Sri Lanka v India 3rd Test

India tour of Sri Lanka - 2008 (2008) · P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo · 8 August 2008

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets. Kumar Sangakkara top-scored with 144 for Sri Lanka. Ajantha Mendis took 5/56.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: India tour of Sri Lanka - 2008 (2008)
Ground: P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
Dates: 8 August 2008 to 11 August 2008
Toss: India, chose to bat
Result: Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara
Captains: Anil Kumble (India), Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)
Debut: Dhammika Prasad (Sri Lanka)
Umpires: MR Benson and RE Koertzen
Match referee: AG Hurst

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

India won the toss and chose to bat. It was Dhammika Prasad's first Test.

India batted first and made 249 all out. Gautam Gambhir top-scored with 72 off 128 balls. Ajantha Mendis took 5 for 56 for Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka replied with 396 all out. Kumar Sangakkara top-scored with 144 off 288 balls, and Prasanna Jayawardene made 49. Harbhajan Singh took 3 for 104 for India. Sri Lanka led by 147 on first innings.

India made 268 all out in their second innings. Rahul Dravid top-scored with 68 off 166 balls, and VVS Laxman made 61. Ajantha Mendis took 3 for 81 for Sri Lanka.

Set 122 to win, Sri Lanka made 123 for 2. Malinda Warnapura top-scored with 54 not out off 99 balls, and Mahela Jayawardene made 50. The innings was built on a 101-run stand for the third wicket between Mahela Jayawardene and Malinda Warnapura, 82% of the total.

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets.

INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 249 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Gautam Gambhir	lbw b Ajantha Mendis	72	128
Virender Sehwag	c Prasanna Jayawardene b Dhammika Prasad	21	21
Rahul Dravid	lbw b Dhammika Prasad	10	29
Sachin Tendulkar	lbw b Dhammika Prasad	6	12
Sourav Ganguly	c Mahela Jayawardene b Muthiah Muralidaran	35	57
VVS Laxman	st Prasanna Jayawardene b Ajantha Mendis	25	44
Parthiv Patel	lbw b Ajantha Mendis	13	42
Anil Kumble	b Ajantha Mendis	1	6
Harbhajan Singh	c Michael Vandort b Muthiah Muralidaran	3	8
Ishant Sharma	not out	17	61
Zaheer Khan	st Prasanna Jayawardene b Ajantha Mendis	32	73

Extras 14 · Total 249 all out

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Chaminda Vaas	12	1	44	0
Dhammika Prasad	17	0	82	3
Ajantha Mendis	28	4	56	5
Muthiah Muralidaran	23	3	58	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-51 (Virender Sehwag, 7.2 ov), 2-92 (Rahul Dravid, 18.3 ov), 3-102 (Sachin Tendulkar, 22.1 ov), 4-151 (Sourav Ganguly, 39.5 ov), 5-155 (Gautam Gambhir, 42.1 ov), 6-190 (VVS Laxman, 54.3 ov), 7-195 (Parthiv Patel, 56.1 ov), 8-196 (Anil Kumble, 56.3 ov), 9-198 (Harbhajan Singh, 59.4 ov), 10-249 (Zaheer Khan, 79.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Gautam Gambhir (22) and Virender Sehwag (21)	51	45
second	Rahul Dravid (10) and Gautam Gambhir (31)	41	67
third	Sachin Tendulkar (6) and Gautam Gambhir (4)	10	22
fourth	Sourav Ganguly (35) and Gautam Gambhir (14)	49	106
fifth	VVS Laxman (3) and Gautam Gambhir (1)	4	14
sixth	VVS Laxman (22) and Parthiv Patel (11)	35	74
seventh	Anil Kumble (1) and Parthiv Patel (2)	5	10
eighth	Anil Kumble (0) and Harbhajan Singh (1)	1	2
ninth	Harbhajan Singh (2) and Ishant Sharma (0)	2	19
tenth	Zaheer Khan (32) and Ishant Sharma (17)	51	122

SRI LANKA, FIRST INNINGS: 396 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Michael Vandort	lbw b Zaheer Khan	14	50
Malinda Warnapura	b Ishant Sharma	8	22
Chaminda Vaas	c Virender Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh	47	111
Kumar Sangakkara	c Parthiv Patel b Anil Kumble	144	288
Mahela Jayawardene	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	2	6
Thilan Samaraweera	c Parthiv Patel b Zaheer Khan	35	84
Tillakaratne Dilshan	lbw b Anil Kumble	23	45
Prasanna Jayawardene	c Harbhajan Singh b Zaheer Khan	49	116
Dhammika Prasad	st Parthiv Patel b Harbhajan Singh	36	56
Ajantha Mendis	lbw b Anil Kumble	17	28
Muthiah Muralidaran	not out	0	1

