- 20 August 1997, 25 Years ago on this Day
- India vs SriLanka at Colombo (RPS)
- 2nd ODI
Sourav Ganguly scored his Maiden ODI Hundred against the World Champion SriLankan side, and proved his capability as an ODI batsman.
He scored 113 (126 Balls 11 Fours) of the total score 238 in the Likes of Vaas, S.DeSilva, Muralitharan, Dharmasena, Chandana, Jayasuriya. Most of the batsman failed to make their mark without playing the full 50 overs. Other Highest scorer were Robin Singh 42 & Jadeja 28.
- Sri Lanka 241/3 (41.5 overs)
- India 238 all out (49.3)
- Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
