t2179 f56507	Sri Lanka v India
	India in Sri Lanka 2015 (3rd Test)
Venue	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo on 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st August, 1st September 2015 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field
Result	India won by 117 runs
Umpires	NJ Llong (England), RJ Tucker (Australia)
TV umpire	RR Wimalasiri
Referee	AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe)
Reserve Umpire	RSA Palliyaguruge
Close of play day 1	India (1) 50/2 (Pujara 19*, Kohli 14*; 15 overs)
Close of play day 2	India (1) 292/8 (Pujara 135*, I Sharma 2*; 95.3 overs)
Close of play day 3	India (2) 21/3 (Kohli 1*, RG Sharma 14*; 8.1 overs)
Close of play day 4	Sri Lanka (2) 67/3 (Silva 24*, Mathews 22*; 18.1 overs)
Player of the Match	CA Pujara

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
KL Rahul	b Prasad	2	2	2	-	-	1
CA Pujara	not out	145	289	453	14	-	209
AM Rahane	lbw b Fernando	8	13	16	2	-	11
*V Kohli	c Perera b Mathews	18	60	96	3	-	53
RG Sharma	c Tharanga b Prasad	26	65	92	3	1	54
STR Binny	lbw b Prasad	0	1	1	-	-	1
+NV Ojha	c Tharanga b Kaushal	21	54	62	3	-	44
R Ashwin	c Perera b Prasad	5	14	15	1	-	12
A Mishra	st Perera b Herath	59	87	119	7	-	59
I Sharma	b Herath	6	9	21	1	-	7
UT Yadav	b Herath	4	14	15	-	-	10
Extras	(2 lb, 7 nb, 4 w, 5 pen)	18
Total	(all out, 100.1 overs)	312
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)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Prasad	26	4	100	4	1	4	115	13	-
Fernando	22	6	52	1	3	-	109	7	-
Mathews	13	6	24	1	-	-	66	3	-
Herath	27.1	3	84	3	-	-	118	8	1
Kaushal	12	2	45	1	-	3	46	3	-

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Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
WU Tharanga	c Rahul b I Sharma	4	23	25	1	-	22
JK Silva	b Yadav	3	11	30	-	-	8
FDM Karunaratne	c Rahul b Binny	11	37	70	-	-	30
LD Chandimal	lbw b Binny	23	27	36	5	-	20
*AD Mathews	c Ojha b I Sharma	1	9	19	-	-	8
HDRL Thirimanne	c Rahul b I Sharma	0	7	8	-	-	7
+MDKJ Perera	c Kohli b I Sharma	55	56	74	9	-	33
KTGD Prasad	st Ojha b Mishra	27	23	36	4	-	11
HMRKB Herath	c Ojha b I Sharma	49	84	131	8	-	63
PHT Kaushal	lbw b Mishra	16	39	39	3	-	33
ANPR Fernando	not out	2	5	13	-	-	3
Extras	(1 lb, 7 nb, 2 w)	10
Total	(all out, 52.2 overs)	201
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), 7-127 (Perera, 33.4 ov), 8-156 (Kaushal, 44.4 ov), 9-183 (Herath, 49.5 ov), 10-201 (Prasad, 52.2 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
I Sharma	15	2	54	5	1	6	68	7	-
Yadav	13	2	64	1	-	-	51	9	-
Binny	9	3	24	2	1	-	45	4	-
Ashwin	8	1	33	0	-	-	36	6	-
Mishra	7.2	1	25	2	-	1	34	4	-

