Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets in 1st One Day International match

Indian Batsman failed to set a Big Target

India was troubled in the very first over i.e., Gambhir's wicket. Sehwag had injured his ankle during the practice session. Yuraj Singh made 23 runs, highest scorer of indian innings. All other batsman are failed including captain Dhoni. In the last overs, Pragyan Ojha and Munaf Patel are made 29 runs partnership. At close of innings, India finished at 146 runs.
Ajantha Mendis and Muralitharan are taken 3 wickets each.

Srilanka chased the target easily

Srilanka also started their innings slowly. Jayasurya's wicket taken by Munaf early. Jayawardene and Chamara Kapugedera both are build srilankan innings to finish their target. Both are made 102 runs partnership. Munaf got two wickets. But Other Bowlers not supported him.

Man of the match is taken by Ajantha Mendis

Next 2nd One day International match
20 Aug 2008
Sri Lanka vs India
2nd One Day International, Dambulla
Live match starts from: 04:30 GMT (10:00 IST)

Indian Team for ODI series against Sri Lanka

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain)
Yuvraj Singh (vice-captain)
Virender Sehwag
Gautam Gambhir
Sachin Tendulkar
Rohit Sharma
Suresh Raina
Harbhajan Singh
Virat Kohli
Zaheer Khan
Praveen Kumar
RP Singh
Pragyan Ojha
Irfan Pathan
Parthiv Patel
Munaf Patel

Oneday matches Starts from 18th Aug 2008 onwards......

18 Aug 2008
1st One Day International, Dambulla

20 Aug 2008
2nd One Day International, Dambulla

24 Aug 2008
3rd One Day International, Premadasa stadium, Colombo (Day/Night)

26 Aug 2008
4th One Day International, Premadasa stadium, Colombo (Day/Night)

29 Aug 2008
5th One Day International, Premadasa stadium, Colombo (Day/Night)

India won 2nd Test Match and Level the Series 1-1

India set a target 307 runs

India started with overnight score 200/4. Sourav Ganguluy made 16 runs, VVS Laxman made 13 runs and Dinesh Karthik made 20 runs. At last India scored 269 runs. Mendis taken 4 wickets, Muralitharan taken 3 wickets and Vaas taken 2 wickets.

Srilanka failed to chase the target 307 runs

Srilanka starts with more trouble. First three wickets lost at 10 runs. Thilan Samaraweera and Dilshan are tried well. But cannot stop srilanka's defeat. Thilan Samaraweera made 67 runs notout. He is the top scorer of the Second innings. Dilshan made 38 runs. Harbhajan taken 4 wickets and Ishant sharma taken 3 wickets. At last srilanka finished 136 runs in their innings.
Harbhajan taken total 10 wickets in this test match.

Brief Scores:
India Ist Innings: 329 runs all out
Virender Sehwag - 201 runs
Gautam Gambhir - 56 runs

Srilanka Ist Innings: 292 runs all out
M Jayawardene - 86 runs
K Sangakkara - 68 runs
Malinda Warnapura - 66 runs

India 2nd Innings: 269 runs all out
Gambhir - 74 runs
Sehwag - 50 runs

Srilanka 2nd Innings: 136 runs all out
Thilan Samaraweera - 67 runs (notout)

Man of the Match winner: Virender Sehwag

India vs Srilanka 2nd Test Second day Highlights...

Indian innings closed at 329 runs

India started with overnight score 214/4. No Batsman supported to sehwag today to build big parner ship. Sehwag hit double century at last and notout. India finished their innings at 329 runs.

Srilanka at 215/5 at close of 2nd day stumps

Srilanka starts with trouble. But, They recovered in early. Kumara Sangakkara (68) and Warnapura (66) helped Sri Lanka overcome this stage. Thilan Samaraweera (14) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (0) are failed to made runs. At end of the second day stumps, Srilanka scored 215/5. Mahela Jayawardene was on 46 runs (notout) and Prasanna Jayawardene on 5 runs (notout) at the close of the second day play.
Harbhajan taken 4 wicket at now. Till, Sri Lanka trail by 114 runs.

Ind vs Sl Second Test Begins from Today...

India put a Score 214 runs at end of first day of 2nd Test Match

Again, Rain disturbs the second test match also. Indian players are good start for first wicket. Gambhir made a 56 runs in this match. He and Sehwag made a 167 runs partnership for first wicket. But, Again failed three senior batsmen are Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar & Sourav Ganguly. Still batting Virender Sehwag and VVS Laxman. Sehwag made a 128 runs(his 15th Century) and Laxman scored 13 runs notout. At the end of first day stumps, India scored 214 runs for 4 wickets.

Ajantha Mendis & Chaminda Vaas are taken a two wickets each.

Already SriLanka lead 1-0 in their big victory by an innings and 239 runs in First Test at Colombo.

India loses first test match & Srilanka leads test series 1-0.

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 239 runs

India started overnight score with 159/6. VVS Laxman scored 56 runs. He is the top scorer of india's first innings. At last, India first innings completed 223 runs. And continued for follow-on.

Murali & Mendis took indian wickets

In Indian second innings, Gautam Gambir scored 43 runs. He is the top scorer of second innings. All Batsmen failed once again. Coach Kristen says "Batsmen played poor shots". No batsmen impressed.
Muttiah Muralitharan took 11 wickets and Ajantha Mendis took 8 wickets in this match.

