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)

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Srilanka won the Test Series with 2-1

Srilanka won by 8 wickets

Rahul dravid and Laxman are tried well but they could not stop india lose the test. Rahul scored 68 runs and Laxman scored 61 not out. Harbhajan contributed 26 runs also. At last India scored 268 runs. Muralitharan and Mendis are taken 3 wickets each.

Easy target 122 runs given by India, Srilanka chased the target in 33.1 Overs and lose 2 wickets. Malinda Warnapura and M Jayawardene are made runs the target reached easily. Both are made half centuries. Indian bowlers are taken early 2 wickets of srilanka, but they could not pressurised.

Man of the Match winner is Kumara Sangakkara