Related Link : India in Sri Lanka 2008
Venue : P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
Toss : India won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Mark Benson (Eng)
Match Result : Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets to win the 3-Test Series 2-1
Man of the Match : Kumar Sangakkara
Man of the Series: Ajantha Mendis
India 1st Innings
Gautam Gambhir lbw b Mendis 72 (128) 10 ‘4s’
Virender Sehwag c Prasanna b Dammika Prasad 21 (21) 4 ‘4s’
Rahul Dravid lbw b Dammika Prasad 10 (29)
Sachin Tendulkar lbw b Dammika Prasad 6 (12)
Sourav Ganguly c Mahela Jayawardene b Muralitharan 35 (57) 4 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
VVS Laxman st Prasanna b Mendis 25 (44) 1 ‘4s’
Parthiv Patel (WK) lbw b Mendis 13 (42) 1 ‘4s’
Anil Kumble (C) b Mendis 1 (6)
Harbhajan Singh c Vandort b Muralitharan 3 (8)
Ishant Sharma not out 17 (61)
Zaheer Khan st Prasanna b Mendis 32 (73) 3 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Extras: 14 (Wides : 0 No Balls: 5 Byes: 1 Leg Byes: 8)
Total : 249 all out (Overs : 80.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-51 (Sehwag, 7.2 ovs), 2-92 (Dravid, 18.3 ovs), 3-102 (Tendulkar, 22.1 ovs), 4-151 (Ganguly, 39.5 ovs), 5-155 (Gambhir, 42.1 ovs), 6-190 (Laxman, 54.3 ovs), 7-195 (Parthiv Patel, 56.1 ovs), 8-196 (Kumble, 56.3 ovs), 9-198 (Harbhajan Singh, 59.4 ovs), 10-249 (Zaheer Khan, 79.6 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Vaas 12-1-44-0
Dammika Prasad 17-0-82-3 (1nb)
Mendis 28-4-56-5
Muralitharan 23-3-58-2
- Test Debut for Dammika Prasad (Sri Lanka)
Sri Lanka 1st Innings
Michael Vandort lbw b Zaheer Khan 14 (50) 1 ‘4s’
Malinda Warnapura b Ishant Sharma 8 (22)
Chaminda Vaas c Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh 47 (111) 9 ‘4s’
Kumar Sangakkara c Parthiv Patel b Kumble 144 (288) 14 ‘4s’
Mahela Jayawardene (C) lbw b Harbhajan Singh 2 (6)
Thilan Samaraweera c Parthiv Patel b Zaheer Khan 35 (84) 3 ‘4s’
Tillakaratne Dilshan lbw b Kumble 23 (45) 3 ‘4s’
Prasanna Jayawardene (WK) c Harbhajan Singh b Zaheer Khan 49 (116) 5 ‘4s’
Dammika Prasad st Parthiv Patel b Harbhajan Singh 36 (56) 5 ‘4s’
Ajantha Mendis lbw b Kumble 17 (28) 2 ‘4s’
Muttiah Muralitharan not out 0 (1)
Extras: 21 (Wides : 2 No Balls: 1 Byes: 4 Leg Byes: 14)
Total : 396 all out (Overs : 134.2)
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 (Mahela Jayawardene, 92.3 ovs), 9-291 (Mendis, 92.5 ovs), 10-292 (Muralitharan, 93.3 ovs)
India Bowling
Zaheer Khan 32-5-105-3 (1nb)
Ishant Sharma 15.3-3-33-1
Harbhajan Singh 40.3-8-104-3 (2w)
Kumble 41.2-4-123-3
Sehwag 2-0-2-0
Ganguly 3-0-11-0
India 2nd Innings
Gautam Gambhir b Dammika Prasad 26 (43) 3 ‘4s’
Virender Sehwag c Samaraweera b Dammika Prasad 34 (29) 7 ‘4s’
Rahul Dravid c Mahela Jayawardene b Mendis 68 (166) 6 ‘4s’
Sourav Ganguly lbw b Muralitharan 18 (50) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Parthiv Patel (WK) lbw b Mendis 1 (2)
Sachin Tendulkar lbw b Mendis 14 (22) 1 ‘4s’
VVS Laxman not out 61 (157) 3 ‘4s’
Anil Kumble (C) lbw b Muralitharan 9 (15) 1 ‘4s’
Harbhajan Singh lbw b Vaas 26 (32) 5 ‘4s’
Zaheer Khan run out (Samaraweera) 0 (7)
Ishant Sharma c Warnapura b Muralitharan 0 (5)
Extras: 11 (Wides : 2 No Balls: 1 Byes: 5 Leg Byes: 3)
Total : 268 all out (Overs : 87.5)
Fall of Wickets : 1-62 (Sehwag, 10.4 ovs), 2-65 (Gambhir, 12.2 ovs), 3-108 (Ganguly, 27.4 ovs), 4-109 (Parthiv Patel, 28.1 ovs), 5-131 (Tendulkar, 34.5 ovs), 6-216 (Dravid, 70.1 ovs), 7-229 (Kumble, 75.5 ovs), 8-266 (Harbhajan Singh, 84.6 ovs), 9-268 (Zaheer Khan, 86.4 ovs), 10-268 (Ishant Sharma, 87.5 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Vaas 5-0-20-1
Dammika Prasad 11-0-60-2 (2w 1nb)
Muralitharan 37.5-4-99-3
Mendis 34-7-81-3
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings (Target : 122)
Michael Vandort b Harbhajan Singh 8 (7) 2 ‘4s’
Malinda Warnapura not out 54 (99) 5 ‘4s’
Kumar Sangakkara c Gambhir b Zaheer Khan 4 (8)
Mahela Jayawardene (C) not out 50 (85) 3 ‘4s’
Thilan Samaraweera
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Prasanna Jayawardene (WK)
Chaminda Vaas
Dammika Prasad
Ajantha Mendis
Muttiah Muralitharan
Extras: 7 (Wides : 0 No Balls: 0 Byes: 4 Leg Byes: 3)
Total : 123/2 (Overs : 33.1)
Fall of Wickets : 1-11 (Vandort, 1.4 ovs), 2-22 (Sangakkara, 6.3 ovs)
India Bowling
Zaheer Khan 6-1-22-1
Harbhajan Singh 14-2-44-1
Kumble 10-2-34-0
Sehwag 3-0-12-0
Ganguly 0.1-0-4-0