Brief Scores of this Test Match
Srilanka First Innings: 600/6
Malinda Warnapura - 115 (202)
M Jayawardene (c) - 136 (259 )
Thilan Samaraweera - 127 (224 )
Tillakaratne Dilshan - 125 (170) not out

Indian First Innings: 223 (All Out)
VVS Laxman - 56 (118)
Indian Second Innings: 138 (All Out)
Gautam Gambhir - 43 (90)

Man of the Match winner: Muttiah Muralitharan

SL vs IND First Test Match on Third Day .....

Srilanka declared innings at 600/6
In Srilankan innings, Thilan Samaraweera scored 127 runs and Tillakaratne Dilshan made 125 runs. Four Srilankan batsman scored centuries in this test match. Srilanka declares their innings at 600/6.

Indian top batsman collapsed by Muttiah Muralitharan
In indian innings, Gambhir is top scorer now. He scored 39 runs only. Other batsman are failed.
Indian batsman falling wickets as follows.
1-36, 2-79, 3-79, 4-123, 5-138, 6-147.
VVS Laxman and Captain Anil Kumble still batting. At the end third day of the stums, India scored 159/6. Till, India trail by 441 runs. To escape follow-on india will require 242 more runs.

Srilanka Vs India First Test, 2nd day....

Three Srilanka Batsman scored Centuries

In Second day, Srilankan batsman shows very professional & energitic play. Malinda Warnapura, M Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera are today's match century heros. Thilan Samaraweera still batting at 114 runs and Tillakaratne Dilshan is at 20 runs. At end of 2nd day stumps, Srilanka scored 422/4.

Brief Score of Srilanka:

Malinda Warnapura - 115 runs
M Jayawardene - 136 runs
Thilan Samaraweera - 111 runs (notout)
Tillakaratne Dilshan - 20 runs (notout)

India Vs Srilanka First Test Match Starts from Today

Rain disturbs the first test match between IND VS SL.

Toss win Srilanka and elected bat first.
Malinda Warnapura scored 50 runs still at notout, and M Jayawardene (c) scored 16 runs also notout. Play was stopped due to bad light with 20 overs remaining. At the end of the day1, Srilanka at 85/2 in 22 overs.
Indian Side, Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma are taken each one wicket.

Indian Test Cricket Team for Srilankan Tour

Anil Kumble (captain),

Virender Sehwag,

Rahul Dravid,

Sachin Tendulkar,

Saurav Ganguly,

Vangipurappu Laxman,

Gautam Gambhir,

Harbhajan Singh,

Ishant Sharma,

Zaheer Khan,

Rudra Pratap Singh,

Munaf Patel,

Rohit Sharma,

Dinesh Karthik,

Pragyan Ojha,

Parthiv Patel

India will be played three test matches with Srilanka

First Test Match: July 23-27 at Colombo

Second Test Match: July 31-Aug 4 at Galle

Third Test Match: Aug 8-12 at Colombo

Asia Cup 2008 winner is Srilanka

Srilanka won by 100 runs against in the final match, Asia Cup 2008

India restricted srilanka at 273 runs. Sanath Jayasuriya scored 125 runs in 114 balls. Tillakratne Dilshan made 56 runs in 74 balls. Both are build 131 runs good partnership. At one stage, Srilanka at 66 for 4 wickets in 12 Overs. Jayasuirya made his 27th century helped srilanka made 273 runs. Other batsman failed to get runs.

India started good. Gambhir is out in early. Sehwag scored 60 runs in 36 balls. This time india progress in well. Suddenly lost sehwag wicket, Middle order collapsed. Only Dhoni tried and failed. He scored 49 runs in 74 balls. Other Batsman failed to score runs. At last, India is all out at 173 runs in 39.3 Overs. Ajantha Mendis taken 6 wickets for 13 runs in 8 Overs.

Man of the Match Winner is Ajantha Mendis

Srilanka is the four times winner of Asia Cup. India was lost in the final matches second time in this year. First one is Tri-series Kitply cup in Bangladesh, Second one is Asia Cup.

Asia Cup 2008 Final Match between India and Srilanka

Don't Miss to see the final Match, Asia Cup 2008

6th July,2008
India Vs Srilanka
Final Match, National Stadium, Karachi (Day/Night), Pakistan

India won by 6 wickets crucial match against Srilanka

India had compulsory win this match. Lot of pressure, Srilanka already reached berth in the final match.

Srilanka won the toss and elected bat first. K Sangakkara failed in this match. Jayasuriya made 43 runs in 37 balls. He was out at Srilanka 71 score. Jawardane, Kapugedera and Chamara Silva are made half centuries. In last 5 Overs, Kaushalya Weeraratne and Thilan Thushara played very well. Finally, Srilanka Scored 308 runs in 50 Overs.

India started good begining. Confidently played batsman Gambhir and Sehwag in early Overs. All batsman for India are played very well. Suresh Raina, M S Dhoni, Yuraj Singh and Rohit Sharma are played professionally. At last, India reached target 309 runs in 46.5 Overs. Man of the Match Winner is M S Dhoni.

Now a days above 300 runs is not a big target. In Asia Cup, India chased above 300 runs target 2 times and Pakistan chased above 300 runs target one time. 20-20 matches changed one day match scores.