Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2008
| Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2008 | |||||
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| Dates | 18 July – 29 August 2008 | ||||
| Captains | Anil Kumble (Tests) MS Dhoni (ODIs) |
Mahela Jayawardene | |||
| Test series | |||||
| Result | Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||||
| Most runs | Virender Sehwag (344) Gautam Gambhir (310) VVS Laxman (215) |
Mahela Jayawardene (279) Thilan Samaraweera (243) Malinda Warnapura (243) | |||
| Most wickets | Harbhajan Singh (16) Zaheer Khan (8) Anil Kumble (8) |
Ajantha Mendis (26) Muttiah Muralitharan (21) Dhammika Prasad (5) | |||
| Player of the series | Ajantha Mendis (SL) | ||||
| One Day International series | |||||
| Result | India won the 5-match series 3–2 | ||||
| Most runs | MS Dhoni (193) Virat Kohli (159) Suresh Raina (157) |
Mahela Jayawardene (185) Thilan Thushara (168) Chamara Kapugedera (113) | |||
| Most wickets | Zaheer Khan (9) Munaf Patel (7) Harbhajan Singh (6) |
Ajantha Mendis (13) Nuwan Kulasekara (11) Thilan Thushara (10) | |||
| Player of the series | MS Dhoni (Ind) | ||||
The Indian cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 23 July to 29 August.[1]
Squads
Test Series
1st Test
| 23–27 July Scorecard |
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- Bad light ended play early on day 1 as well as day 3.
- Ajantha Mendis (SL) made his Test debut.
2nd Test
| 31 July - 4 August Scorecard |
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Bad light ended play early on day 1 as well as day 3.
3rd Test
| 8–12 August Scorecard |
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Bad light ended play early on day 2.
- Dhammika Prasad (SL) made his Test debut.
ODI series
1st ODI
2nd ODI
20 August Scorecard |
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- Subramaniam Badrinath (Ind) made his ODI debut.
3rd ODI
4th ODI
5th ODI
References
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