Related Link : India in Sri Lanka 2008
Venue : Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Mark Benson (Eng) and Billy Doctrove (WI)
Match Result : Sri Lanka won by an innings and 239 runs to lead the 3-Test Series 1-0
Man of the Match : Muttiah Muralitharan
Sri Lanka 1st Innings
Michael Vandort c Karthik b Ishant Sharma 3 (13)
Malinda Warnapura c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh 115 (202) 14 ‘4s’
Kumar Sangakkara c Dravid b Zaheer Khan 12 (21) 1 ‘4s’
Mahela Jayawardene (C) c Karthik b Ishant Sharma 136 (259) 10 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Thilan Samaraweera c Laxman b Zaheer Khan 127 (224) 18 ‘4s’
Tillakaratne Dilshan not out 125 (170) 12 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Prasanna Jayawardene (WK) c Ishant Sharma b Harbhajan Singh 30 (70) 1 ‘4s’
Chaminda Vaas not out 22 (32) 4 ‘4s’
Nuwan Kulasekara
Ajantha Mendis
Muttiah Muralitharan
Extras: 30 (Wides : 3 No Balls: 18 Byes: 4 Leg Byes: 5)
Total : 600/6 declared (Overs : 162.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-7 (Vandort, 3.6 ovs), 2-57 (Sangakkara, 12.6 ovs), 3-212 (Warnapura, 60.5 ovs), 4-360 (Mahela Jayawardene, 102.2 ovs), 5-454 (Samaraweera, 129.2 ovs), 6-545 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 151.6 ovs)
India Bowling
Zaheer Khan 37-2-156-2 (2w 12nb)
Ishant Sharma 33-4-124-2 (1w)
Ganguly 8-1-24-0
Harbhajan Singh 43-2-149-2
Kumble 37-4-121-0 (6nb)
Sehwag 4-0-17-0
- Test Debut for Ajantha Mendis
India 1st Innings
Gautam Gambhir c Samaraweera b Muralitharan 39 (55) 5 ‘4s’
Virender Sehwag c Warnapura b Kulasekara 25 (16) 5 ‘4s’
Rahul Dravid b Mendis 14 (35) 2 ‘4s’
Sachin Tendulkar b Muralitharan 27 (46) 3 ‘4s’
Sourav Ganguly c Kulasekara b Muralitharan 23 (57) 4 ‘4s’
VVS Laxman b Mendis 56 (118) 6 ‘4s’
Dinesh Karthik (WK) c&b Muralitharan 9 (16) 1 ‘4s’
Anil Kumble (C) lbw b Mendis 1 (15)
Harbhajan Singh c Warnapura b Muralitharan 9 (9) 2 ‘4s’
Zaheer Khan lbw b Mendis 5 (16)
Ishant Sharma not out 13 (54) 1 ‘4s’
Extras: 2 (Wides : 0 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 2)
Total : 223 all out (Overs : 72.5)
Fall of Wickets : 1-36 (Sehwag, 5.1 ovs), 2-79 (Gambhir, 17.3 ovs), 3-79 (Dravid, 18.1 ovs), 4-123 (Tendulkar, 31.5 ovs), 5-138 (Ganguly, 37.6 ovs), 6-147 (Karthik, 41.6 ovs), 7-170 (Kumble, 48.5 ovs), 8-181 (Harbhajan Singh, 51.2 ovs), 9-188 (Zaheer Khan, 54.5 ovs), 10-223 (Laxman, 72.5 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Vaas 5-0-23-0
Kulasekara 11-2-42-1
Mendis 27.5-5-72-4
Muralitharan 29-4-84-5
India 2nd Innings (Following On)
Gautam Gambhir st Prasanna b Muralitharan 43 (90) 4 ‘4s’
Virender Sehwag lbw b Muralitharan 13 (17) 2 ‘4s’
VVS Laxman lbw b Mendis 21 (26) 3 ‘4s’
Sachin Tendulkar c Dilshan b Muralitharan 12 (30) 1 ‘4s’
Rahul Dravid c Warnapura b Mendis 10 (30) 1 ‘4s’
Sourav Ganguly c Dilshan b Muralitharan 4 (12) 1 ‘4s’
Dinesh Karthik (WK) c Prasanna b Muralitharan 0 (6)
Anil Kumble (C) b Muralitharan 12 (24) 2 ‘4s’
Harbhajan Singh b Mendis 15 (28) 1 ‘4s’
Zaheer Khan b Mendis 3 (6)
Ishant Sharma not out 5 (1)
Extras: 0 (Wides : 0 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 0)
Total : 138 all out (Overs : 72.5)
Fall of Wickets : 1-25 (Sehwag, 6.4 ovs), 2-53 (Laxman, 14.2 ovs), 3-82 (Tendulkar, 23.4 ovs), 4-95 (Gambhir, 29.5 ovs), 5-103 (Ganguly, 33.5 ovs), 6-103 (Dravid, 34.2 ovs), 7-103 (Karthik, 35.5 ovs), 8-120 (Kumble, 41.3 ovs), 9-133 (Khan, 44.3 ovs), 10-138 (Harbhajan Singh, 44.6 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Vaas 5-0-27-0
Kulasekara 9-3-25-0
Mendis 18-3-60-4
Muralitharan 13-3-26-6