🇱🇰 Young #SanathJayasuriya's 55 off 40 (4s-7, 6s-2) vs Pakistan @Kolkata, 1997 #SixesOutofStadium 🏏
Channel: Cricket Records Hindi
Date: 2021-06-03

2nd Final (D/N), Kolkata, May 27 1997, Pepsi Independence Cup
RESULT - Sri Lanka won by 85 runs

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SRI LANKA 309/10 (49.4 overs)
Arjuna Ranatunga 59 (77), Aravinda de Silva 57 (49)
Saqlain Mushtaq 4/53 (9.4), Arshad Khan 2/54 (10)

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PAKISTAN 224/10 (43.1 overs)
Ramiz Raja 76 (101), Ijaz Ahmed 55 (60)
Muttiah Muralitharan 3/40 (10), Kumar Dharmasena 1/23 (8.1)

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At Calcutta, May 27 (day/night). Sri Lanka won by 85 runs. Toss: Sri Lanka.

Another piece of luck with the toss and another dynamic display from Jayasuriya helped Sri Lanka to settle the best-of-three finals in two games. They were also helped by the support of a crowd estimated at 85,000, the most to attend Eden Gardens when India were not playing. Jayasuriya - who made 55 from 40 balls - and Atapattu opened with 69 in ten overs, then Aravinda de Silva kept up the impetus with a classy 57 from 49 balls. Ranatunga added another fifty and Sri Lanka passed 300 for the second match running. Pakistan made a poor start, with both openers holing out off unconventional shots as they tried to clear the infield. Ijaz Ahmed and Ramiz Raja added 98 but, once Ijaz fell to a smart stumping, they could not sustain the chase.

Man of the Match: P. A. De Silva. Man of the Series: S. T. Jayasuriya.