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Sri Lanka v India @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
23, 24, 25, 26 July 2008 (five-day match)
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: MR Benson, B Doctrove
Third Umpire: Rudi Koertzen
Match Referee: Alan Hurst
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by an innings and 239 runs
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Michael Vandort | c Dinesh Karthik b Ishant Sharma | 3 | 13 | 18 | - | - |
| 2. Malinda Warnapura | c Rahul Dravid b Harbhajan Singh | 115 | 202 | 268 | 14 | - |
| 3. Kumar Sangakkara | c Rahul Dravid b Zaheer Khan | 12 | 21 | 47 | 1 | - |
| *4. Mahela Jayawardene | c Dinesh Karthik b Ishant Sharma | 136 | 259 | 375 | 10 | 1 |
| 5. Thilan Samaraweera | c VVS Laxman b Zaheer Khan | 127 | 224 | 292 | 18 | - |
| 6. Tillakaratne Dilshan | not out | 125 | 170 | 264 | 12 | 1 |
| +7. Prasanna Jayawardene | c Ishant Sharma b Harbhajan Singh | 30 | 70 | 95 | 1 | - |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | not out | 22 | 32 | 47 | 4 | - |
| 9. Nuwan Kulasekara | ||||||
| 10. Ajantha Mendis | ||||||
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan |
| FOW | 1-7 (Michael Vandort), 2-57 (Kumar Sangakkara), 3-212 (Malinda Warnapura), 4-360 (Mahela Jayawardene), 5-454 (Thilan Samaraweera), 6-545 (Prasanna Jayawardene). |
| Extras | 4b, 5lb, 3w, 18nb, 0pen) 30 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 162 ovs, 705 mins) 600 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Zaheer Khan | 37 | 2 | 156 | 2 | (2w,12nb) |
| Ishant Sharma | 33 | 4 | 124 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 8 | 1 | 24 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Harbhajan Singh | 43 | 2 | 149 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 37 | 4 | 121 | 0 | (0w,6nb) |
| Virender Sehwag | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gautam Gambhir | c Thilan Samaraweera b Muttiah Muralitharan | 39 | 55 | 74 | 5 | - |
| 2. Virender Sehwag | c Malinda Warnapura b Nuwan Kulasekara | 25 | 16 | 23 | 5 | - |
| 3. Rahul Dravid | b Ajantha Mendis | 14 | 35 | 55 | 2 | - |
| 4. Sachin Tendulkar | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 27 | 46 | 60 | 3 | - |
| 5. Sourav Ganguly | c Nuwan Kulasekara b Muttiah Muralitharan | 23 | 57 | 80 | 4 | - |
| 6. VVS Laxman | b Ajantha Mendis | 56 | 118 | 162 | 6 | - |
| +7. Dinesh Karthik | c & b Muttiah Muralitharan | 9 | 16 | 13 | 1 | - |
| *8. Anil Kumble | lbw b Ajantha Mendis | 1 | 15 | 34 | - | - |
| 9. Harbhajan Singh | c Malinda Warnapura b Muttiah Muralitharan | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | - |
| 10. Zaheer Khan | lbw b Ajantha Mendis | 5 | 16 | 13 | - | - |
| 11. Ishant Sharma | not out | 13 | 54 | 70 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-36 (Virender Sehwag), 2-79 (Gautam Gambhir), 3-79 (Rahul Dravid), 4-123 (Sachin Tendulkar), 5-138 (Sourav Ganguly), 6-147 (Dinesh Karthik), 7-170 (Anil Kumble), 8-181 (Harbhajan Singh), 9-188 (Zaheer Khan), 223 (VVS Laxman). |
| Extras | 0b, 2lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 2 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 72.5 ovs, 298 mins) 223 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | 11 | 2 | 42 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ajantha Mendis | 27.5 | 5 | 72 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 29 | 4 | 84 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gautam Gambhir | st Prasanna Jayawardene b Muttiah Muralitharan | 43 | 90 | 126 | 4 | - |
| 2. Virender Sehwag | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 13 | 17 | 30 | 2 | - |
| 3. VVS Laxman | lbw b Ajantha Mendis | 21 | 26 | 33 | 3 | - |
| 4. Sachin Tendulkar | c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Muttiah Muralitharan | 12 | 30 | 42 | 1 | - |
| 5. Rahul Dravid | c Malinda Warnapura b Ajantha Mendis | 10 | 30 | 41 | 1 | - |
| 6. Sourav Ganguly | c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Muttiah Muralitharan | 4 | 12 | 14 | 1 | - |
| +7. Dinesh Karthik | c Mahela Jayawardene b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 6 | 10 | - | - |
| *8. Anil Kumble | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 12 | 24 | 24 | 2 | - |
| 9. Harbhajan Singh | b Ajantha Mendis | 15 | 28 | 34 | 1 | - |
| 10. Zaheer Khan | b Ajantha Mendis | 3 | 6 | 11 | - | - |
| 11. Ishant Sharma | not out | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-25 (Virender Sehwag), 2-53 (VVS Laxman), 3-82 (Sachin Tendulkar), 4-95 (Gautam Gambhir), 5-103 (Sourav Ganguly), 6-103 (Rahul Dravid), 7-103 (Dinesh Karthik), 8-120 (Anil Kumble), 9-133 (Zaheer Khan), 138 (Harbhajan Singh). |
| Extras | 0b, 0lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 0 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 45 ovs, 187 mins) 138 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 5 | 0 | 27 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | 9 | 3 | 25 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ajantha Mendis | 18 | 3 | 60 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 13 | 3 | 26 | 6 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Michael Vandort, Malinda Warnapura, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Prasanna Jayawardene, Chaminda Vaas, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis, Muttiah Muralitharan