Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2008

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Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2008
  Flag of India.svg Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
  India Sri Lanka
Dates 18 July – 29 August 2008
Captains Anil Kumble (Tests)
MS Dhoni (ODIs)
Mahela Jayawardene
Test series
Result Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Virender Sehwag (344) Mahela Jayawardene (279)
Most wickets Harbhajan Singh (16) Ajantha Mendis (26)
Player of the series Ajantha Mendis (SL)
One Day International series
Results India won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs MS Dhoni (193) Mahela Jayawardene (185)
Most wickets Zaheer Khan (9) Ajantha Mendis (13)
Player of the series MS Dhoni (Ind)

The India national cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 23 July to 29 August. [1]

Contents

Squads

TestsODIs
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka [2] [3] [4] Flag of India.svg  India [5] [6] Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka [7] Flag of India.svg  India [8] [9]

Test Series

1st Test

23–27 July
Scorecard
v
Flag of India.svg  India
600/6d (162 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 136 (259)
Ishant Sharma 2/124 (33 overs)
223 (72.5 overs)
VVS Laxman 56 (118)
Muttiah Muralitharan 5/84 (29 overs)
138 (45 overs) (f/o)
Gautam Gambhir 43 (90)
Muttiah Muralitharan 6/26 (13 overs)
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka won by an innings and 239 runs
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Billy Doctrove (WI)
Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Bad light ended play early on day 1 as well as day 3.
  • Ajantha Mendis (SL) made his Test debut.

2nd Test

31 July – 4 August
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
v
329 (82 overs)
Virender Sehwag 201* (231)
Ajantha Mendis 6/117 (28 overs)
292 (93.3 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 86(188)
Harbhajan Singh 6/102 (40.3 overs)
269 (76.2 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 74 (149)
Ajantha Mendis 4/92 (27.2 overs)
136 (47.3 overs)
Thilan Samaraweera 67* (126)
Harbhajan Singh 4/51 (14 overs)
Flag of India.svg  India won by 170 runs
Galle International Stadium, Galle
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Bad light ended play early on day 1 as well as day 3.

3rd Test

8–12 August
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
v
249 (80 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 72 (128)
Ajantha Mendis 5/56 (28 overs)
396 (134.2 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 144 (288)
Harbhajan Singh 3/104 (40.3 overs)
268 (87.5 overs)
Rahul Dravid 68 (166)
Ajantha Mendis 3/81 (34 overs)
123/2 (33.1 overs)
Malinda Warnapura 54* (99)
Zaheer Khan 1/22 (6 overs)
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Bad light ended play early on day 2.
  • Dhammika Prasad (SL) made his Test debut.

ODI series

1st ODI

18 August
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
146 (46 overs)
v
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
147/2 (34.5 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 23 (30)
Ajantha Mendis 3/21 (9 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 62* (80)
Munaf Patel 2/32 (9 overs)
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Billy Doctrove (WI)
Player of the match: Ajantha Mendis (SL)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Virat Kohli (Ind) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI

20 August
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
142 (38.4 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
143/7 (39.5 overs)
Thilan Thushara 44 (46)
Zaheer Khan 4/21 (9.5 overs)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni 33 (54)
Ajantha Mendis 2/22 (10 overs)
Flag of India.svg  India won by 3 wickets
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Gamini Silva (SL)
Player of the match: Zaheer Khan (Ind)

3rd ODI

24 August
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
237/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
204 (49 overs)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni 76 (80)
Ajantha Mendis 3/56 (10 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 94 (111)
Munaf Patel 3/42 (10 overs)
Flag of India.svg  India won by 33 runs
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Tyron Wijewardene (SL)
Player of the match: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.

4th ODI

27 August
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
258 (49.4 overs)
v
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
212 (46.3 overs)
Suresh Raina 76 (78)
Thilan Thushara 5/47 (8.4 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 60 (52)
Harbhajan Singh 3/40 (10 overs)
Flag of India.svg  India won by 46 runs
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Gamini Silva (SL)
Player of the match: Suresh Raina (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.

5th ODI

29 August
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
227/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
103 (26.3 overs)
Thilan Thushara 54 (46)
Pragyan Ojha 2/28 (10 overs)
Virat Kohli 31 (46)
Ajantha Mendis 4/10 (4.3 overs)
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka won by 112 runs (D/L method)
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Tyron Wijewardene (SL)
Player of the match: Nuwan Kulasekara (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

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