| 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 269 / 10 (76.2) Overs
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| Players |
Status |
WW |
Runs |
Balls |
4's |
6's |
S.Rate |
| G Gambhir | b A Mendis |  | 74 | 149 | 10 | 0 | 49.66 | | V Sehwag | c T Dilshan b C Vaas |  | 50 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 96.15 | | R Dravid | lbw b M Muralitharan |  | 44 | 92 | 6 | 0 | 47.83 | | S Tendulkar | c M Jayawardene b C Vaas |  | 31 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 73.81 | | S Ganguly | st P Jayawardene b M Muralitharan | | 16 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 35.56 | | V S Laxman | lbw b A Mendis |  | 13 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 86.67 | | D Karthik | c K Sangakara b M Muralitharan |  | 20 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 90.91 | | A Kumble | lbw b A Mendis |  | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | | H Singh | c & b A Mendis | | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 91.67 | | I Sharma | run out (T Dilshan) | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | Z Khan | not out |  | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 |
| Extras: 7 (NB-0, WD-0, B-0, LB-7) | | Total : 269/10 (76.2) |
| Fall of Wickets: 90/1( V Sehwag(50)-19.3 overs),144/2( G Gambhir(74)-41 overs),200/3( S Tendulkar(31)-54.5 overs),200/4( R Dravid(44)-56 overs),217/5( V S Laxman(9)-62.3 overs),252/6( D Karthik(20)-69.1 overs),255/7( S Ganguly(16)-70 overs),257/8( A Kumble(2)-70.5 overs),257/9( I Sharma(0)-71.1 overs),269/10( H Singh(11)-76.2 overs) |
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