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India second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
CA Pujara	b Prasad	0	2	1	-	-	2
KL Rahul	b Fernando	2	8	17	-	-	7
AM Rahane	lbw b Fernando	4	17	25	1	-	16
*V Kohli	c Tharanga b Fernando	21	63	84	2	-	51
RG Sharma	c Fernando b Prasad	50	72	128	4	1	48
STR Binny	c Tharanga b Prasad	49	62	101	7	-	37
+NV Ojha	c Karunaratne b Herath	35	63	82	4	-	43
A Mishra	run out (Silva)	39	62	102	4	-	38
R Ashwin	c Perera b Prasad	58	87	107	7	-	55
UT Yadav	c Herath b Fernando	4	19	30	-	-	15
I Sharma	not out	2	6	9	-	-	4
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 5 nb, 3 w)	10
Total	(all out, 76 overs)	274
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)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Prasad	19	3	69	4	2	4	82	8	-
Fernando	17	2	62	4	1	-	71	9	-
Herath	22	0	89	1	-	-	78	6	1
Mathews	6	3	11	0	-	-	32	2	-
Kaushal	12	2	41	0	-	1	49	4	-

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Sri Lanka second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
WU Tharanga	c Ojha b I Sharma	0	7	4	-	-	7
JK Silva	c Pujara b Yadav	27	50	100	4	-	38
FDM Karunaratne	c Ojha b Yadav	0	7	10	-	-	7
LD Chandimal	c Kohli b I Sharma	18	17	18	3	-	9
*AD Mathews	lbw b I Sharma	110	240	313	13	-	182
HDRL Thirimanne	c Rahul b Ashwin	12	47	87	-	-	38
+MDKJ Perera	c RG Sharma b Ashwin	70	106	145	11	-	72
HMRKB Herath	lbw b Ashwin	11	23	29	2	-	18
PHT Kaushal	not out	1	14	22	-	-	13
KTGD Prasad	c Binny b Ashwin	6	4	2	1	-	2
ANPR Fernando	lbw b Mishra	0	2	3	-	-	2
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 7 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 85 overs)	268
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 (Fernando, 84.6 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
I Sharma	19	5	32	3	-	4	94	1	-
Yadav	15	3	65	2	-	-	66	13	-
Binny	13	3	49	0	-	-	60	9	-
Mishra	18	1	47	1	-	3	80	4	-
Ashwin	20	2	69	4	-	-	81	7	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: India (1) 50/2 (Pujara 19*, Kohli 14*; 15 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: India (1) 50/2 (Pujara 19*, Kohli 14*; 15 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: India (1) 119/4 (Pujara 55*; 45.5 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: India (1) 220/7 (Pujara 101*, Mishra 24*; 77 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Sri Lanka (1) 47/5 (Thirimanne 0*; 18 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Sri Lanka (1) 175/8 (Herath 47*, Prasad 6*; 48 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: India (2) 132/5 (Binny 38*, Ojha 11*; 37 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: India (2) 234/8 (Ashwin 27*; 67.2 overs)
--> Day 5 Lunch: Sri Lanka (2) 134/5 (Mathews 56*, Perera 12*; 47 overs)
--> Day 5 Tea: Sri Lanka (2) 249/6 (Mathews 110*, Herath 3*; 80 overs)
--> India first innings: 50 in 14.4 overs
--> India first innings: 100 in 40.3 overs
--> India first innings: 150 in 54.4 overs
--> India first innings: 200 in 69.2 overs
--> India first innings: 250 in 85.4 overs
--> India first innings: 300 in 97.3 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 50 in 18.6 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 100 in 28.4 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 150 in 44 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 200 in 51.5 overs
--> India second innings: 50 in 18.5 overs
--> India second innings: 100 in 30.1 overs
--> India second innings: 150 in 41.2 overs
--> India second innings: 200 in 58.3 overs
--> India second innings: 250 in 71.4 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 50 in 12.6 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 100 in 35.3 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 150 in 49.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 200 in 67.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 250 in 81.2 overs
--> NV Ojha made his debut in Test matches
--> MDKJ Perera made his debut in Test matches
--> NV Ojha made his last appearance in Test matches
--> CA Pujara (1) 50 in 127 balls, 194 minutes with 5 fours
--> CA Pujara (1) 100 in 214 balls, 336 minutes with 9 fours
--> A Mishra (1) 50 in 71 balls, 99 minutes with 7 fours
--> A Mishra (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 49
--> MDKJ Perera (1) 50 in 49 balls, 75 minutes with 8 fours
--> RG Sharma (2) 50 in 71 balls, 128 minutes with 4 fours and 1 six
--> R Ashwin (2) 50 in 76 balls, 86 minutes with 6 fours
--> AD Mathews (2) 50 in 118 balls, 171 minutes with 7 fours
--> AD Mathews (2) 100 in 217 balls, 297 minutes with 12 fours
--> MDKJ Perera (2) 50 in 89 balls, 118 minutes with 8 fours
--> NV Ojha made his debut for India in First-Class matches
--> MDKJ Perera made his debut for Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> NV Ojha made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> CA Pujara made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> CA Pujara made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> HMRKB Herath reached 900 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed I Sharma, his 2nd wicket in the India first innings
--> I Sharma reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed HMRKB Herath, his 5th wicket in the Sri Lanka first innings
--> STR Binny reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed FDM Karunaratne, his 2nd wicket in the Sri Lanka first innings
--> KTGD Prasad reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed STR Binny, his 3rd wicket in the India second innings
--> ANPR Fernando achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the India second innings (previous best was 4-63)
--> I Sharma reached 200 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed AD Mathews, his 3rd wicket in the Sri Lanka second innings
--> CA Pujara (24) and V Kohli (18) added 50 in 113 balls for the India 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> CA Pujara (24) and RG Sharma (25) added 50 in 117 balls for the India 4th wicket in the first innings
--> CA Pujara (28) and NV Ojha (21) added 50 in 85 balls for the India 6th wicket in the first innings
--> CA Pujara (16) and A Mishra (34) added 50 in 96 balls for the India 8th wicket in the first innings
--> CA Pujara (39) and A Mishra (57) added 100 in 156 balls for the India 8th wicket in the first innings
--> MDKJ Perera (32) and HMRKB Herath (19) added 50 in 62 balls for the Sri Lanka 7th wicket in the first innings
--> V Kohli (19) and RG Sharma (30) added 50 in 90 balls for the India 4th wicket in the second innings
--> RG Sharma (15) and STR Binny (35) added 50 in 60 balls for the India 5th wicket in the second innings
--> A Mishra (27) and R Ashwin (23) added 50 in 88 balls for the India 8th wicket in the second innings
--> JK Silva (23) and AD Mathews (25) added 50 in 72 balls for the Sri Lanka 4th wicket in the second innings
--> AD Mathews (21) and MDKJ Perera (27) added 50 in 85 balls for the Sri Lanka 6th wicket in the second innings
--> AD Mathews (47) and MDKJ Perera (49) added 100 in 186 balls for the Sri Lanka 6th wicket in the second innings
--> KTGD Prasad retired hurt in the Sri Lanka first innings having scored 1 (team score 48/6) - he returned when the score was 156/8

