Pepsi Series
India v Sri Lanka at Colombo, 25 July 1993 - 94 

      India                                                                                     R   BF    
  M Prabhakar           c &                     b Gurusinha                       39   77 
  NS Sidhu                                         b Kalpage                          39   69  
  VG Kambli                                        b Kalpage                            9   22 
  M Azharuddin          c Hathurusingha  b Ramanayake                   53   57 
  SR Tendulkar          c Gurusinha        b Jayasuriya                       21   39  
  PK Amre                                          b Kalpage                            7    5 
  N Kapil Dev            c Tillakaratne      b Wickramasinghe              27   31 
  V Yadav+               c Kalpage           b Ramanayake                     6    5 
  A Kumble               not out                                                          0    1   
  RK Chauhan                                                                   
  J Srinath                                                                   
      Extras  (0b, 1lb, 5w, 5nb)                     11

  Total                        50 overs                              8 for  212  306                                             

 Fall of Wickets: 1-77 Sidhu, 2-92 Kambli, 3-97 Prabhakar, 4-139 Tendulkar, 5-148 Amre, 
6-200 Kapil Dev, 7-210 Azharuddin, 8-212 Yadav 
     
                                          Sri Lanka - Bowling  
                                          O      M      R      W                ave      sr
   CPH Ramanayake            10      0       50      2              25.00   30.00
   GP Wickramasinghe          9       0       41      1              41.00   54.00
   UC Hathurusingha             4       0       24     0                  -       -
   AP Gurusinha                    7      0       21      1              21.00   42.00
   ST Jayasuriya                  10      0       33      1              33.00   60.00
   RS Kalpage                     10      0       42      3              14.00   20.00
     
                                   Sri Lanka 
                                                                                                    R   BF   
  RS Mahanama          st Yadav         b Kumble                                24   49  
  UC Hathurusingha     lbw                b Chauhan                               64  121 
  AP Gurusinha           c Kapil Dev     b Kumble                                  0    1   
  PA de Silva              c Amre           b Srinath                                  62   79  
  A Ranatunga*           lbw                b Chauhan                                2    11  
  HP Tillakaratne         c Kambli         b Prabhakar                              5    9  
  ST Jayasuriya           c Amre           b Kapil Dev                              17   17
  RS Kalpage              not out                                                          9    6 
  AM de Silva+                                 run out                                     4    6 
  CPH Ramanayake                          b Srinath                                   0    1   
  GP Wickramasinghe                       b Prabhakar                              0    1   
  Extras                      (0b, 5lb, 15w, 4nb)                                        24
  Total                         49.2 overs                                                  211  301  
     
1-46 Mahanama, 2-46 Gurusinha, 3-161 PA de Silva, 4-172 Ranatunga, 
5-173 Hathurusingha, 6-186 Tillakaratne, 7-196 Jayasuriya, 8-207 AM de Silva, 
9-208 Ramanayake, 10-211 Wickramasinghe 
     
                               India - Bowling  
                                    O      M      R      W              ave      sr
     N Kapil Dev             10      3     29      1              29.00   60.00
     M Prabhakar            9.2     0     50      2              25.00   28.00
     J Srinath                 10       0     64      2              32.00   30.00
     A Kumble                10       2     22      2              11.00   30.00
     RK Chauhan            10      0      41      2              20.50   30.00
     
                               INDIA WON BY 1 RUN

The Sri Lankan reply was sure and steady, thanks to what looked a match-winning partnership of 115 for the
3rd wkt between Haturasinghe and Aravinda deSilva. At the 40-over mark, the home team had opened a
massive lead - racing to 163-3 against 141-4 by the visitors at the same stage. Losing wickets at regular
intervals the Sri Lankans needed 17 runs of 18 balls with Kalpage at the crease and then required 5 runs of the
last over from Prabhakar with one wicket remaining. Off the first ball Kalpage ran three but exposed last man
Wickremasinghe who was dismissed of the next ball by a swinging yorker from Prabhakar. The Indians pulled
off a near miracle as they nosed out the home team by 1 run and with 4 balls to spare. The Indians however lost the next two matches of the series at Kettarama (day-night) on 12-8-1993 (by 8 runs)
and at Moratuwa on 14-8-1993 vt 4 wkts. Interestingly, the Indians lost the second match when they should have won easily. Chasing Sri Lanka's 204-7
in 50 overs, the visitors were 152-3 and 175-4. Prabhakar and Azhar put on 136 for the third wkt.When Prabh-
akar was out at 175, the Indians need 30 runs off 49 balls with six wickets in hand.. but the home side pulled
off a win with 4 balls to spare and by 8 runs.

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