Related Link : India in Sri Lanka 2008
Venue : Galle International Stadium, Galle
Toss : India won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Billy Doctrove (WI); Mark Benson (Eng) replaced an unwell Rudi Koertzen from Day 2 onwards
Match Result : India won by 170 runs to level the 3-Test Series 1-1
Man of the Match : Virender Sehwag
India 1st Innings
Gautam Gambhir lbw b Mendis 56 (103) 8 ‘4s’
Virender Sehwag not out 201 (231) 22 ‘4s’ 4 ‘6s’
Rahul Dravid c Warnapura b Mendis 2 (6)
Sachin Tendulkar lbw b Vaas 5 (3) 1 ‘4s’
Sourav Ganguly c Prasanna b Vaas 0 (5)
VVS Laxman c Samaraweera b Mendis 39 (83) 4 ‘4s’
Dinesh Karthik (WK) lbw b Mendis 7 (11)
Anil Kumble (C) st Prasanna b Muralitharan 4 (32)
Harbhajan Singh b Mendis 1 (7)
Zaheer Khan c Prasanna b Muralitharan 2 (7)
Ishant Sharma lbw b Mendis 0 (4)
Extras: 12 (Wides : 7 No Balls: 0 Byes: 1 Leg Byes: 4)
Total : 329 all out (Overs : 82.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-167 (Gambhir, 31.5 ovs), 2-173 (Dravid, 33.1 ovs), 3-178 (Tendulkar, 34.1 ovs), 4-178 (Ganguly, 34.6 ovs), 5-278 (Laxman, 59.6 ovs), 6-290 (Karthik, 63.5 ovs), 7-317 (Kumble, 74.3 ovs), 8-318 (Harbhajan Singh, 75.4 ovs), 9-323 (Khan, 78.4 ovs), 10-329 (Ishant Sharma, 81.6 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Vaas 19-2-74-2 (1w)
Kulasekara 8-1-40-0 (2w)
Mendis 28-1-117-6
Muralitharan 27-1-93-2
Sri Lanka 1st Innings
Michael Vandort c Dravid b Zaheer Khan 4 (3) 1 ‘4s’
Malinda Warnapura c Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh 66 (97) 10 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Kumar Sangakkara c&b Harbhajan Singh 68 (120) 9 ‘4s’
Mahela Jayawardene (C) c Karthik b Kumble 86 (188) 10 ‘4s’
Thilan Samaraweera lbw b Harbhajan Singh 14 (37) 2 ‘4s’
Tillakaratne Dilshan c Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh 0 (3)
Prasanna Jayawardene (WK) c Laxman b Harbhajan Singh 24 (67) 1 ‘4s’
Chaminda Vaas c Harbhajan Singh b Kumble 1 (4)
Nuwan Kulasekara not out 5 (40)
Ajantha Mendis lbw b Kumble 0 (2)
Muttiah Muralitharan c Ganguly b Harbhajan Singh 0 (2)
Extras: 24 (Wides : 0 No Balls: 2 Byes: 10 Leg Byes: 12)
Total : 292 all out (Overs : 93.3)
Fall of Wickets : 1-4 (Vandort, 0.3 ovs), 2-137 (Warnapura, 34.5 ovs), 3-144 (Sangakkara, 36.6 ovs), 4-192 (Samaraweera, 52.3 ovs), 5-192 (Dilshan, 52.6 ovs), 6-250 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 74.2 ovs), 7-255 (Vaas, 75.2 ovs), 8-291 (DPMD Jayawardene, 92.3 ovs), 9-291 (Mendis, 92.5 ovs), 10-292 (Muralitharan, 93.3 ovs)
India Bowling
Zaheer Khan 9-1-51-1 (2nb)
Ishant Sharma 8-1-36-0
Kumble 36-7-81-3
Harbhajan Singh 40.3-8-102-6
India 2nd Innings
Gautam Gambhir b Mendis 74 (149) 10 ‘4s’
Virender Sehwag c Dilshan b Vaas 50 (52) 6 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Rahul Dravid lbw b Muralitharan 44 (92) 6 ‘4s’
Sachin Tendulkar c Mahela Jayawardene b Vaas 31 (42) 5 ‘4s’
Sourav Ganguly st Prasanna b Muralitharan 16 (45) 1 ‘4s’
VVS Laxman lbw b Mendis 13 (15) 1 ‘4s’
Dinesh Karthik (WK) c Sangakkara b Muralitharan 20 (22) 1 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Anil Kumble (C) lbw b Mendis 2 (8)
Harbhajan Singh c&b Mendis 11 (12) 1 ‘4s’
Ishant Sharma run out (Dilshan/Prasanna) 0 (1)
Zaheer Khan not out 1 (20)
Extras: 7 (Wides : 0 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 7)
Total : 269 all out (Overs : 76.2)
Fall of Wickets : 1-90 (Sehwag, 19.3 ovs), 2-144 (Gambhir, 40.6 ovs), 3-200 (Tendulkar, 54.5 ovs), 4-200 (Dravid, 55.6 ovs), 5-221 (Laxman, 62.3 ovs), 6-252 (Karthik, 69.1 ovs), 7-255 (Ganguly, 69.6 ovs), 8-257 (Kumble, 70.5 ovs), 9-257 (Ishant Sharma, 71.1 ovs), 10-269 (Harbhajan Singh, 76.2 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Vaas 13-4-32-2
Kulasekara 5-0-31-0
Muralitharan 31-3-107-3
Mendis 27.2-4-92-4
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings (Target : 307)
Michael Vandort lbw b Harbhajan Singh 10 (60) 1 ‘4s’
Malinda Warnapura c Laxman b Ishant Sharma 0 (3)
Kumar Sangakkara c Laxman b Zaheer Khan 1 (3)
Mahela Jayawardene (C) c Dravid b Ishant Sharma 5 (7) 1 ‘4s’
Thilan Samaraweera not out 67 (126) 8 ‘4s’
Tillakaratne Dilshan c Karthik b Ishant Sharma 38 (47) 5 ‘4s’
Prasanna Jayawardene (WK) c Ganguly b Harbhajan Singh 4 (20)
Chaminda Vaas lbw b Harbhajan Singh 0 (7)
Nuwan Kulasekara c Sharma b Kumble 1 (8)
Ajantha Mendis c Kumble b Harbhajan Singh 2 (3)
Muttiah Muralitharan c&b Kumble 0 (3)
Extras: 8 (Wides : 0 No Balls: 2 Byes: 4 Leg Byes: 2)
Total : 136 all out (Overs : 47.3)
Fall of Wickets : 1-4 (Warnapura, 1.3 ovs), 2-5 (Sangakkara, 2.2 ovs), 3-10 (Mahela Jayawardene, 3.3 ovs), 4-37 (Vandort, 19.6 ovs), 5-113 (Dilshan, 35.5 ovs), 6-130 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 42.4 ovs), 7-131 (Vaas, 44.2 ovs), 8-132 (Kulasekara, 45.6 ovs), 9-135 (Mendis, 46.4 ovs), 10-136 (Muralitharan, 47.3 ovs)
India Bowling
Zaheer Khan 8-1-18-1 (2nb)
Ishant Sharma 15-8-20-3
Kumble 10.3-3-41-2
Harbhajan Singh 14-1-51-4