| Test 3, 08th Aug 2008 - 12th Aug 2008 |
| India won the toss, elected to bat |
| Stadium | : | P Saravanamuttu Stadium |
| Venue | : | Colombo |
| Umpires | : | MR Benson and RE Koertzen |
| TV Umpire | : | BR Doctrove |
| Referee | : | AG Hurst | | Result | : | Sri Lanka won by 8 wkts | | Man of the Match | : | K Sangakkara | |
| | Days | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | | Score | Ind: 246/10 ; SL: 14/1 | SL: 251/6 | SL: 396/10; Ind: 161/5 | Ind: 268/10; SL: 123/2 | |
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Sri Lanka 396 / 10 (134.2) Overs
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| Players |
Status |
WW |
Runs |
Balls |
4's |
6's |
S.Rate |
| M Vandort | lbw b Z Khan | | 14 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 28.00 | | M Warnapura | b I Sharma |  | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 40.91 | | K Sangakkara | c P Patel b A Kumble |  | 144 | 289 | 14 | 0 | 49.83 | | M Jayawardene | lbw b Harbhajan | | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | | C Vaas | c V Sehwag b Harbhajan | | 47 | 111 | 9 | 0 | 42.34 | | T Samaraweera | c P Patel b Z Khan | | 35 | 84 | 3 | 0 | 41.67 | | T Dilshan | lbw b A Kumble |  | 23 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 51.11 | | P Jayawardene | c Harbhajan b Z Khan |  | 49 | 115 | 6 | 0 | 42.61 | | D Prasad | st P Patel b H Singh |  | 36 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 64.29 | | A Mendis | st P Patel b A Kumble | | 17 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 60.71 | | M Muralitharan | not out | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras: 1 (NB-1, WD-2, B-4, LB-11) | | Total : 396/10 (134.2) |
| Fall of Wickets: 14/1( M Warnapura(9)-6 overs),41/2( M Vandort(13)-16.5 overs),137/3( Vaas(47)-47.3 overs),252/4( D Jayawardene(2)-49.1 overs),201/5( T Samaraweera(35)-74 overs),244/6( T Dilshan(23)-88.3 overs),324/7( K Sangakkara(144)-113.5 overs),367/8( P Jayawardene(49)-125.5 overs),396/9( D Prasad(36)-133.5 overs),396/10( A Mendis(17)-134.2 overs), |
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