Sri Lanka v India, Galle International Stadium

India 329/10 & 269/10

Sri Lanka 292/10 & 136/10

India won by 170 runs

India v Sri Lanka 2008 · 2nd Test Galle International Stadium 31 Jul 2008 – 3 Aug 2008

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — India had it far tougher than Sri Lanka.

India

0.78× -22%

Sri Lanka

1.17× +17%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, India led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

V Sehwag India

251 +432

G Gambhir India

130 +164

DPMD Jayawardene Sri Lanka

91 +108

TT Samaraweera Sri Lanka

81 +81

KC Sangakkara Sri Lanka

69 +56

Best bowling

Top match figures

Harbhajan Singh6/102

BAW Mendis6/117

Harbhajan Singh4/51

BAW Mendis4/92

Top score

201*

V Sehwag · India

Biggest stand

167

1st wkt · India

Worst collapse

4–6

4 wkts for 6 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossIndia, bat

ResultIndia won by 170 runs

Length4 days

India

329 /10 (82.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	lbw b BAW Mendis	56	103	8	0	54.37
V Sehwag*	not out	201	231	22	4	87.01
R Dravid	c SM Warnapura b BAW Mendis	2	6	0	0	33.33
Sachin Tendulkar	lbw b WPUJC Vaas	5	3	1	0	166.67
SC Ganguly	c HAPW Jayawardene b WPUJC Vaas	0	5	0	0	0.00
VVS Laxman	c TT Samaraweera b BAW Mendis	39	83	4	0	46.99
KD Karthik	lbw b BAW Mendis	7	11	0	0	63.64
A Kumble	st HAPW Jayawardene b M Muralitharan	4	32	0	0	12.50
Harbhajan Singh	b BAW Mendis	1	7	0	0	14.29
Z Khan	c HAPW Jayawardene b M Muralitharan	2	7	0	0	28.57
I Sharma	lbw b BAW Mendis	0	4	0	0	0.00

Extras 12 (b 1, lb 4, w 7)

Total 329/10 (82.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	19.0	2	74	2	3.89
KMDN Kulasekara	8.0	1	40	0	5.00
BAW Mendis	28.0	1	117	6	4.18
M Muralitharan	27.0	1	93	2	3.44

Fall of wickets

1-167 (G Gambhir, 31.5)·2-173 (R Dravid, 33.1)·3-178 (Sachin Tendulkar, 34.1)·4-178 (SC Ganguly, 34.6)·5-278 (VVS Laxman, 59.6)·6-290 (KD Karthik, 63.5)·7-317 (A Kumble, 74.3)·8-318 (Harbhajan Singh, 75.4)·9-323 (Z Khan, 78.4)·10-329 (I Sharma, 81.6)

Sri Lanka

292 /10 (93.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MG Vandort	c R Dravid b Z Khan	4	3	1	0	133.33
KC Sangakkara	c & b Harbhajan Singh	68	120	9	0	56.67
SM Warnapura	c G Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh	66	97	10	1	68.04
DPMD Jayawardene	c KD Karthik b A Kumble	86	188	10	0	45.74
TT Samaraweera	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	14	37	2	0	37.84
TM Dilshan	c G Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh	0	3	0	0	0.00
HAPW Jayawardene	c VVS Laxman b Harbhajan Singh	24	67	1	0	35.82
WPUJC Vaas	c Harbhajan Singh b A Kumble	1	4	0	0	25.00
KMDN Kulasekara*	not out	5	40	0	0	12.50
BAW Mendis	lbw b A Kumble	0	2	0	0	0.00
M Muralitharan	c SC Ganguly b Harbhajan Singh	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras 24 (b 10, lb 12, nb 2)

Total 292/10 (93.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	9.0	1	51	1	5.67
I Sharma	8.0	1	36	0	4.50
A Kumble	36.0	7	81	3	2.25
Harbhajan Singh	40.3	8	102	6	2.52

