Sri Lanka v India 1st Test

India tour of Sri Lanka - 2010 (2010) · Galle International Stadium, Galle · 18 July 2010

Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets

Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets. Tharanga Paranavitana top-scored with 111 for Sri Lanka. Lasith Malinga took 5/50.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: India tour of Sri Lanka - 2010 (2010)
Ground: Galle International Stadium, Galle
Dates: 18 July 2010 to 22 July 2010
Toss: Sri Lanka, chose to bat
Result: Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
Player of the match: Lasith Malinga
Captains: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), MS Dhoni (India)
Debut: Abhimanyu Mithun (India)
Umpires: DJ Harper and RJ Tucker
Match referee: AJ Pycroft

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat. It was Abhimanyu Mithun's first Test.

Sri Lanka batted first and made 520 for 8 declared. Tharanga Paranavitana top-scored with 111 off 233 balls, and Kumar Sangakkara made 103. Abhimanyu Mithun took 4 for 105 for India. The innings was built on a 181-run stand for the second wicket between Kumar Sangakkara and Tharanga Paranavitana. That was well above the 2010s average first-innings total at Galle International Stadium, 393 across 18 Tests.

India replied with 276 all out. Virender Sehwag top-scored with 109 off 118 balls, and Yuvraj Singh made 52. Muthiah Muralidaran took 5 for 63 for Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka led by 244 on first innings. India followed on.

India made 338 all out in their second innings. Sachin Tendulkar top-scored with 84 off 142 balls, and VVS Laxman made 69. Lasith Malinga took 5 for 50 for Sri Lanka. The innings was built on a 119-run stand for the third wicket between Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.

Set 95 to win, Sri Lanka made 96 for 0. Tillakaratne Dilshan top-scored with 68 not out off 47 balls.

Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets.

SRI LANKA, FIRST INNINGS: 520 FOR 8 DECLARED

Batter	How out	R	B
Tharanga Paranavitana	c MS Dhoni b Ishant Sharma	111	233
Tillakaratne Dilshan	c MS Dhoni b Abhimanyu Mithun	25	24
Kumar Sangakkara	c Sachin Tendulkar b Virender Sehwag	103	145
Mahela Jayawardene	lbw b Ishant Sharma	48	78
Thilan Samaraweera	lbw b Abhimanyu Mithun	0	7
Angelo Mathews	c VVS Laxman b Ishant Sharma	41	58
Prasanna Jayawardene	lbw b Abhimanyu Mithun	27	26
Rangana Herath	not out	80	93
Lasith Malinga	c Harbhajan Singh b Abhimanyu Mithun	64	75
Muthiah Muralidaran	not out	5	10

Did not bat: Chanaka Welegedara

Extras 16 · Total 520 for 8 declared

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Ishant Sharma	28	5	145	3
Abhimanyu Mithun	28	3	105	4
Harbhajan Singh	30	4	98	0
Pragyan Ojha	28	1	115	0
Virender Sehwag	10	0	46	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-55 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 10.1 ov), 2-236 (Kumar Sangakkara, 61.1 ov), 3-259 (Tharanga Paranavitana, 69.2 ov), 4-260 (Thilan Samaraweera, 70.4 ov), 5-322 (Mahela Jayawardene, 87.5 ov), 6-344 (Angelo Mathews, 91.6 ov), 7-393 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 97.6 ov), 8-508 (Lasith Malinga, 120.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Tillakaratne Dilshan (25) and Tharanga Paranavitana (24)	55	63
second	Kumar Sangakkara (103) and Tharanga Paranavitana (76)	181	308
third	Mahela Jayawardene (10) and Tharanga Paranavitana (11)	23	49
fourth	Mahela Jayawardene (1) and Thilan Samaraweera (0)	1	8
fifth	Mahela Jayawardene (37) and Angelo Mathews (24)	62	103
sixth	Prasanna Jayawardene (3) and Angelo Mathews (17)	22	26
seventh	Prasanna Jayawardene (24) and Rangana Herath (24)	49	36
eighth	Rangana Herath (49) and Lasith Malinga (64)	115	138
ninth	Muthiah Muralidaran (5) and Rangana Herath (7)	12	18

INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 276 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Gautam Gambhir	lbw b Lasith Malinga	2	2
Virender Sehwag	c Tharanga Paranavitana b Chanaka Welegedara	109	118
Rahul Dravid	run out (Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews)	18	33
Sachin Tendulkar	lbw b Muthiah Muralidaran	8	21
VVS Laxman	c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Lasith Malinga	22	61
Yuvraj Singh	c Mahela Jayawardene b Muthiah Muralidaran	52	64
MS Dhoni	b Muthiah Muralidaran	33	47
Harbhajan Singh	st Prasanna Jayawardene b Rangana Herath	2	8
Ishant Sharma	not out	5	19
Pragyan Ojha	c Mahela Jayawardene b Muthiah Muralidaran	3	17
Abhimanyu Mithun	b Muthiah Muralidaran	8	10

