriya	10	0	52	0	-	-	-	5.20
Ranatunga	4	0	23	0	-	-	-	5.75

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
ST Jayasuriya	c Prabhakar b Kumble	79	76	93	9	2	103.95
+RS Kaluwitharana	c Kumble b Prasad	26	16	22	6	-	162.50
AP Gurusinha	run out	25	27	61	2	1	92.59
PA de Silva	st Mongia b Kumble	8	14	14	1	-	57.14
*A Ranatunga	not out	46	63	118	2	-	73.02
HP Tillakaratne	not out	70	98	110	6	-	71.43
RS Mahanama	did not bat
HDPK Dharmasena	did not bat
WPUJC Vaas	did not bat
KR Pushpakumara	did not bat
M Muralitharan	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb, 2 nb, 3 w)	18
Total	(4 wickets, 48.4 overs)	272
Fall of wickets:
1-53 (Kaluwitharana), 2-129 (Gurusinha), 3-137 (Jayasuriya), 4-141 (de Silva)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Prabhakar	4	0	47	0	-	-	-	11.75
Srinath	9.4	0	51	0	-	-	-	5.28
Prasad	10	1	53	1	1	2	60.00	5.30
Ankola	5	0	28	0	-	-	-	5.60
Kumble	10	1	39	2	-	-	30.00	3.90
Tendulkar	10	0	41	0	2	-	-	4.10

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Notes
--> SA Ankola made his debut in World Cup matches
--> KR Pushpakumara made his debut in World Cup matches
--> M Prabhakar made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> M Prabhakar made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> SA Ankola made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> SR Tendulkar 50 in 72 balls, 117 minutes with 5 fours and 1 six
--> SR Tendulkar 100 in 122 balls, 177 minutes with 6 fours and 2 sixes
--> SR Tendulkar passed his previous highest score of 127 in ODI matches
--> SR Tendulkar passed his previous highest score of 127 in World Cup matches
--> SR Tendulkar passed 3500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 1
--> SR Tendulkar passed 6000 runs in List A matches when he reached 110
--> M Azharuddin 50 in 63 balls, 71 minutes with 2 fours
--> M Azharuddin passed 5500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 59
--> ST Jayasuriya passed his previous highest score of 32 in World Cup matches
--> ST Jayasuriya 50 in 36 balls, 48 minutes with 7 fours and 2 sixes
--> HP Tillakaratne passed his previous highest score of 25 in World Cup matches
--> HP Tillakaratne 50 in 77 balls, 84 minutes with 4 fours
--> HP Tillakaratne passed 3000 runs in List A matches when he reached 62
--> HP Tillakaratne made his debut in India in World Cup matches
--> ST Jayasuriya made his debut in India in World Cup matches
--> RS Kaluwitharana made his debut in India in World Cup matches
--> M Muralitharan made his debut in India in World Cup matches
--> HDPK Dharmasena made his debut in India in List A matches
--> HDPK Dharmasena made his debut in India in ODI matches
--> HDPK Dharmasena made his debut in India in World Cup matches
--> WPUJC Vaas made his debut in India in World Cup matches

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Match start delayed by 15 minutes, no loss in overs.
M Prabhakar bowled off-spin for his 2nd spell of 2 overs.