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| Venue | Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla on 3rd August 2005 (50-over match) (day/night) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | India won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets |
| Points | Sri Lanka 5; India 1 (Consolation 1) |
| Umpires | DJ Harper, TH Wijewardene |
| TV umpire | EAR de Silva |
| Referee | MJ Procter |
| Reserve Umpire | AG Dissanayake |
| Player of the Match | DPMD Jayawardene |
| India innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| V Sehwag | b Jayaprakashdaran | 32 | 39 | 70 | 5 | - | 82.05 |
| SC Ganguly | b Chandana | 51 | 110 | 139 | 5 | - | 46.36 |
| VVS Laxman | b Dilshan | 22 | 43 | 58 | 1 | - | 51.16 |
| +MS Dhoni | c and b Dilshan | 20 | 27 | 35 | 1 | - | 74.07 |
| *RS Dravid | lbw b Dilshan | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 0.00 |
| M Kaif | c and b Maharoof | 34 | 48 | 53 | 1 | - | 70.83 |
| SK Raina | c and b Dilshan | 2 | 5 | 6 | - | - | 40.00 |
| IK Pathan | not out | 36 | 28 | 36 | 5 | - | 128.57 |
| Harbhajan Singh | run out (Fernando) | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | 200.00 |
| L Balaji | not out | 1 | 1 | 6 | - | - | 100.00 |
| A Nehra | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb, 4 nb, 10 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 209 minutes, 50 overs) | 220 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-67 (Sehwag, 15.1 ov), 2-117 (Laxman, 29.5 ov), 3-127 (Ganguly, 32.6 ov), 4-128 (Dravid, 33.2 ov), 5-157 (Dhoni, 39.6 ov), 6-161 (Raina, 41.4 ov), 7-194 (Kaif, 47.6 ov), 8-207 (Harbhajan Singh, 48.5 ov) | |||||||
| Sri Lanka bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Maharoof | 10 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 60.00 | 5.20 |
| Dilhara | 7 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 4.57 |
| Jayaprakashdaran | 6 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 5 | - | 36.00 | 3.50 |
| Fernando | 10 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 5.10 |
| Dilshan | 10 | 0 | 29 | 4 | - | - | 15.00 | 2.90 |
| Chandana | 7 | 0 | 31 | 1 | - | - | 42.00 | 4.43 |
| Sri Lanka innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| WU Tharanga | c Dhoni b Pathan | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | 66.67 |
| *MS Atapattu | run out (Raina->Dhoni) | 29 | 52 | 84 | 3 | - | 55.77 |
| +KC Sangakkara | lbw b Balaji | 16 | 30 | 39 | 3 | - | 53.33 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | not out | 94 | 114 | 160 | 9 | 1 | 82.46 |
| TM Dilshan | c Dhoni b Nehra | 7 | 11 | 12 | - | - | 63.64 |
| RP Arnold | lbw b Nehra | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | - | 44.44 |
| LHD Dilhara | c Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh | 0 | 6 | 6 | - | - | 0.00 |
| UDU Chandana | not out | 44 | 62 | 90 | 4 | - | 70.97 |
| PS Jayaprakashdaran | did not bat | ||||||
| CRD Fernando | did not bat | ||||||
| MF Maharoof | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 12 w) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 204 minutes, 48 overs) | 221 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4 (Tharanga, 0.6 ov), 2-36 (Sangakkara, 11.1 ov), 3-78 (Atapattu, 19.4 ov), 4-88 (Dilshan, 22.2 ov), 5-94 (Arnold, 24.3 ov), 6-95 (Dilhara, 25.6 ov) | |||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Pathan | 10 | 0 | 38 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.80 |
| Balaji | 10 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 4 | - | 60.00 | 4.80 |
| Nehra | 10 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 1 | - | 30.00 | 2.20 |
| Ganguly | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | 6.00 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 9 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 4 | - | 54.00 | 5.44 |
| Sehwag | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 6.25 |