Extras 14 · Total 276 all out

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Lasith Malinga	13	0	55	2
Chanaka Welegedara	11	1	69	1
Rangana Herath	18	1	62	1
Angelo Mathews	5	0	19	0
Muthiah Muralidaran	17	1	63	5
Tillakaratne Dilshan	1	0	6	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-2 (Gautam Gambhir, 0.2 ov), 2-68 (Rahul Dravid, 12.2 ov), 3-101 (Sachin Tendulkar, 20.4 ov), 4-169 (Virender Sehwag, 36.2 ov), 5-178 (VVS Laxman, 39.3 ov), 6-252 (MS Dhoni, 54.5 ov), 7-259 (Yuvraj Singh, 56.6 ov), 8-259 (Harbhajan Singh, 57.2 ov), 9-266 (Pragyan Ojha, 62.3 ov), 10-276 (Abhimanyu Mithun, 64.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Gautam Gambhir (2) and Virender Sehwag (0)	2	2
second	Rahul Dravid (18) and Virender Sehwag (42)	66	77
third	Sachin Tendulkar (8) and Virender Sehwag (25)	33	50
fourth	VVS Laxman (20) and Virender Sehwag (42)	68	98
fifth	VVS Laxman (2) and Yuvraj Singh (6)	9	20
sixth	MS Dhoni (33) and Yuvraj Singh (41)	74	92
seventh	Harbhajan Singh (2) and Yuvraj Singh (5)	7	13
eighth	Harbhajan Singh (0) and Ishant Sharma (0)	0	2
ninth	Pragyan Ojha (3) and Ishant Sharma (3)	7	31
tenth	Ishant Sharma (2) and Abhimanyu Mithun (8)	10	15

INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 338 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Gautam Gambhir	c Prasanna Jayawardene b Lasith Malinga	0	3
Virender Sehwag	c Mahela Jayawardene b Chanaka Welegedara	31	30
Rahul Dravid	c Kumar Sangakkara b Lasith Malinga	44	152
Sachin Tendulkar	lbw b Lasith Malinga	84	142
VVS Laxman	run out (Angelo Mathews)	69	127
Yuvraj Singh	c Mahela Jayawardene b Muthiah Muralidaran	5	14
MS Dhoni	b Lasith Malinga	4	5
Harbhajan Singh	lbw b Muthiah Muralidaran	8	14
Abhimanyu Mithun	lbw b Lasith Malinga	25	59
Ishant Sharma	not out	31	106
Pragyan Ojha	c Mahela Jayawardene b Muthiah Muralidaran	13	50

Extras 24 · Total 338 all out

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Lasith Malinga	17	2	50	5
Chanaka Welegedara	10	2	43	1
Rangana Herath	27	3	60	0
Angelo Mathews	7	3	13	0
Muthiah Muralidaran	44.4	7	128	3
Tillakaratne Dilshan	10	1	30	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (Gautam Gambhir, 0.3 ov), 2-42 (Virender Sehwag, 10.3 ov), 3-161 (Rahul Dravid, 52.4 ov), 4-172 (Sachin Tendulkar, 54.3 ov), 5-181 (Yuvraj Singh, 59.3 ov), 6-186 (MS Dhoni, 60.5 ov), 7-197 (Harbhajan Singh, 63.6 ov), 8-246 (Abhimanyu Mithun, 81.3 ov), 9-314 (VVS Laxman, 100.2 ov), 10-338 (Pragyan Ojha, 115.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Gautam Gambhir (0) and Virender Sehwag (0)	0	3
second	Rahul Dravid (8) and Virender Sehwag (31)	42	63
third	Sachin Tendulkar (78) and Rahul Dravid (36)	119	254
fourth	Sachin Tendulkar (6) and VVS Laxman (5)	11	11
fifth	VVS Laxman (4) and Yuvraj Singh (5)	9	30
sixth	VVS Laxman (1) and MS Dhoni (4)	5	8
seventh	VVS Laxman (3) and Harbhajan Singh (8)	11	19
eighth	VVS Laxman (21) and Abhimanyu Mithun (25)	49	106
ninth	VVS Laxman (35) and Ishant Sharma (24)	68	114
tenth	Pragyan Ojha (13) and Ishant Sharma (7)	24	94

SRI LANKA, SECOND INNINGS: 96 FOR 0

Batter	How out	R	B
Tharanga Paranavitana	not out	23	42
Tillakaratne Dilshan	not out	68	47

Did not bat: Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Angelo Mathews, Prasanna Jayawardene, Rangana Herath, Muthiah Muralidaran, Lasith Malinga, Chanaka Welegedara

Extras 5 · Total 96 for 0

Bowler (India)	O	R
Abhimanyu Mithun	5	33
Ishant Sharma	4	28
Pragyan Ojha	3	11
Harbhajan Singh	2.1	24

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Tillakaratne Dilshan (68) and Tharanga Paranavitana (23)	96	89

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