MatchesMen's TestSri Lanka tour of India 2005/06

India v Sri Lanka

3rd Test · Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad · 18 Dec 2005 – 22 Dec 2005

India won by 259 runs

India 1st innings398122.4 overs

Sri Lanka 1st innings20663.2 overs

India 2nd innings316/9d71 overs

Sri Lanka 2nd innings24992.3 overs

India 1st innings 398 (122.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	c WU Tharanga b SL Malinga	19	33	3	0	57.6
V Sehwag	b SL Malinga	20	35	4	0	57.1
VVS Laxman	b MF Maharoof	104	237	14	0	43.9
SR Tendulkar	c J Mubarak b M Muralitharan	23	66	2	0	34.8
Yuvraj Singh	c TT Samaraweera b M Muralitharan	0	2	0	0	0.0
M Kaif	c MS Atapattu b HMCM Bandara	4	19	0	0	21.1
MS Dhoni	lbw b M Muralitharan	49	62	7	0	79.0
IK Pathan	lbw b MF Maharoof	82	162	12	0	50.6
AB Agarkar	b SL Malinga	26	69	2	0	37.7
A Kumble	c DPMD Jayawardene b HMCM Bandara	21	52	2	1	40.4
Harbhajan Singh	not out	8	8	0	0	100.0
Extras		42
Total	all out, 122.4 overs	398

Fall of wickets: 31-1 (G Gambhir, 8.3 ov), 52-2 (V Sehwag, 12.1 ov), 88-3 (SR Tendulkar, 31.3 ov), 88-4 (Yuvraj Singh, 31.5 ov), 97-5 (M Kaif, 36.6 ov), 183-6 (MS Dhoni, 58.6 ov), 308-7 (VVS Laxman, 95.3 ov), 345-8 (IK Pathan, 107.1 ov), 384-9 (AB Agarkar, 119.2 ov), 398-10 (A Kumble, 122.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
SL Malinga	32	5	113	3	3.53	128	5	9
MF Maharoof	27	11	52	2	1.93	134	0	0
M Muralitharan	36	4	128	3	3.56	151	0	0
HMCM Bandara	24.4	3	69	2	2.80	108	0	0
TM Dilshan	3	0	8	0	2.67	13	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	31	51	G Gambhir 19, V Sehwag 10
2	21	22	V Sehwag 10, VVS Laxman 8
3	36	116	VVS Laxman 10, SR Tendulkar 23
4	0	2	VVS Laxman 0, Yuvraj Singh 0
5	9	31	VVS Laxman 5, M Kaif 4
6	86	132	VVS Laxman 27, MS Dhoni 49
7	125	219	VVS Laxman 54, IK Pathan 65
8	37	70	IK Pathan 17, AB Agarkar 13
9	39	73	AB Agarkar 13, A Kumble 15
10	14	20	A Kumble 6, Harbhajan Singh 8

Sri Lanka 1st innings 206 (63.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
WU Tharanga	c MS Dhoni b IK Pathan	2	14	0	0	14.3
MS Atapattu	c V Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh	40	69	6	0	58.0
KC Sangakkara	b Harbhajan Singh	41	91	4	0	45.1
DPMD Jayawardene	c M Kaif b Harbhajan Singh	0	1	0	0	0.0
TT Samaraweera	c M Kaif b Harbhajan Singh	1	16	0	0	6.3
TM Dilshan	c M Kaif b Harbhajan Singh	65	109	8	0	59.6
J Mubarak	b A Kumble	13	22	1	0	59.1
MF Maharoof	c & b Harbhajan Singh	4	10	0	0	40.0
HMCM Bandara	not out	28	43	2	2	65.1
M Muralitharan	st MS Dhoni b A Kumble	3	6	0	0	50.0
SL Malinga	c V Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh	0	5	0	0	0.0
Extras		9
Total	all out, 63.2 overs	206

Fall of wickets: 14-1 (WU Tharanga, 2.6 ov), 74-2 (MS Atapattu, 23.3 ov), 74-3 (DPMD Jayawardene, 23.4 ov), 82-4 (TT Samaraweera, 27.6 ov), 105-5 (KC Sangakkara, 33.3 ov), 144-6 (J Mubarak, 42.6 ov), 155-7 (MF Maharoof, 47.6 ov), 198-8 (TM Dilshan, 59.5 ov), 201-9 (M Muralitharan, 60.5 ov), 206-10 (SL Malinga, 63.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
IK Pathan	10	1	36	1	3.60	41	0
AB Agarkar	6	2	18	0	3.00	31	6
A Kumble	25	3	87	2	3.48	108	0
Harbhajan Singh	22.2	3	62	7	2.78	100	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	14	18	WU Tharanga 2, MS Atapattu 5
2	60	123	MS Atapattu 35, KC Sangakkara 23
3	0	1	KC Sangakkara 0, DPMD Jayawardene 0
4	8	26	KC Sangakkara 7, TT Samaraweera 1
5	23	33	KC Sangakkara 11, TM Dilshan 12
6	39	57	TM Dilshan 26, J Mubarak 13
7	11	30	TM Dilshan 7, MF Maharoof 4
8	43	71	TM Dilshan 20, HMCM Bandara 23
9	3	6	HMCM Bandara 0, M Muralitharan 3
10	5	15	HMCM Bandara 5, SL Malinga 0

