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Sri Lanka v India @ P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
8, 9, 10, 11 August 2008 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: RE Koertzen, MR Benson
Third Umpire: Billy Doctrove
Match Referee: Alan Hurst
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gautam Gambhir | lbw b Ajantha Mendis | 72 | 128 | 196 | 10 | - |
| 2. Virender Sehwag | c Prasanna Jayawardene b Dammika Prasad | 21 | 21 | 36 | 4 | - |
| 3. Rahul Dravid | lbw b Dammika Prasad | 10 | 29 | 52 | - | - |
| 4. Sachin Tendulkar | lbw b Dammika Prasad | 6 | 12 | 18 | - | - |
| 5. Sourav Ganguly | c Mahela Jayawardene b Muttiah Muralitharan | 35 | 57 | 68 | 4 | 1 |
| 6. VVS Laxman | st Prasanna Jayawardene b Ajantha Mendis | 25 | 44 | 56 | 1 | - |
| +7. Parthiv Patel | lbw b Ajantha Mendis | 13 | 42 | 48 | 1 | - |
| *8. Anil Kumble | b Ajantha Mendis | 1 | 6 | 10 | - | - |
| 9. Harbhajan Singh | c Michael Vandort b Muttiah Muralitharan | 3 | 8 | 11 | - | - |
| 10. Ishant Sharma | not out | 17 | 61 | 77 | - | - |
| 11. Zaheer Khan | st Prasanna Jayawardene b Ajantha Mendis | 32 | 73 | 68 | 3 | 1 |
| FOW | 1-51 (Virender Sehwag), 2-92 (Rahul Dravid), 3-102 (Sachin Tendulkar), 4-151 (Sourav Ganguly), 5-155 (Gautam Gambhir), 6-190 (VVS Laxman), 7-195 (Parthiv Patel), 8-196 (Anil Kumble), 9-198 (Harbhajan Singh), 249 (Zaheer Khan). |
| Extras | 1b, 8lb, 0w, 5nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 80 ovs, 325 mins) 249 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 12 | 1 | 44 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dammika Prasad | 17 | 0 | 82 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Ajantha Mendis | 28 | 4 | 56 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 23 | 3 | 58 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Michael Vandort | lbw b Zaheer Khan | 14 | 50 | 77 | 1 | - |
| 2. Malinda Warnapura | b Ishant Sharma | 8 | 22 | 27 | - | - |
| 3. Chaminda Vaas | c Virender Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh | 47 | 111 | 169 | 9 | - |
| 4. Kumar Sangakkara | c Parthiv Patel b Anil Kumble | 144 | 288 | 424 | 14 | - |
| *5. Mahela Jayawardene | lbw b Harbhajan Singh | 2 | 6 | 10 | - | - |
| 6. Thilan Samaraweera | c Parthiv Patel b Zaheer Khan | 35 | 84 | 113 | 3 | - |
| 7. Tillakaratne Dilshan | lbw b Anil Kumble | 23 | 45 | 65 | 3 | - |
| +8. Prasanna Jayawardene | c Harbhajan Singh b Zaheer Khan | 49 | 116 | 163 | 5 | - |
| 9. Dammika Prasad | st Parthiv Patel b Harbhajan Singh | 36 | 56 | 89 | 5 | - |
| 10. Ajantha Mendis | lbw b Anil Kumble | 17 | 28 | 43 | 2 | - |
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan | not out | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-14 (Malinda Warnapura), 2-42 (Michael Vandort), 3-137 (Chaminda Vaas), 4-141 (Mahela Jayawardene), 5-201 (Thilan Samaraweera), 6-244 (Tillakaratne Dilshan), 7-324 (Kumar Sangakkara), 8-367 (Prasanna Jayawardene), 9-396 (Dammika Prasad), 396 (Ajantha Mendis). |
| Extras | 4b, 14lb, 2w, 1nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 134.2 ovs, 585 mins) 396 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Zaheer Khan | 32 | 5 | 105 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Ishant Sharma | 15.3 | 3 | 33 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Harbhajan Singh | 40.3 | 8 | 104 | 3 | (2w,0nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 41.2 | 4 | 123 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Virender Sehwag | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gautam Gambhir | b Dammika Prasad | 26 | 43 | 55 | 3 | - |
| 2. Virender Sehwag | c Thilan Samaraweera b Dammika Prasad | 34 | 29 | 48 | 7 | - |
| 3. Rahul Dravid | c Mahela Jayawardene b Ajantha Mendis | 68 | 166 | 226 | 6 | - |
| 4. Sourav Ganguly | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 18 | 50 | 64 | 1 | 1 |
| +5. Parthiv Patel | lbw b Ajantha Mendis | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| 6. Sachin Tendulkar | lbw b Ajantha Mendis | 14 | 22 | 26 | 1 | - |
| 7. VVS Laxman | not out | 61 | 157 | 193 | 3 | - |
| *8. Anil Kumble | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 9 | 15 | 21 | 1 | - |
| 9. Harbhajan Singh | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 26 | 32 | 32 | 5 | - |
| 10. Zaheer Khan | run out (Thilan Samaraweera > > ) | 0 | 7 | 8 | - | - |
| 11. Ishant Sharma | c Malinda Warnapura b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-62 (Virender Sehwag), 2-65 (Gautam Gambhir), 3-108 (Sourav Ganguly), 4-109 (Parthiv Patel), 5-131 (Sachin Tendulkar), 6-216 (Rahul Dravid), 7-229 (Anil Kumble), 8-266 (Harbhajan Singh), 9-268 (Zaheer Khan), 268 (Ishant Sharma). |
| Extras | 5b, 3lb, 2w, 1nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 87.5 ovs, 345 mins) 268 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 5 | 0 | 20 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dammika Prasad | 11 | 0 | 60 | 2 | (2w,1nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 37.5 | 4 | 99 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ajantha Mendis | 34 | 7 | 81 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Michael Vandort | b Harbhajan Singh | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | - |
| 2. Malinda Warnapura | not out | 54 | 99 | 135 | 5 | - |
| 3. Kumar Sangakkara | c Gautam Gambhir b Zaheer Khan | 4 | 8 | 23 | - | - |
| *4. Mahela Jayawardene | not out | 50 | 85 | 103 | 3 | - |
| 5. Muttiah Muralitharan | ||||||
| 6. Ajantha Mendis | ||||||
| 7. Dammika Prasad | ||||||
| +8. Prasanna Jayawardene | ||||||
| 9. Tillakaratne Dilshan | ||||||
| 10. Thilan Samaraweera | ||||||
| 11. Chaminda Vaas |
| FOW | 1-11 (Michael Vandort), 2-22 (Kumar Sangakkara). |
| Extras | 4b, 3lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 2 wickets, 33.1 ovs, 135 mins) 123 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Zaheer Khan | 6 | 1 | 22 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Harbhajan Singh | 14 | 2 | 44 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 10 | 2 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Virender Sehwag | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 0.1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Michael Vandort, Malinda Warnapura, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis, Dammika Prasad, Prasanna Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Thilan Samaraweera, Chaminda Vaas