ODI # 1081
Wills World Cup, 1995/96, 1st Semi Final
India v Sri Lanka
Eden Gardens, Calcutta (day/night)
13 March 1996 (50-over match)

Result: Sri Lanka won by default
Sri Lanka advances to the final

Toss: India
Umpires: RS Dunne (NZ) and CJ Mitchley (SA)
TV Umpire: Mahboob Shah (Pak)
Match Referee: CH Lloyd (WI)
Man of the Match: PA de Silva

Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)                            R   M   B  4 6
ST Jayasuriya         c Prasad           b Srinath              1   4   3  0 0
+RS Kaluwitharana     c Manjrekar        b Srinath              0   1   1  0 0
AP Gurusinha          c Kumble           b Srinath              1  29  16  0 0
PA de Silva                              b Kumble              66  63  47 14 0
RS Mahanama           retired hurt                             58 126 101  6 0
*A Ranatunga          lbw                b Tendulkar           35  72  42  4 0
HP Tillakaratne       c Tendulkar        b Prasad              32  51  43  1 0
HDPK Dharmasena                          b Tendulkar            9  21  20  0 0
WPUJC Vaas            run out (Azharuddin)                     23  19  16  3 0
GP Wickramasinghe     not out                                   4  10   9  0 0
M Muralitharan        not out                                   5   4   4  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 10, w 4, nb 2)                  17
Total                 (8 wickets, 50 overs)                   251

FoW: 1-1 (Kaluwitharana), 2-1 (Jayasuriya), 3-35 (Gurusinha),
     4-85 (de Silva), 5-168 (Ranatunga), 6-206 (Dharmasena),
     7-236 (Tillakaratne), 8-244 (Vaas).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Srinath                      7      1     34      3
Kumble                      10      0     51      1 (1w)
Prasad                       8      0     50      1 (2nb, 2w)
Kapoor                      10      0     40      0
Jadeja                       5      0     31      0
Tendulkar                   10      1     34      2 (1w)

India innings (target: 252 runs from 50 overs)                  R   M   B  4 6
SR Tendulkar          st Kaluwitharana   b Jayasuriya          65  96  88  9 0
NS Sidhu              c Jayasuriya       b Vaas                 3   7   8  0 0
SV Manjrekar                             b Jayasuriya          25 105  48  1 0
*M Azharuddin                        c & b Dharmasena           0   3   6  0 0
VG Kambli             not out                                  10  49  29  0 0
J Srinath             run out                                   6   8   6  1 0
A Jadeja                                 b Jayasuriya           0   9  11  0 0
+NR Mongia            c Jayasuriya       b de Silva             1  10   8  0 0
AR Kapoor             c de Silva         b Muralitharan         0   1   1  0 0
A Kumble              not out                                   0   1   0  0 0
Extras                (lb 5, w 5)                              10
Total                 (8 wickets, 34.1 overs)                 120

DNB: BKV Prasad.

FoW: 1-8 (Sidhu), 2-98 (Tendulkar), 3-99 (Azharuddin),
     4-101 (Manjrekar), 5-110 (Srinath), 6-115 (Jadeja),
     7-120 (Mongia), 8-120 (Kapoor).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wickramasinghe               5      0     24      0 (2w)
Vaas                         6      1     23      1
Muralitharan                 7.1    0     29      1 (1w)
Dharmasena                   7      0     24      1
Jayasuriya                   7      1     12      3 (1w)
de Silva                     2      0      3      1 (1w)

• Sri Lanka's 1st ever World Cup semi final.

• RS Mahanama retired hurt at 182/5 (37.2 overs) (leg injury)

• At the fall of the 8th Indian wicket, sections of the crowd vented their disgust with the state of the match by setting fire to some areas of the stands and throwing fruit and waterbottles onto the field. The match was briefly stopped and when play was about to resume, the crowd again threw bottles at the deep fielders. The match referee stopped the game and the game was awarded to Sri Lanka by default.

• 4th win for the team batting first from 5 matches under lights at Eden Gardens.
• Sri Lanka qualify for their 1st ever World Cup final.

Team Pages: India, Sri Lanka.

Ground Page: Eden Gardens, Calcutta

Sri Lanka Player Pages: ST Jayasuriya, RS Kaluwitharana, AP Gurusinha, PA de Silva, RS Mahanama, A Ranatunga, HP Tillakaratne, HDPK Dharmasena, WPUJC Vaas, GP Wickramasinghe, M Muralitharan.

India Player Pages: SR Tendulkar, NS Sidhu, SV Manjrekar, M Azharuddin, VG Kambli, J Srinath, A Jadeja, NR Mongia, AR Kapoor, A Kumble, BKV Prasad.

Match Officials' Pages: RS Dunne, CJ Mitchley, Mahboob Shah, CH Lloyd.