What was a great chance to win the series, India really messed it up, especially after winning the toss. The first wicket partnership was 51 when Sehwag was dismissed for 21. Dravid (10) and Tendulakar (4) followed him. Ganguly made 35 and Laxman made 25.
Mendis, the demolition man picked 5 wickets and Murali picked 3. India were bundeled out for 249.
India had the game in hand by restricting Sri Lanka to less than 300. India picked 4 wickets with 141 on the board. The 5th wicket added 60 (between Sangakkara and Samaraveera). Sangakkara made 144 and took the total beyond 300. The 80-run stand for the 8th wicket between Sangakkar and HAPW Jayawardane helped Sri Lanka to have a lead of more than 100 runs.
The pathetic captaincy and bowling gave Sri Lanka a lead of 147 runs. India could have gone past that and added a big score in the 2nd innings, but the Indian batting failed once again. Dravid made a fighting 68 and Laxman 61 not out. It was expected that Dravid and Laxman pair would put another historic partnership, but they were not able to.
Spinners Muralitharan and Mendis pikced 3 wickets each as India was all out for 268 setting a target of 122 runs.
Sri Lanka chased 123 losing 2 wickets for 22 runs, but once again Kumble did not put enough pressure on the batsman as skipper Jayawardane (50 not out) and Warnapura (54 not out) took Sri Lankan the series victory.
Match: 3rd Test
Venue: Columbo
Date: August 8-12, 2008
Teams: Sri Lanka and India
Captains: DPMD Jayawardene and A Kumble
Toss: India won the toss and decided to bat
Result: Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
Series: Sri Lanka won the series 2-1
Man of the Match: KC Sangakkara off Sri Lanka
Man of the Series: BAW Mendis off Sri Lanka
Score:
India 1st Innings 249 all out in 80 overs (G Gambhir 72, V Sehwag 21, R Dravid 10, SR Tendulkar 6, SC Ganguly 35, VVS Laxman 25, PA Patel 13, A Kumble 1, Harbhajan Singh 3, I Sharma 17 not out, Z Khan 32, Extras-14 (b 1, lb 8, nb 5), WPUJC Vaas 0 for 44, KTGD Prasad 3 for 82, BAW Mendis 5 for 56, M Muralitharan 2 for 58)
Sri Lanka 1st Innings 396 all out in 134.2 overs (MG Vandort 14, BSM 8, WPUJC Vaas 47, KC Sangakkara 144, DPMD Jayawardene 2, TT Samaraweera 35, TM Dilshan 23, HAPW Jayawardene 49, KTGD Prasad 36, BAW Mendis 17, M Muralitharan 0 not out, Extras-21 (b 4, lb 14, w 2, nb 1), Z Khan 3 for 105, I Sharma 1 for 33, Harbhajan Singh 3 for 104, A Kumble 3 for 123, V Sehwag 0 for 2, SC Ganguly 0 for 11)
India 2nd Innings (trail by 147 runs) 268 all out in 87.5 overs (G Gambhir 26, V Sehwag 34, R Dravid 68, SC Ganguly 18, PA Patel 1, SR Tendulkar 14, VVS Laxman 61 not out, A Kumble 9, Harbhajan Singh 26, Z Khan 0, I Sharma 0, Extras-11 (b 5, lb 3, w 2, nb 1), WPUJC Vaas 1 for 20, KTGD Prasad 2 for 60, M Muralitharan 3 for 99, BAW Mendis 3 for 81)
lost to Sri Lanka (target 122 runs) 123 for 2 in 33.1 overs (MG Vandort 8, BSM Warnapura 54 not out, KC Sangakkara 4, DPMD Jayawardene 50 not out, Extras-7 (b 4, lb 3), Z Khan 1 for 22, Harbhajan Singh 1 for 44, A Kumble 0 for 34, V Sehwag 0 for 12, SC Ganguly 0 for 4)
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