The Indian batting failed one more time and they succumbed to the spin attack of Muralitharan and Mendis. All the famous four fell apart and no one was able to attack or handle Mendis. India miserably failed in the test and lost it by an innings and 239 runs. Isn't it a huge margin and big loss for India?
Four centuries were scored in the Sri Lankan's innings and that helped Sri Lanka to put a huge total on the board. India was given follow on as they failed to reduce the lead to less than 200. The match was completed on the fourth day. Muralitharan was awarded the man of the match for his 11 wicket haul in the match.
Match: 1st Test
Venue: Columbo
Date: July 23-27, 2008
Teams: Sri Lanka and India
Captains: DPMD Jayawardene and A Kumble
Toss: Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat
Result: Sri Lanka won by an innings and 239 runs
Series: Sri Lanka lead by 1-0
Man of the Match: M Muralitharan off Sri Lanka
Score:
Sri Lanka 1st Innings 600 for 6 declared in 162 overs (MG Vandort 3, BSM Warnapura 115, KC Sangakkara 12, DPMD Jayawardene 136, TT Samaraweera 127, TM Dilshan 125 not out, HAPW Jayawardene 30, WPUJC Vaas 22 not out, Extras-30 (b 4, lb 5, w 3, nb 18), Z Khan 2 for 156, I Sharma 2 for 124, SC Ganguly 0 for 24, Harbhajan Singh 2 for 149, A Kumble 0 for 121, V Sehwag 0 for 17)
beat India 1st Innings 223 all out in 72.5 overs (G Gambhir 39, V Sehwag 25, R Dravid 14, SR Tendulkar 27, SC Ganguly 23, VVS Laxman 56, KD Karthik 9, A Kumble 1, Harbhajan Singh 9, Z Khan 5, I Sharma 13 not out, Extras-2 (lb 2), WPUJC Vaas 0 for 23, DN Kulasekara 1 for 42, BAW Mendis 4 for 72, M Muralitharan 5 for 84)
India 2nd Innings (follow on and trail by 377 runs) 138 all out in 48 overs (G Gambhir 43, V Sehwag 13, VVS Laxman 21, SR Tendulkar 12, R Dravid 10, SC Ganguly 4, KD Karthik 0, A Kumble 12, Harbhajan Singh 15, Z Khan 3, I Sharma 5 not out, Extra-0, WPUJC Vaas 0 for 27, KMDN Kulasekara 0 for 25, BAW Mendis 4 for 60, M Muralitharan 6 for 26)
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