Match Details
Series
Toss
Indians , elected to bat first
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10am start, First Session 10.00-13.30 Interval 13.30-14.15, Second Session 14.15-17.45
Match days
15 August 2008 (50-over match)
The man who made every ball compelling
Ajit Wadekar, the former India captain, said the team was not prepared to face Ajantha Mendis in the recently concluded Test series, which they lost 2-1
S Badrinath has withstood the slings and arrows of fortune, and added to his game without shaking its base
Zaheer Khan, who returned to the Test side after seven months, picked up eight wickets in three Tests in Sri Lanka
Kallis and Dravid have been the mainstays of their batting orders for a while now, but 2008 has been a particularly bad year for both