Related Link : Asia Cup 2008
Venue : National Stadium, Karachi (Day/Night)
Toss : India won the toss and elected to field first
Umpires : Tony Hill (NZ) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Match Result : Sri Lanka won by 100 runs to become the Asia Cup 2008 Champions
Man of the Match : Ajantha Mendis
Man of the Series : Ajantha Mendis
Sri Lanka (50 Overs Maximum)
Sanath Jayasuriya c Ishant Sharma b Sehwag 125 (114) 9 ‘4s’ 5 ‘6s’
Kumar Sangakkara (WK) run out (Raina) 4 (3) 1 ‘4s’
Mahela Jayawardene (C) c Rohit Sharma b Ishant Sharma 11 (19) 1 ‘4s’
Chamara Kapugedera c Raina b Ishant Sharma 5 (11) 1 ‘4s’
Chamara Silva b Ishant Sharma 0 (2)
Tillakaratne Dilshan c Dhoni b Pathan 56 (74) 3 ‘4s’
Chaminda Vaas b RP Singh 19 (32) 1 ‘4s’
Nuwan Kulasekara not out 29 (29) 3 ‘4s’
Thilan Thushara lbw b RP Singh 5 (8)
Ajantha Mendis b RP Singh 8 (4) 2 ‘4s’
Muttiah Muralitharan c Dhoni b Pathan 2 (3)
Extras: 9 (Wides : 1 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 8)
Total : 273 all out (Overs : 49.5)
Fall of Wickets: 1-11 (Sangakkara, 1.4 ovs), 2-34 (Jayawardene, 7.2 ovs), 3-66 (Kapugedera, 11.4 ovs), 4-66 (Silva, 11.6 ovs), 5-197 (Jayasuriya, 35.3 ovs), 6-213 (Dilshan, 38.5 ovs), 7-236 (Vaas, 44.5 ovs), 8-256 (Mirando, 48.1 ovs), 9-264 (Mendis, 48.5 ovs), 10-273 (Muralitharan, 49.5 ovs)
India Bowling
RP Singh 9-1-67-3 (1wd)
Ishant Sharma 10-1-52-3
Irfan Pathan 9.5-0-67-2
Pragyan Ojha 10-1-38-0
Virender Sehwag 8-0-30-1
Rohit Sharma 3-0-11-0
India (Target : 274 from 50 Overs)
Gautam Gambhir c Dilshan b Vaas 6 (13) 1 ‘4s’
Virender Sehwag st Sangakkara b Mendis 60 (36) 12 ‘4s’
Suresh Raina b Mendis 16 (21) 3 ‘4s’
Yuvraj Singh b Mendis 0 (2)
MS Dhoni (C&WK) c Sangakkara b Vaas 49 (74) 4 ‘4s’
Rohit Sharma lbw b Mendis 3 (8)
Robin Uthappa lbw b Muralitharan 20 (41) 2 ‘4s’
Irfan Pathan c Jayawardene b Mendis 2 (6)
RP Singh b Mendis 0 (1)
Pragyan Ojha not out 6 (17)
Ishant Sharma b Kulasekara 8 (18) 1 ‘4s’
Extras: 3 (Wides : 1 No Balls: 0 Byes: 2 Leg Byes: 0)
Total : 173 all out (Overs : 39.3)
Fall of Wickets: 1-36 (Gambhir, 4.6 ovs), 2-76 (Sehwag, 9.2 ovs), 3-76 (Yuvraj Singh, 9.4 ovs), 4-93 (Raina, 13.3 ovs), 5-97 (Rohit Sharma, 15.2 ovs), 6-135 (Uthappa, 26.6 ovs), 7-154 (Pathan, 31.3 ovs), 8-154 (RP Singh, 31.4 ovs), 9-160 (Dhoni, 34.2 ovs), 10-173 (Ishant Sharma, 39.3 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Vaas 9-0-55-2
Kulasekara 6.3-0-26-1
Thushara 8-0-51-0 (1wd)
Mendis 8-1-13-6
Muralitharan 8-0-26-1