| Test 2, 31st Jul 2008 - 04th Aug 2008 |
| India won the toss, elected to bat |
| Stadium | : | Galle International Stadium |
| Venue | : | Galle |
| Umpires | : | BR Doctrove and RE Koertzen |
| TV Umpire | : | MR Benson |
| Referee | : | AG Hurst | | Result | : | India won by 170 runs | | Man of the Match | : | V Sehwag | |
| | Days | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | | Score | Ind: 214/4 | Ind: 329/10; SL: 215/5 | SL: 292/10; Ind: 200/4 | Ind: 269/10; SL: 136/10 | |
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India 329 / 10 (82.0) Overs
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| Players |
Status |
WW |
Runs |
Balls |
4's |
6's |
S.Rate |
| G Gambhir | lbw b Mendis |  | 56 | 103 | 8 | 0 | 54.37 | | V Sehwag | not out |  | 201 | 231 | 22 | 4 | 87.01 | | R Dravid | c M Warnapura b A Mendis |  | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | | S Tendulkar | lbw b Vaas |  | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 166.67 | | S Ganguly | c P Jayawardene b C Vaas | | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | V S Laxman | c T Samaraweera b A Mendis |  | 39 | 83 | 6 | 0 | 46.99 | | D Karthik | lbw b A Mendis |  | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 63.64 | | A Kumble | st P Jayawardene b M Muralitharan |  | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | | H Singh | b A Mendis |  | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.29 | | I Sharma | lbw b Mendis | | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | Z Khan | c P Jayawardene b M Muralitharan |  | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
| Extras: 12 (NB-0, WD-7, B-1, LB-4) | | Total : 329/10 (82.0) |
| Fall of Wickets: 167/1( G Gambhir(56)-31.5 overs),173/2( R Dravid(2)-33.1 overs),178/3( S Tendulkar(5)-34.1 overs),178/4( S Ganguly(0)-35 overs),278/5( V S Laxman(39)-60 overs),290/6( D Karthik(7)-63.5 overs),317/7( A Kumble(4)-74.3 overs),318/8( H Singh(1)-75.4 overs),323/9( Z Khan(2)-78.4 overs),329/10( I Sharma(0)-82 overs) |
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