India 2nd innings 316/9d (71 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
V Sehwag	c MF Maharoof b SL Malinga	0	1	0	0	0.0
G Gambhir	c KC Sangakkara b M Muralitharan	30	71	4	0	42.3
VVS Laxman	c KC Sangakkara b MF Maharoof	5	13	1	0	38.5
SR Tendulkar	lbw b TM Dilshan	19	29	3	0	65.5
Yuvraj Singh	c KC Sangakkara b HMCM Bandara	75	83	13	1	90.4
M Kaif	lbw b HMCM Bandara	9	16	0	1	56.3
MS Dhoni	lbw b M Muralitharan	14	20	1	0	70.0
IK Pathan	b M Muralitharan	27	34	4	0	79.4
AB Agarkar	c & b HMCM Bandara	48	43	6	1	111.6
A Kumble	not out	29	68	0	1	42.6
Harbhajan Singh	not out	40	51	4	1	78.4
Extras		20
Total	9 wickets declared, 71 overs	316

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (V Sehwag, 0.1 ov), 9-2 (VVS Laxman, 3.4 ov), 34-3 (SR Tendulkar, 12.4 ov), 81-4 (G Gambhir, 24.2 ov), 100-5 (M Kaif, 29.2 ov), 134-6 (MS Dhoni, 35.1 ov), 174-7 (Yuvraj Singh, 42.1 ov), 198-8 (IK Pathan, 45.4 ov), 247-9 (AB Agarkar, 55.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
SL Malinga	12	2	63	1	5.25	45	1	3
MF Maharoof	6	0	25	1	4.17	22	0	0
TM Dilshan	12	2	36	1	3.00	50	0	0
M Muralitharan	21	5	90	3	4.29	85	0	0
HMCM Bandara	19	2	84	3	4.42	72	0	0
J Mubarak	1	0	2	0	2.00	5	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	0	1	V Sehwag 0, G Gambhir 0
2	9	21	G Gambhir 3, VVS Laxman 5
3	25	54	G Gambhir 4, SR Tendulkar 19
4	47	70	G Gambhir 23, Yuvraj Singh 23
5	19	30	Yuvraj Singh 10, M Kaif 9
6	34	35	Yuvraj Singh 20, MS Dhoni 14
7	40	42	Yuvraj Singh 22, IK Pathan 16
8	24	21	IK Pathan 11, AB Agarkar 13
9	49	62	AB Agarkar 35, A Kumble 10
Unbroken	69	90	A Kumble 19, Harbhajan Singh 40

Sri Lanka 2nd innings 249 (92.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
WU Tharanga	c G Gambhir b A Kumble	47	117	8	0	40.2
MS Atapattu	c M Kaif b Harbhajan Singh	16	56	2	0	28.6
KC Sangakkara	lbw b A Kumble	17	54	2	0	31.5
DPMD Jayawardene	c & b AB Agarkar	57	106	7	0	53.8
TT Samaraweera	c M Kaif b A Kumble	5	8	1	0	62.5
TM Dilshan	c MS Dhoni b IK Pathan	65	123	5	0	52.8
J Mubarak	c VVS Laxman b Harbhajan Singh	18	38	2	1	47.4
MF Maharoof	lbw b A Kumble	2	25	0	0	8.0
HMCM Bandara	c V Sehwag b A Kumble	11	21	1	0	52.4
M Muralitharan	b Harbhajan Singh	3	10	0	0	30.0
SL Malinga	not out	0	4	0	0	0.0
Extras		8
Total	all out, 92.3 overs	249

Fall of wickets: 39-1 (MS Atapattu, 16.3 ov), 84-2 (KC Sangakkara, 34.5 ov), 89-3 (WU Tharanga, 38.5 ov), 96-4 (TT Samaraweera, 40.1 ov), 201-5 (DPMD Jayawardene, 71.3 ov), 229-6 (TM Dilshan, 80.2 ov), 235-7 (MF Maharoof, 86.3 ov), 235-8 (J Mubarak, 87.1 ov), 245-9 (M Muralitharan, 89.6 ov), 249-10 (HMCM Bandara, 92.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
IK Pathan	9	1	31	1	3.44	40	0
Harbhajan Singh	31	7	79	3	2.55	145	0
AB Agarkar	11	3	18	1	1.64	54	0
A Kumble	34.3	9	89	5	2.58	163	3
V Sehwag	3	0	18	0	6.00	13	4
SR Tendulkar	4	0	13	0	3.25	16	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	39	99	WU Tharanga 22, MS Atapattu 16
2	45	110	WU Tharanga 23, KC Sangakkara 17
3	5	24	WU Tharanga 2, DPMD Jayawardene 3
4	7	8	DPMD Jayawardene 1, TT Samaraweera 5
5	105	188	DPMD Jayawardene 53, TM Dilshan 51
6	28	53	TM Dilshan 14, J Mubarak 14
7	6	37	J Mubarak 4, MF Maharoof 2
8	0	4	J Mubarak 0, HMCM Bandara 0
9	10	17	HMCM Bandara 7, M Muralitharan 3
10	4	15	HMCM Bandara 4, SL Malinga 0

Match details

Toss: India, chose to bat
Player of the match: Harbhajan Singh
Ground: Sardar Patel Stadium, India
Season: 2005/06
Umpires: BF Bowden, Nadeem Ghauri
Match referee: CH Lloyd
Source: Cricsheet match 226363