TestNo. 1884MenUpset 37

Sri Lanka v India

India won by 170 runs

India in Sri Lanka Test Series, Match 231 July 2008 to 3 August 2008Galle International Stadium

Indiabatted first

329 & 26976.2 ov

Sri Lanka

292 & 13647.3 ov

India won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match V Sehwag

India innings

32982 ov

India batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	lbw b BAW Mendis	56	103	8	0	54.4
V Sehwag	not out	201*	231	22	4	87.0
R Dravid	c SM Warnapura b BAW Mendis	2	6	0	0	33.3
SR Tendulkar	lbw b WPUJC Vaas	5	3	1	0	166.7
SC Ganguly	c HAPW Jayawardene b WPUJC Vaas	0	5	0	0	0.0
VVS Laxman	c TT Samaraweera b BAW Mendis	39	83	4	0	47.0
KD Karthik	lbw b BAW Mendis	7	11	0	0	63.6
A Kumble	st HAPW Jayawardene b M Muralitharan	4	32	0	0	12.5
Harbhajan Singh	b BAW Mendis	1	7	0	0	14.3
Z Khan	c HAPW Jayawardene b M Muralitharan	2	7	0	0	28.6
I Sharma	lbw b BAW Mendis	0	4	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 1, lb 4, w 7	12
Total	all out, 82 overs, run rate 4.01	329

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-167 G Gambhir2-173 R Dravid3-178 SR Tendulkar4-178 SC Ganguly5-278 VVS Laxman6-290 KD Karthik7-317 A Kumble8-318 Harbhajan Singh9-323 Z Khan10-329 I Sharma

Bowling to India
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
WPUJC Vaas	19	2	74	2	3.89	82	9	1	1
KMDN Kulasekara	8	1	40	0	5.00	35	7	0	2
BAW Mendis	28	1	117	6	4.18	109	11	3	0
M Muralitharan	27	1	93	2	3.44	103	8	0	0

Sri Lanka innings

29293.3 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
MG Vandort	c R Dravid b Z Khan	4	3	1	0	133.3
SM Warnapura	c G Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh	66	97	10	1	68.0
KC Sangakkara	c & b Harbhajan Singh	68	120	9	0	56.7
DPMD Jayawardene	c KD Karthik b A Kumble	86	188	10	0	45.7
TT Samaraweera	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	14	37	2	0	37.8
TM Dilshan	c G Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh	0	3	0	0	0.0
HAPW Jayawardene	c VVS Laxman b Harbhajan Singh	24	67	1	0	35.8
WPUJC Vaas	c Harbhajan Singh b A Kumble	1	4	0	0	25.0
KMDN Kulasekara	not out	5*	40	0	0	12.5
BAW Mendis	lbw b A Kumble	0	2	0	0	0.0
M Muralitharan	c SC Ganguly b Harbhajan Singh	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 10, lb 12, nb 2	24
Total	all out, 93.3 overs, run rate 3.12	292

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-4 MG Vandort2-137 SM Warnapura3-144 KC Sangakkara4-192 TT Samaraweera5-192 TM Dilshan6-250 HAPW Jayawardene7-255 WPUJC Vaas8-291 DPMD Jayawardene9-291 BAW Mendis10-292 M Muralitharan

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
Z Khan	9	1	51	1	5.67	35	8	0	2
I Sharma	8	1	36	0	4.50	33	6	0	0
A Kumble	36	7	81	3	2.25	165	8	1	0
Harbhajan Singh	40.3	8	102	6	2.52	176	11	0	0

India innings

26976.2 ov

India batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	b BAW Mendis	74	149	10	0	49.7
V Sehwag	c TM Dilshan b WPUJC Vaas	50	52	6	1	96.2
R Dravid	lbw b M Muralitharan	44	92	6	0	47.8
SR Tendulkar	c DPMD Jayawardene b WPUJC Vaas	31	42	5	0	73.8
SC Ganguly	st HAPW Jayawardene b M Muralitharan	16	45	1	0	35.6
VVS Laxman	lbw b BAW Mendis	13	15	1	0	86.7
KD Karthik	c KC Sangakkara b M Muralitharan	20	22	1	2	90.9
A Kumble	lbw b BAW Mendis	2	8	0	0	25.0
Harbhajan Singh	c & b BAW Mendis	11	12	1	0	91.7
I Sharma	run out (TM Dilshan, HAPW Jayawardene)	0	1	0	0	0.0
Z Khan	not out	1*	20	0	0	5.0
Extras	lb 7	7
Total	all out, 76.2 overs, run rate 3.52	269

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-90 V Sehwag2-144 G Gambhir3-200 SR Tendulkar4-200 R Dravid5-221 VVS Laxman6-252 KD Karthik7-255 SC Ganguly8-257 A Kumble9-257 I Sharma10-269 Harbhajan Singh

Bowling to India
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
WPUJC Vaas	13	4	32	2	2.46	59	3	0
KMDN Kulasekara	5	0	31	0	6.20	15	4	0
M Muralitharan	31	3	107	3	3.45	129	12	2
BAW Mendis	27.2	4	92	4	3.37	121	12	1

Sri Lanka innings

13647.3 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
MG Vandort	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	10	60	1	0	16.7
SM Warnapura	c VVS Laxman b I Sharma	0	3	0	0	0.0
KC Sangakkara	c VVS Laxman b Z Khan	1	3	0	0	33.3
DPMD Jayawardene	c R Dravid b I Sharma	5	7	1	0	71.4
TT Samaraweera	not out	67*	126	8	0	53.2
TM Dilshan	c KD Karthik b I Sharma	38	47	5	0	80.9
HAPW Jayawardene	c SC Ganguly b Harbhajan Singh	4	20	0	0	20.0
WPUJC Vaas	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	0	7	0	0	0.0
KMDN Kulasekara	c I Sharma b A Kumble	1	8	0	0	12.5
BAW Mendis	c A Kumble b Harbhajan Singh	2	3	0	0	66.7
M Muralitharan	c & b A Kumble	0	3	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 4, lb 2, nb 2	8
Total	all out, 47.3 overs, run rate 2.86	136

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-4 SM Warnapura2-5 KC Sangakkara3-10 DPMD Jayawardene4-37 MG Vandort5-113 TM Dilshan6-130 HAPW Jayawardene7-131 WPUJC Vaas8-132 KMDN Kulasekara9-135 BAW Mendis10-136 M Muralitharan

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Nb
Z Khan	8	1	18	1	2.25	40	2	2
I Sharma	15	8	20	3	1.33	78	3	0
A Kumble	10.3	3	41	2	3.90	42	6	0
Harbhajan Singh	14	1	51	4	3.64	55	4	0

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Player of the match

V SehwagIndia

201*off 231 balls, 22 fours and 4 sixes, strike rate 87.0

Match facts

Format: Test No. 1884
Competition: India in Sri Lanka Test Series
Toss: India, chose to bat
Umpires: BR Doctrove and RE Koertzen
TV umpire: MR Benson
Match referee: AG Hurst
Season: 2008

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 27 / 26°C, 1.8 mm rain
Day 2: 28 / 26°C, 2.2 mm rain
Day 3: 27 / 26°C, 1.2 mm rain
Day 4: 27 / 26°C, 0.3 mm rain

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