| 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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India 268 / 10 (87.5) Overs
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| Players |
Status |
WW |
Runs |
Balls |
4's |
6's |
S.Rate |
| V Sehwag | c T Samaraweera b D Prasad |  | 34 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 117.24 | | G Gambhir | b D Prasad | | 26 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 60.47 | | R Dravid | c M Jaya b A Mendis | | 68 | 166 | 7 | 0 | 40.96 | | S Ganguly | lbw b M Muralitharan | | 16 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 32.00 | | P Patel | lbw b A Mendis | | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | | S Tendulkar | lbw b A Mendis | | 14 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 63.64 | | V S Laxman | not out | | 61 | 157 | 3 | 0 | 38.85 | | A Kumble | lbw M Muralitharan | | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 60.00 | | H Singh | lbw b C Vaas | | 26 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 81.25 | | Z Khan | run out (T Samaraweera) | | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | I Sharma | c M Warnapura b M Muralitharan | | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras: 11 (NB-1, WD-2, B-5, LB-3) | | Total : 268/10 (87.5) |
| Fall of Wickets: 62/1( V Sehwag(34)-10.4 overs),65/2( G Gambhir(26)-12.2 overs),108/3( S Ganguly(16)-27.4 overs),109/4( P Patel(1)-28.1 overs),131/5( S Tendulkar(14)-34.5 overs),216/6( R Dravid(68)-70.1 overs),229/7( A Kumble(9)-75.5 overs),266/8( H Singh(26)-85 overs),268/9( Z Khan(0)-86.4 overs),268/10( I Sharma(0)-87.5 overs) |
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