Sri Lanka v India, Colombo

Sri Lanka 600/6

India 223/10 & 138/10

Sri Lanka won by 239 runs

India v Sri Lanka 2008 · 1st Test Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 23–26 Jul 2008

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — India had it far tougher than Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka

1.16× +16%

India

0.86× -14%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

Sri Lanka's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

TM Dilshan Sri Lanka

125 +145

VVS Laxman India

77 +144

DPMD Jayawardene Sri Lanka

136 +138

TT Samaraweera Sri Lanka

127 +132

SM Warnapura Sri Lanka

115 +110

Best bowling

Top match figures

M Muralitharan6/26

M Muralitharan5/84

BAW Mendis4/60

BAW Mendis4/72

Top score

136

DPMD Jayawardene · Sri Lanka

Biggest stand

155

3rd wkt · Sri Lanka

Worst collapse

3–8

3 wkts for 8 · India

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, bat

ResultSri Lanka won by 239 runs

Length4 days

Sri Lanka

600 /6 (162.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MG Vandort	c KD Karthik b I Sharma	3	13	0	0	23.08
SM Warnapura	c R Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	115	202	14	0	56.93
KC Sangakkara	c R Dravid b Z Khan	12	21	1	0	57.14
DPMD Jayawardene	c KD Karthik b I Sharma	136	259	10	1	52.51
TT Samaraweera	c VVS Laxman b Z Khan	127	224	18	0	56.70
TM Dilshan*	not out	125	170	12	1	73.53
HAPW Jayawardene	c I Sharma b Harbhajan Singh	30	70	1	0	42.86
WPUJC Vaas*	not out	22	32	4	0	68.75

Extras 30 (b 4, lb 5, w 3, nb 18)

Total 600/6 (162.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	37.1	2	156	2	4.20
I Sharma	33.0	4	124	2	3.76
SC Ganguly	8.0	1	24	0	3.00
Harbhajan Singh	43.0	2	149	2	3.47
A Kumble	37.0	4	121	0	3.27
V Sehwag	4.0	0	17	0	4.25

Fall of wickets

1-7 (MG Vandort, 3.6)·2-57 (KC Sangakkara, 12.6)·3-212 (SM Warnapura, 60.5)·4-360 (DPMD Jayawardene, 102.2)·5-454 (TT Samaraweera, 129.2)·6-545 (HAPW Jayawardene, 151.6)

India

223 /10 (72.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
G Gambhir	c TT Samaraweera b M Muralitharan	39	55	5	70.91
V Sehwag	c SM Warnapura b KMDN Kulasekara	25	16	5	156.25
R Dravid	b BAW Mendis	14	35	2	40.00
Sachin Tendulkar	b M Muralitharan	27	46	3	58.70
SC Ganguly	c KMDN Kulasekara b M Muralitharan	23	57	4	40.35
VVS Laxman	b BAW Mendis	56	118	6	47.46
KD Karthik	c & b M Muralitharan	9	16	1	56.25
A Kumble	lbw b BAW Mendis	1	15	0	6.67
Harbhajan Singh	c SM Warnapura b M Muralitharan	9	9	2	100.00
Z Khan	lbw b BAW Mendis	5	16	0	31.25
I Sharma*	not out	13	54	1	24.07

Extras 2 (lb 2)

Total 223/10 (72.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	5.0	0	23	0	4.60
KMDN Kulasekara	11.0	2	42	1	3.82
BAW Mendis	27.5	6	72	4	2.59
M Muralitharan	29.0	4	84	5	2.90

Fall of wickets

1-36 (V Sehwag, 5.1)·2-79 (G Gambhir, 17.3)·3-79 (R Dravid, 18.1)·4-123 (Sachin Tendulkar, 31.5)·5-138 (SC Ganguly, 37.6)·6-147 (KD Karthik, 41.6)·7-170 (A Kumble, 48.5)·8-181 (Harbhajan Singh, 51.2)·9-188 (Z Khan, 54.5)·10-223 (VVS Laxman, 72.5)

India

138 /10 (45.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
G Gambhir	st HAPW Jayawardene b M Muralitharan	43	90	4	47.78
V Sehwag	lbw b M Muralitharan	13	17	2	76.47
VVS Laxman	lbw b BAW Mendis	21	26	3	80.77
Sachin Tendulkar	c TM Dilshan b M Muralitharan	12	30	1	40.00
R Dravid	c SM Warnapura b BAW Mendis	10	30	1	33.33
SC Ganguly	c TM Dilshan b M Muralitharan	4	12	1	33.33
KD Karthik	c DPMD Jayawardene b M Muralitharan	0	6	0	0.00
A Kumble	b M Muralitharan	12	24	2	50.00
Harbhajan Singh	b BAW Mendis	15	28	1	53.57
Z Khan	b BAW Mendis	3	6	0	50.00
I Sharma*	not out	5	1	0	500.00

Extras 0

Total 138/10 (45.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	5.0	0	27	0	5.40
KMDN Kulasekara	9.0	3	25	0	2.78
BAW Mendis	18.0	3	60	4	3.33
M Muralitharan	13.0	3	26	6	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-25 (V Sehwag, 6.4)·2-53 (VVS Laxman, 14.2)·3-82 (Sachin Tendulkar, 23.4)·4-95 (G Gambhir, 29.5)·5-103 (SC Ganguly, 33.5)·6-103 (R Dravid, 34.2)·7-103 (KD Karthik, 35.5)·8-120 (A Kumble, 41.3)·9-133 (Z Khan, 44.3)·10-138 (Harbhajan Singh, 44.6)