Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2008

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

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) 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)

Squads
Tests ODIs
 Sri Lanka[2]

[3] [4]

  India[5]  Sri Lanka[6]  India[7]

Test Series

1st Test
23–27 July
Scorecard
v
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, 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
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)
 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
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)
 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 
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
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 
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
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Gamini Silva (SL)
Player of the match: Zaheer Khan (Ind)

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
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 
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
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 
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
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Tyron Wijewardene (SL)
Player of the match: Nuwan Kulasekara (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

References
  1. Schedule of the series
  2. "Sri Lanka Squad - 1st Test / Players". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. "Sri Lanka Squad - 2nd Test / Players". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. "Sri Lanka Squad - 3rd Test / Players". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. "India Squad / Players". ESPN Cricinfo.
  6. "Sri Lanka Squad - One-Day / Players". ESPN Cricinfo.
  7. "India Squad - One Day / Players". ESPN Cricinfo.
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