| 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 138 / 10 (45.0) Overs
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| Players |
Status |
WW |
Runs |
Balls |
4's |
6's |
S.Rate |
| G Gambhir | st P Jayawardene b M Muralitharan |  | 43 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 47.78 | | V Sehwag | lbw b M Muralitharan | | 13 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 76.47 | | V S Laxman | lbw b A Mendis | | 21 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 80.77 | | S Tendulkar | c T Dilshan b M Muralitharan | | 12 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 40.00 | | R Dravid | c M Warnapura b A Mendis | | 10 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | | S Ganguly | c T Dilshan b M Muralitharan | | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | | D Karthik | c M Jayawardene b M Muralitharan | | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | A Kumble | b M Muralitharan | | 12 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 | | H Singh | b A Mendis | | 15 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 53.57 | | Z Khan | b A Mendis | | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | | I Sharma | not out | | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 500.00 |
| Extras: 0 (NB-0, WD-0, B-0, LB-0) | | Total : 138/10 (45.0) |
| Fall of Wickets: 25/1( V Sehwag(13)-6.3 overs),53/2( V S Laxman(21)-14.2 overs),82/3( S Tendulkar(12)-23.4 overs),95/4( G Gambhir(43)-29.5 overs),103/5( S Ganguly(4)-33.5 overs),103/6( R Dravid(10)-34.2 overs),103/7( D Karthik(0)-35.5 overs),120/8( A Kumble(12)-41.3 overs),133/9( Z Khan(3)-44.3 overs),138/10( H Singh(15)-45 overs) |
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