| Test 1, 23rd Jul 2008 - 27th Jul 2008 |
| Sri Lanka won the toss, elected to bat |
| Stadium | : | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground |
| Venue | : | Colombo |
| Umpires | : | MR Benson and BR Doctrove |
| TV Umpire | : | RE Koertzen |
| Referee | : | AG Hurst | | Result | : | Sri Lanka won by an innings and 239 runs | | Man of the Match | : | M Muralitharan | |
| | Days | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | | Score | SL: 85/2 | SL: 422/4 | SL: 600/6d; India: 159/6 | India: 223/10 & 138/10 | |
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India 223 / 10 (72.5) Overs
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| Players |
Status |
WW |
Runs |
Balls |
4's |
6's |
S.Rate |
| G Gambhir | c T Samaraweera b M Muralitharan |  | 39 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 70.91 | | V Sehwag | c M Warnapura b N Kulasekara | | 25 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 156.25 | | V S Laxman | b A Mendis | | 56 | 118 | 6 | 0 | 47.46 | | S Tendulkar | b M Muralitharan | | 27 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 58.70 | | R Dravid | b A Mendis | | 14 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 40.00 | | S Ganguly | c N Kulasekara b M Muralitharan | | 23 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 40.35 | | D Karthik | c & b M Muralitharan | | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 56.25 | | A Kumble | lbw b A Mendis | | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.67 | | H Singh | c M Warnapura b M Muralitharan | | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 | | Z Khan | lbw b A Mendis | | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 31.25 | | I Sharma | not out | | 13 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 24.07 |
| Extras: 2 (NB-0, WD-0, B-0, LB-2) | | Total : 223/10 (72.5) |
| Fall of Wickets: 36/1( V Sehwag(25)-5.1 overs),79/2( G Gambhir(39)-17.3 overs),79/3( R Dravid(14)-18.1 overs),123/4( S Tendulkar(27)-31.5 overs),138/5( S Ganguly(23)-38 overs),147/6( D Karthik(9)-42 overs),170/7( A Kumble(1)-48.5 overs),181/8( H Singh(9)-51.2 overs),188/9( Z Khan(5)-54.5 overs),223/10( V S Laxman(56)-72.5 overs) |
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