Related Link : India in Sri Lanka 2008
Venue : Rangiri International Stadium, Dambulla
Toss : India won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Asoka de Silva (SL) and Billy Doctrove (WI)
Match Result : Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets to lead the 5-ODI Series 1-0
Man of the Match : Ajantha Mendis
India (50 Overs Maximum)
Gautam Gambhir b Vaas 0 (2)
Virat Kohli lbw b Kulasekara 12 (22) 1 ‘4s’
Suresh Raina c Silva b Kulasekara 17 (35) 2 ‘4s’
Yuvraj Singh b Mendis 23 (30) 2 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Rohit Sharma c Jayawardene b Thushara 19 (31) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
MS Dhoni (C&WK) c Jayawardene b Mendis 6 (28)
Irfan Pathan lbw b Muralitharan 7 (19)
Harbhajan Singh c Sangakkara b Muralitharan 12 (28)
Zaheer Khan c Mirando b Muralitharan 12 (38)
Pragyan Ojha not out 16 (29) 1 ‘4s’
Munaf Patel b Mendis 15 (14) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Extras: 7 (Wides : 3 No Balls: 0 Byes: 2 Leg Byes: 2)
Total : 146 all out (Overs : 46.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-0 (Gambhir, 0.2 ovs), 2-23 (Kohli, 7.5 ovs), 3-36 (Raina, 11.5 ovs), 4-73 (Yuvraj Singh, 19.4 ovs), 5-75 (Rohit Sharma, 20.3 ovs), 6-87 (Dhoni, 27.2 ovs), 7-87 (Pathan, 28.3 ovs), 8-107 (Zaheer Khan, 36.6 ovs), 9-117 (Harbhajan Singh, 42.1 ovs), 10-146 (Munaf Patel, 45.6 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Vaas 9-0-34-1
Kulasekara 7-0-23-2 (1w)
Thushara 6-0-18-1
Mendis 9-4-21-3 (1w)
Muralitharan 10-2-37-3 (1w)
Jayasuriya 5-1-9-0
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Sri Lanka (Target : 147 from 50 Overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya c Pathan b Munaf Patel 10 (14) 1 ‘4s’
Kumar Sangakkara (WK) c&b Munaf Patel 19 (41) 2 ‘4s’
Mahela Jayawardene (C) not out 61 (82) 7 ‘4s’
Chamara Kapugedera not out 45 (72) 4 ‘4s’
Chamara Silva
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Chaminda Vaas
Nuwan Kulasekara
Thilan Thushara
Ajantha Mendis
Muttiah Muralitharan
Extras: 12 (Wides : 5 No Balls: 0 Byes: 4 Leg Byes: 3)
Total : 147/2 (Overs : 34.5)
Fall of Wickets : 1-18 (Jayasuriya, 6.2 ovs), 2-45 (Sangakkara, 12.5 ovs)
India Bowling
Munaf Patel 9-0-32-2
Zaheer Khan 7-1-24-0 (1w)
Irfan Pathan 7-0-35-0 (3w)
Harbhajan Singh 4-0-18-0 (1w)
Pragyan Ojha 3-0-9-0
Rohit Sharma 2.5-0-11-0
Suresh Raina 2-0-11-0