Extras 21 · Total 396 all out

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Zaheer Khan	32	5	105	3
Ishant Sharma	15.3	3	33	1
Harbhajan Singh	40.3	8	104	3
Anil Kumble	41.2	4	123	3
Virender Sehwag	2	0	2	0
Sourav Ganguly	3	0	11	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-14 (Malinda Warnapura, 5.6 ov), 2-42 (Michael Vandort, 16.5 ov), 3-137 (Chaminda Vaas, 47.3 ov), 4-141 (Mahela Jayawardene, 49.1 ov), 5-201 (Thilan Samaraweera, 73.6 ov), 6-244 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 88.3 ov), 7-324 (Kumar Sangakkara, 113.5 ov), 8-367 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 125.5 ov), 9-396 (Dhammika Prasad, 133.5 ov), 10-396 (Ajantha Mendis, 134.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Michael Vandort (3) and Malinda Warnapura (8)	14	36
second	Chaminda Vaas (14) and Michael Vandort (11)	28	65
third	Chaminda Vaas (33) and Kumar Sangakkara (59)	95	184
fourth	Mahela Jayawardene (2) and Kumar Sangakkara (1)	4	10
fifth	Thilan Samaraweera (35) and Kumar Sangakkara (23)	60	150
sixth	Tillakaratne Dilshan (23) and Kumar Sangakkara (18)	43	87
seventh	Prasanna Jayawardene (34) and Kumar Sangakkara (43)	80	152
eighth	Prasanna Jayawardene (15) and Dhammika Prasad (24)	43	72
ninth	Dhammika Prasad (12) and Ajantha Mendis (17)	29	48
tenth	Muthiah Muralidaran (0) and Ajantha Mendis (0)	0	3

INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 268 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Gautam Gambhir	b Dhammika Prasad	26	43
Virender Sehwag	c Thilan Samaraweera b Dhammika Prasad	34	29
Rahul Dravid	c Mahela Jayawardene b Ajantha Mendis	68	166
Sourav Ganguly	lbw b Muthiah Muralidaran	18	50
Parthiv Patel	lbw b Ajantha Mendis	1	2
Sachin Tendulkar	lbw b Ajantha Mendis	14	22
VVS Laxman	not out	61	157
Anil Kumble	lbw b Muthiah Muralidaran	9	15
Harbhajan Singh	lbw b Chaminda Vaas	26	32
Zaheer Khan	run out (Thilan Samaraweera)	0	7
Ishant Sharma	c Malinda Warnapura b Muthiah Muralidaran	0	5

Extras 11 · Total 268 all out

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Chaminda Vaas	5	0	20	1
Dhammika Prasad	11	0	60	2
Muthiah Muralidaran	37.5	4	99	3
Ajantha Mendis	34	7	81	3

FALL OF WICKETS

1-62 (Virender Sehwag, 10.4 ov), 2-65 (Gautam Gambhir, 12.2 ov), 3-108 (Sourav Ganguly, 27.4 ov), 4-109 (Parthiv Patel, 28.1 ov), 5-131 (Sachin Tendulkar, 34.5 ov), 6-216 (Rahul Dravid, 70.1 ov), 7-229 (Anil Kumble, 75.5 ov), 8-266 (Harbhajan Singh, 84.6 ov), 9-268 (Zaheer Khan, 86.4 ov), 10-268 (Ishant Sharma, 87.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Gautam Gambhir (24) and Virender Sehwag (34)	62	65
second	Rahul Dravid (1) and Gautam Gambhir (2)	3	10
third	Sourav Ganguly (18) and Rahul Dravid (25)	43	92
fourth	Rahul Dravid (0) and Parthiv Patel (1)	1	3
fifth	Sachin Tendulkar (14) and Rahul Dravid (8)	22	40
sixth	Rahul Dravid (34) and VVS Laxman (46)	85	212
seventh	Anil Kumble (9) and VVS Laxman (4)	13	34
eighth	VVS Laxman (10) and Harbhajan Singh (26)	37	55
ninth	VVS Laxman (1) and Zaheer Khan (0)	2	9
tenth	VVS Laxman (0) and Ishant Sharma (0)	0	7

SRI LANKA, SECOND INNINGS: 123 FOR 2

Batter	How out	R	B
Michael Vandort	b Harbhajan Singh	8	7
Malinda Warnapura	not out	54	99
Kumar Sangakkara	c Gautam Gambhir b Zaheer Khan	4	8
Mahela Jayawardene	not out	50	85

Did not bat: Thilan Samaraweera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Prasanna Jayawardene, Chaminda Vaas, Dhammika Prasad, Ajantha Mendis, Muthiah Muralidaran

Extras 7 · Total 123 for 2

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Zaheer Khan	6	1	22	1
Harbhajan Singh	14	2	44	1
Anil Kumble	10	2	34	0
Virender Sehwag	3	0	12	0
Sourav Ganguly	0.1	0	4	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-11 (Michael Vandort, 1.4 ov), 2-22 (Kumar Sangakkara, 6.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Michael Vandort (8) and Malinda Warnapura (2)	11	10
second	Kumar Sangakkara (4) and Malinda Warnapura (7)	11	29
third	Mahela Jayawardene (50) and Malinda Warnapura (45)	101	160

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