- 20 August 1997, 26 Years ago on this Day
- India vs SriLanka
- 2nd ODI at Colombo (RPS)
Sourav Ganguly scored his Maiden ODI Hundred against the World Champion SriLankan side, and proved his capability as an ODI batsman.
After suffering a 2 Runs Defeat in the Previous Game, it was assumed, India can beat a World Champion Sri Lankan side if the entire Team does well. After the early dismissal of Sachin Tendulkar, Robin Singh and Sourav Ganguly added 99 between themselves. Sourav Ganguly scored 113 (126 Balls 11 Fours) of the total score 238 in the Likes of Vaas, S.DeSilva, Muralitharan, Dharmasena, Chandana, Jayasuriya. But Most of the batsman failed to make their mark without playing the full 50 overs.
Other Highest scorer:
Robin Singh 42
Jadeja 28
- Sri Lanka 241/3 (41.5 overs)
- India 238 all out (49.3)
- Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
Post by Dipraj