Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2008

Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2008
		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) Gautam Gambhir (310) VVS Laxman (215)		Mahela Jayawardene (279) Thilan Samaraweera (243) Malinda Warnapura (243)
Most wickets		Harbhajan Singh (16) Zaheer Khan (8) Anil Kumble (8)		Ajantha Mendis (26) Muttiah Muralitharan (21) Dammika Prasad (5)
Player of the series		Ajantha Mendis (SL)
One Day International series
Result		India won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs		MS Dhoni (193) Virat Kohli (159) Suresh Raina (157)		Mahela Jayawardene (185) Thilan Thushara (168) Chamara Kapugedera (113)
Most wickets		Zaheer Khan (9) Munaf Patel (7) Harbhajan Singh (6)		Ajantha Mendis (13) Nuwan Kulasekara (11) Thilan Thushara (10)
Player of the series		MS Dhoni (Ind)

The Indian cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 23 July to 29 August.

Squads

Test Squads
Sri Lanka	India
Mahela Jayawardene (c)	Anil Kumble (c)
Kumar Sangakkara	Virender Sehwag
Michael Vandort	Rahul Dravid
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sachin Tendulkar
Chamara Kapugedera	Saurav Ganguly
Malinda Warnapura	VVS Laxman
Nuwan Kulasekara	Harbhajan Singh
Muttiah Muralitharan	Rohit Sharma
Thilan Thushara	Gautam Gambhir
Prasanna Jayawardene (wk)	Parthiv Patel (wk)
Ajantha Mendis	Rudra Pratap Singh
Thilan Samaraweera	Pragyan Ojha
Chamara Silva	Zaheer Khan
Chaminda Vaas	Munaf Patel
	Dinesh Karthik
	Ishant Sharma

Test Series

1st Test

23–27 July (scorecard)

Sri Lanka	v	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)

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 239 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Umpires: Mark Benson (ENG) & Billy Doctrove (WIN) Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan

• Bad light ended day 1 early. Bad light ended day 3 early.

2nd Test

31 July - 4 August (scorecard)

India	v	Sri Lanka
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)

India won by 170 runs Galle International Stadium Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WIN) & Rudi Koertzen (RSA) Player of the match: Virender Sehwag

• Bad light ended day 1 and day 3.

3rd Test

8–12 August (scorecard)

India	v	Sri Lanka
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)

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium Umpires: Mark Benson (ENG) & Rudi Koertzen (RSA) Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara

• Bad light ended day 2.

ODI series

1st ODI

18 August (scorecard)

India 146 (46 overs)	v	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)

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla, Sri Lanka Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SRI) & Billy Doctrove (WIN) Player of the match: Ajantha Mendis

2nd ODI

20 August (scorecard)

Sri Lanka 142 (38.4 overs)	v	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)

India won by 3 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla, Sri Lanka Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WIN) & Gamini Silva (SRI) Player of the match: Zaheer Khan

3rd ODI

24 August (scorecard)

India 237/9 (50 overs)	v	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)

India won by 33 runs. R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WIN) & Tyron Wijewardene Player of the match: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

4th ODI

27 August (scorecard)

India 258 (49.4 overs)	v	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)

India won by 46 runs. R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WIN) & Gamini Silva Player of the match: Suresh Raina

5th ODI

29 August (scorecard)

Sri Lanka 227/6 (50 overs)	v	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)

Sri Lanka won by 112 runs. (D/L method) R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WIN) & Tyron Wijewardene Player of the match: Nuwan Kulasekara