08/08Result
3rd Test, India tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Aug 8-11 2008
Sri Lanka won by 8 wkts
Player of the Match
Kumar Sangakkara
Kumar SangakkaraSri Lanka
08/08Result
3rd Test, India tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Aug 8-11 2008
Sri Lanka won by 8 wkts
Player of the Match
Kumar Sangakkara
Kumar SangakkaraSri Lanka

Best performances - Batsmen

KC Sangakkara
KC Sangakkara
144(288) 14x4 - 0x6
Control %91%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 45 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
11 8 27 31 19 6 12 30
G Gambhir
G Gambhir
72(128) 10x4 - 0x6
Control %88%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 29 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
4 5 2 17 16 7 4 17

Best performances - Bowlers

BAW Mendis
O28
M4
R56
W5
Eco2.00
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
BAW Mendis
O34
M7
R81
W3
Eco2.38
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Partnerships

  • IND - 1st
  • SL - 1st
  • IND - 2nd
  • SL - 2nd

India - 1st - Innings

51
G Gambhir22 (24)
V Sehwag21 (21)
41
R Dravid10 (29)
G Gambhir31 (38)
10
SR Tendulkar6 (12)
G Gambhir4 (10)
49
SC Ganguly35 (57)
G Gambhir14 (49)
4
VVS Laxman3 (7)
G Gambhir1 (7)
35
VVS Laxman22 (37)
PA Patel11 (37)
5
A Kumble1 (5)
PA Patel2 (5)
1
A Kumble0 (1)
Harbhajan Singh1 (1)
2
Harbhajan Singh2 (7)
I Sharma0 (12)
51
Z Khan32 (73)
I Sharma17 (49)

Sri Lanka - 1st - Innings

14
MG Vandort3 (14)
SM Warnapura8 (22)
28
WPUJC Vaas14 (29)
MG Vandort11 (36)
95
WPUJC Vaas33 (82)
KC Sangakkara59 (102)
4
DPMD Jayawardene2 (6)
KC Sangakkara1 (4)
60
TT Samaraweera35 (84)
KC Sangakkara23 (66)
43
TM Dilshan23 (45)
KC Sangakkara18 (42)
80
HAPW Jayawardene34 (78)
KC Sangakkara43 (74)
43
HAPW Jayawardene15 (38)
KTGD Prasad24 (34)
29
KTGD Prasad12 (22)
BAW Mendis17 (26)
0
M Muralidaran0 (1)
BAW Mendis0 (2)

India - 2nd - Innings

62
G Gambhir24 (36)
V Sehwag34 (29)
3
R Dravid1 (3)
G Gambhir2 (7)
43
SC Ganguly18 (50)
R Dravid25 (42)
1
R Dravid0 (1)
PA Patel1 (2)
22
SR Tendulkar14 (22)
R Dravid8 (18)
85
R Dravid34 (102)
VVS Laxman46 (110)
13
A Kumble9 (15)
VVS Laxman4 (19)
37
VVS Laxman10 (23)
Harbhajan Singh26 (32)
2
VVS Laxman1 (3)
Z Khan0 (7)
0
VVS Laxman0 (2)
I Sharma0 (5)

Sri Lanka - 2nd - Innings

11
MG Vandort8 (7)
SM Warnapura2 (3)
11
KC Sangakkara4 (8)
SM Warnapura7 (21)
101*
DPMD Jayawardene50 (85)
SM Warnapura45 (75)

Match Coverage

All Match News

  • Celebrating struggle

    There is extra satisfaction in playing a scratchy knock, in concentrating harder than usual, in pulling yourself back into form

  • India's cracks were everywhere

    The defeat ultimately came down to a batting line-up that couldn't pullits weight

  • Teamwork does the trick for Sri Lanka

    Mahela Jayawardene acknowledged his team-mates' consistency after Sri Lanka won the third Test at the P Saravanamuttu Stadium to clinch their series against India by a 2-1 margin

  • 'We did not play quality cricket' - Kumble

    Left to rummage through the remains of yet another overseas series squandered after a memorable comeback, Anil Kumble, India's captain, had few positives to pick out

  • Clinical Sri Lanka clinch series

    Drip by drip, Sri Lanka made their way to a comprehensive series win, their first over India since 2001

Sri Lanka 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st11MG VandortSM Warnapura
2nd11KC SangakkaraSM Warnapura
3rd101DPMD JayawardeneSM Warnapura