Sri Lanka v India 1st Test
India tour of Sri Lanka - 2008 (2008) · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo · 23 July 2008 · Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat
Sri Lanka won by an innings and 239 runs · Man of the Match: Muthiah Muralidaran
Sri Lanka won by an innings and 239 runs. Mahela Jayawardene top-scored with 136 for Sri Lanka. Man of the Match: Muthiah Muralidaran.
Sri Lanka, 570 (6 wkts)
| Michael Vandort | caught (Dinesh Karthik) b Ishant Sharma | 3 | 13 |
| Malinda Warnapura | caught (Rahul Dravid) b Harbhajan Singh | 115 | 202 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | caught (Rahul Dravid) b Zaheer Khan | 12 | 21 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | caught (Dinesh Karthik) b Ishant Sharma | 136 | 259 |
| Thilan Samaraweera | caught (VVS Laxman) b Zaheer Khan | 127 | 224 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | not out | 125 | 170 |
| Prasanna Jayawardene | caught (Ishant Sharma) b Harbhajan Singh | 30 | 70 |
| Chaminda Vaas | not out | 22 | 32 |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Ajantha Mendis | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Zaheer Khan 37.00-2-156-2Ishant Sharma 33.00-4-124-2Sourav Ganguly 8.00-1-24-0Harbhajan Singh 43.00-2-149-2Anil Kumble 37.00-4-121-0Virender Sehwag 4.00-0-17-0
India, 221 (10 wkts)
| Gautam Gambhir | caught (Thilan Samaraweera) b Muthiah Muralidaran | 39 | 55 |
| Virender Sehwag | caught (Malinda Warnapura) b Nuwan Kulasekara | 25 | 16 |
| Rahul Dravid | bowled b Ajantha Mendis | 14 | 35 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | bowled b Muthiah Muralidaran | 27 | 46 |
| Sourav Ganguly | caught (Nuwan Kulasekara) b Muthiah Muralidaran | 23 | 57 |
| VVS Laxman | bowled b Ajantha Mendis | 56 | 118 |
| Dinesh Karthik | caught (Muthiah Muralidaran) b Muthiah Muralidaran | 9 | 16 |
| Anil Kumble | lbw b Ajantha Mendis | 1 | 15 |
| Harbhajan Singh | caught (Malinda Warnapura) b Muthiah Muralidaran | 9 | 9 |
| Zaheer Khan | lbw b Ajantha Mendis | 5 | 16 |
| Ishant Sharma | not out | 13 | 54 |
Chaminda Vaas 5.00-0-23-0Nuwan Kulasekara 11.00-2-42-1Ajantha Mendis 27.50-5-72-4Muthiah Muralidaran 29.00-4-84-5
India, 138 (10 wkts)
| Gautam Gambhir | stumping (Prasanna Jayawardene) b Muthiah Muralidaran | 43 | 90 |
| Virender Sehwag | lbw b Muthiah Muralidaran | 13 | 17 |
| VVS Laxman | lbw b Ajantha Mendis | 21 | 26 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | caught (Tillakaratne Dilshan) b Muthiah Muralidaran | 12 | 30 |
| Rahul Dravid | caught (Malinda Warnapura) b Ajantha Mendis | 10 | 30 |
| Sourav Ganguly | caught (Tillakaratne Dilshan) b Muthiah Muralidaran | 4 | 12 |
| Dinesh Karthik | caught (Mahela Jayawardene) b Muthiah Muralidaran | 0 | 6 |
| Anil Kumble | bowled b Muthiah Muralidaran | 12 | 24 |
| Harbhajan Singh | bowled b Ajantha Mendis | 15 | 28 |
| Zaheer Khan | bowled b Ajantha Mendis | 3 | 6 |
| Ishant Sharma | not out | 5 | 1 |
Chaminda Vaas 5.00-0-27-0Nuwan Kulasekara 9.00-3-25-0Ajantha Mendis 18.00-3-60-4Muthiah Muralidaran 13.00-3-26-6
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