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.^[1]

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, 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	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, 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	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, 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)

India won the toss and elected to field.
Subramaniam Badrinath (Ind) made his ODI debut.

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

↑ Schedule of the series

International cricket in 2008

Preceding season: International cricket in 2007–08

April 2008	Pakistan v Bangladesh Intercontinental Cup

May 2008	England v New Zealand West Indies v Australia WCL Div Five

June 2008	Bangladesh Tri-Series 2008 Asia Cup Canada v Bermuda

July 2008	Associates Tri-Series (in Scotland) England v South Africa Sri Lanka vs India

August 2008	2009 Twenty20 Qualifier (in Ireland) Kenya v Scotland Canada v Ireland Kenya v Netherlands Scotland v England Associates Tri-Series (in Canada) Kenya v Ireland New Zealand v Pakistan Australia v Bangladesh Netherlands v Bermuda

Following season: International cricket in 2008–09

International cricket tours of Sri Lanka

Test and LOI tours

Australia	1982–83 1992 1999 2003–04 2011 2016

Bangladesh	2002 2005–06 2007 2012–13

England	1981–82 1992–93 2000–01 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15

India	1985 1993 1997 2001 2006 2008 2008–09 2010 2012 2015

New Zealand	1983–84 1984–85 1986–87 1992–93 1998 2003 2009 2012–13 2013–14

Pakistan	1985–86 1994 1996–97 2000 2005–06 2009 2012 2014 2015

South Africa	1993 2000 2004 2006 2013 2014

West Indies	1993–94 2001–02 2005 2010–11 2015-16

Zimbabwe	1983–84 1996–97 1997–98 2001–02

Tournaments hosted

Multiple teams	1986 1994 1996 1996 1997 2000 2001–02 2002 2004 2010 2011 2012

Other tours

Afghan	2009–10

Australian	1884 1890 1893 1896 1912 1926 1930 1934 1935–36 1938 1945 1948 1953 1961 1964 1969 1981

Bangladeshi	1985–86

Canadian	2000–01 2009–10 2011–12

English	1882–83 1889–90 1891–92 1892–93 1894–95 1911–12 1920–21 1922–23 1924–25 1926–27 1928–29 1929–30 1932–33 1933–34 1935–36 1936–37 1936–37 1950–51 1951–52 1954–55 1958–59 1961–62 1962–63 1965–66 1968–69 1969–70 1972–73 1976–77 1977–78 1984–85 2000–01

Indian	1925–26 1944–45 1956–57 1973–74 1975–76

Kenyan	2001–02 2013–14

Malaysian	1893–94 1971–72

Multi-national	1930–31 1949–50 1950–51 1967–68

New Zealand	1927 1937–38

Pakistani	1948–49 1972–73 1975–76 1978–79

Scottish	2011–12 2013–14

West Indian	1948–49 1966–67 1974–75 1978–79

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