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CA Pujara (24) and V Kohli (18) added 50 in 113 balls for the India 3rd wicket in the first innings
CA Pujara (24) and RG Sharma (25) added 50 in 117 balls for the India 4th wicket in the first innings
CA Pujara (28) and NV Ojha (21) added 50 in 85 balls for the India 6th wicket in the first innings
CA Pujara (16) and A Mishra (34) added 50 in 96 balls for the India 8th wicket in the first innings
CA Pujara (39) and A Mishra (57) added 100 in 156 balls for the India 8th wicket in the first innings
MDKJ Perera (32) and HMRKB Herath (19) added 50 in 62 balls for the Sri Lanka 7th wicket in the first innings
V Kohli (19) and RG Sharma (30) added 50 in 90 balls for the India 4th wicket in the second innings
RG Sharma (15) and STR Binny (35) added 50 in 60 balls for the India 5th wicket in the second innings
A Mishra (27) and R Ashwin (23) added 50 in 88 balls for the India 8th wicket in the second innings
JK Silva (23) and AD Mathews (25) added 50 in 72 balls for the Sri Lanka 4th wicket in the second innings
AD Mathews (21) and MDKJ Perera (27) added 50 in 85 balls for the Sri Lanka 6th wicket in the second innings
AD Mathews (47) and MDKJ Perera (49) added 100 in 186 balls for the Sri Lanka 6th wicket in the second innings