Fall of wickets

1-4 (MG Vandort, 0.3)·2-137 (SM Warnapura, 34.5)·3-144 (KC Sangakkara, 36.6)·4-192 (TT Samaraweera, 52.3)·5-192 (TM Dilshan, 52.6)·6-250 (HAPW Jayawardene, 74.2)·7-255 (WPUJC Vaas, 75.2)·8-291 (DPMD Jayawardene, 92.3)·9-291 (BAW Mendis, 92.5)·10-292 (M Muralitharan, 93.3)

India

269 /10 (76.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	b BAW Mendis	74	149	10	0	49.66
V Sehwag	c TM Dilshan b WPUJC Vaas	50	52	6	1	96.15
R Dravid	lbw b M Muralitharan	44	92	6	0	47.83
Sachin Tendulkar	c DPMD Jayawardene b WPUJC Vaas	31	42	5	0	73.81
SC Ganguly	st HAPW Jayawardene b M Muralitharan	16	45	1	0	35.56
VVS Laxman	lbw b BAW Mendis	13	15	1	0	86.67
KD Karthik	c KC Sangakkara b M Muralitharan	20	22	1	2	90.91
A Kumble	lbw b BAW Mendis	2	8	0	0	25.00
I Sharma	run out (TM Dilshan)	0	1	0	0	0.00
Harbhajan Singh	c & b BAW Mendis	11	12	1	0	91.67
Z Khan*	not out	1	20	0	0	5.00

Extras 7 (lb 7)

Total 269/10 (76.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	13.0	4	32	2	2.46
KMDN Kulasekara	5.0	0	31	0	6.20
M Muralitharan	31.0	3	107	3	3.45
BAW Mendis	27.2	5	92	4	3.37

Fall of wickets

1-90 (V Sehwag, 19.3)·2-144 (G Gambhir, 40.6)·3-200 (Sachin Tendulkar, 54.5)·4-200 (R Dravid, 55.6)·5-221 (VVS Laxman, 62.3)·6-252 (KD Karthik, 69.1)·7-255 (SC Ganguly, 69.6)·8-257 (A Kumble, 70.5)·9-257 (I Sharma, 71.1)·10-269 (Harbhajan Singh, 76.2)

Sri Lanka

136 /10 (47.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
MG Vandort	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	10	60	1	16.67
SM Warnapura	c VVS Laxman b I Sharma	0	3	0	0.00
KC Sangakkara	c VVS Laxman b Z Khan	1	3	0	33.33
DPMD Jayawardene	c R Dravid b I Sharma	5	7	1	71.43
TT Samaraweera*	not out	67	126	8	53.17
TM Dilshan	c KD Karthik b I Sharma	38	47	5	80.85
HAPW Jayawardene	c SC Ganguly b Harbhajan Singh	4	20	0	20.00
WPUJC Vaas	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	0	7	0	0.00
KMDN Kulasekara	c I Sharma b A Kumble	1	8	0	12.50
BAW Mendis	c A Kumble b Harbhajan Singh	2	3	0	66.67
M Muralitharan	c & b A Kumble	0	3	0	0.00

Extras 8 (b 4, lb 2, nb 2)

Total 136/10 (47.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	8.0	1	18	1	2.25
I Sharma	15.0	8	20	3	1.33
A Kumble	10.3	3	41	2	3.90
Harbhajan Singh	14.0	1	51	4	3.64

Fall of wickets

1-4 (SM Warnapura, 1.3)·2-5 (KC Sangakkara, 2.2)·3-10 (DPMD Jayawardene, 3.3)·4-37 (MG Vandort, 19.6)·5-113 (TM Dilshan, 35.5)·6-130 (HAPW Jayawardene, 42.4)·7-131 (WPUJC Vaas, 44.2)·8-132 (KMDN Kulasekara, 45.6)·9-135 (BAW Mendis, 46.4)·10-136 (M Muralitharan, 47.3)