Sri Lanka

600/6 Dec (162.0 Overs)
 vs

India

223 All out (72.5 Overs)
138 All out (45.0 Overs)
Sri Lanka won by an innings and 239 runs.
Test Match Series  |  First Test  |  23rd Jul 2008  |  Ground: Colombo

Innings:

   India 2nd   India 1st   Sri Lanka 1st
India 2nd Innings
Batsman Runs 6s 4s Balls
G Gambhir s Jayawardene b Muralitharan 43 0 4 90
V Sehwag lbw b Muralitharan 13 0 2 17
V V S Laxman lbw b Mendis 21 0 3 26
S R Tendulkar c Dilshan b Muralitharan 12 0 1 30
R Dravid c Warnapura b Mendis 10 0 1 30
S C Ganguly c Dilshan b Muralitharan 4 0 1 12
K D Karthik c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 0 0 0 6
A Kumble b Muralitharan 12 0 2 24
Harbhajan Singh b Mendis 15 0 1 28
Z Khan b Mendis 3 0 0 6
I Sharma not out 5 0 0 1
Extras 0
Total All Out, 45 overs 138
Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-53, 3-82, 4-95, 5-103, 6-103, 7-103, 8-120, 9-133, 10-138
Bowler O M R W
Vaas 5 0 27 0
Kulasekara 9 3 25 0
Mendis 18 3 60 4
Muralitharan 13 3 26 6
India 1st Innings
Batsman Runs 6s 4s Balls
G Gambhir c Samaraweera b Muralitharan 39 0 5 56
V Sehwag c Warnapura b Kulasekara 25 0 5 16
R Dravid b Mendis 14 0 2 35
S R Tendulkar b Muralitharan 27 0 3 46
S C Ganguly c Kulasekara b Muralitharan 23 0 4 57
V V S Laxman b Mendis 56 0 6 113
K D Karthik c b Muralitharan 9 0 1 16
A Kumble lbw b Mendis 1 0 0 15
Harbhajan Singh c Warnapura b Muralitharan 9 0 2 9
Z Khan lbw b Mendis 5 0 0 16
I Sharma not out 13 0 1 53
Extras 2
Total All Out, 72.5 overs 223
Fall of wickets: 1-36, 2-78, 3-78, 4-122, 5-137, 6-146, 7-169, 8-180, 9-187, 10-223
Bowler O M R W
Vaas 5 0 23 0
Kulasekara 11 2 42 1
Mendis 27.5 5 72 4
Muralitharan 29 5 84 5
Sri Lanka 1st Innings
Batsman Runs 6s 4s Balls
M G Vandort c Karthik b Sharma 3 0 0 13
B S M Warnapura c Dravid b Singh 115 0 14 202
K C Sangakkara c Dravid b Khan 12 0 1 21
D P M D Jayawardene c Karthik b Sharma 136 1 10 259
T T Samaraweera c Laxman b Khan 127 0 18 224
T M Dilshan not out 125 1 12 170
H A P W Jayawardene c Sharma b Singh 30 0 1 70
W P U J C Vaas not out 22 0 4 32
Extras 12
Total 6 wkts, 162 overs 600
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-57, 3-212, 4-360, 5-454, 6-545
Bowler O M R W
Khan 37 2 156 2
Sharma 33 4 124 2
Ganguly 8 1 24 0
Singh 43 2 149 2
Kumble 37 4 121 0
Sehwag 4 0 17 0

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