Indian national cricket team in Sri Lanka in the 2008 season

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The Indian national cricket team's tour to Sri Lanka in the 2008 season took place from July 18 to August 29, 2008. The international cricket tour was part of the 2008 international cricket season and included three tests and five ODIs . Sri Lanka won the Test series 2-1 while India won the ODI series 3-2.

prehistory

Both teams previously contested the Asia Cup 2008 , in which Sri Lanka was able to prevail against India in the final. The last tour of the two teams against each other took place in the 2006/07 season in India .

Stages

Indian national cricket team in Sri Lanka in the 2008 season (Sri Lanka)
Colombo (RPS)
Colombo (RPS)
Colombo (PSS)
Colombo (PSS)
Colombo (SSC)
Colombo (SSC)
Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were set on March 24, 2008.

Stadion city capacity Games
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium (PSS) Colombo 15,000 3rd test
R. Premadasa Stadium (PRS) Colombo 35,000 3. ODI; 4. ODI; 5. ODI
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC) Colombo 10,000 1st test
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium Dambulla 16,800 1. ODI; 2. ODI
Galle International Stadium bile 35,000 2nd test

Squad lists

India named its test roster on July 8, 2008. Sri Lanka named its test roster on July 21, and its ODI roster on August 12, 2008.

test ODI
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka India India Sri Lanka Sri Lanka India India
  • Mahela Jayawardene ( K )
  • Tillakaratne Dilshan
  • Prasanna Jayawardene ( wk )
  • Chamara Kapugedera
  • Nuwan Kulasekara
  • Ajantha Mendis
  • Muttiah Muralitharan
  • Dhammika Prasad
  • Thilan Samaraweera
  • Kumar Sangakkara
  • Chamara Silva
  • Thilan Thushara
  • Chaminda Vaas
  • Michael Vandort
  • Malinda Warnapura
  • Anil Kumble ( K )
  • Rahul Dravid
  • Gautam Gambhir
  • Sourav Ganguly
  • Harbhajan Singh
  • Dinesh Karthik ( wk )
  • Zaheer Khan
  • VVS Laxman
  • Pragyan Ojha
  • Munaf Patel
  • Parthiv Patel ( wk )
  • Virender Sehwag
  • Ishant Sharma
  • Rohit Sharma
  • RP Singh
  • Sachin Tendulkar
  • Mahela Jayawardene ( K )
  • Tillakaratne Dilshan
  • Dilhara Fernando
  • Sanath Jayasuriya
  • Chamara Kapugedera
  • Nuwan Kulasekara
  • Ajantha Mendis
  • Jehan Mubarak
  • Muttiah Muralitharan
  • Kumar Sangakkara ( wk )
  • Chamara Silva
  • Thilan Thushara
  • Mahela Udawatte
  • Chaminda Vaas
  • Malinda Warnapura
  • MS Dhoni ( K , wk )
  • Subramaniam Badrinath
  • Gautam Gambhir
  • Harbhajan Singh
  • Zaheer Khan
  • Virat Kohli
  • Praveen Kumar
  • Pragyan Ojha
  • Munaf Patel
  • Parthiv Patel ( wk )
  • Irfan Pathan
  • Suresh Raina
  • Rohit Sharma
  • RP Singh
  • Yuvraj Singh

Tour matches

July
18-20 scorecard
Colombo (NCC) Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Board XI
224 (71.5) & 247-6d (55)
- India Indians
196-8d (49) & 129-2 (31)
draw
August 15th
scorecard
Colombo (PSS) India Indians
342-5 (50)
- Sri Lanka Sri Lankan XI
250-6 (50)
Indians wins with 92 runs

Testing

First test in Colombo

July
23-26 Scorecard
Colombo (SSC) Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
600-6d (162)
- India India
223 (72.5) & 138 (45) (f / o)
Sri Lanka wins with one innings and 239 runs

Second test in bile

July 31st - August 3rd
scorecard
bile India India
329 (82) & 269 (76.2)
- Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
292 (93.3) & 136 (47.3)
India wins with 170 runs

Third test in Colombo

August
8-11 Scorecard
Colombo (PSS) India India
249 (80) & 268 (87.5)
- Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
396 (134.2) & 123-2 (33.1)
Sri Lanka wins with 8 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Dambulla

August 18
scorecard
Dambulla India India
146 (46)
- Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
147-2 (34.5)
Sri Lanka wins with 8 wickets

Second ODI in Dambulla

August 20
scorecard
Dambulla Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
142 (38.3)
- India India
143-7 (39.4)
India wins with 3 wickets

Third ODI in Colombo

August 24th
scorecard
Colombo (RPS) India India
237-9 (50)
- Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
204 (49)
India wins with 33 runs

Fourth ODI in Colombo

August 27th
scorecard
Colombo (RPS) India India
258 (49.4)
- Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
212 (46.3)
India wins with 46 runs

With this victory India achieved the first ODI series victory in Sri Lanka.

Fifth ODI in Colombo

August 29th
scorecard
Colombo (RPS) Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
227-6 (50)
- India India
103 (26.3)
Sri Lanka wins with 112 runs ( D / L method )

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player team Games Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Virender Sehwag India India 3 6th 344 68.80 201 * 1 1
Gautam Gambhir India India 3 6th 310 51.66 74 0 3
Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 3 5 279 69.75 136 1 2
Thilan Samaraweera Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 3 4th 243 81.00 127 1 1
Malinda Warnapura Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 3 5 243 60.75 115 1 2
bowling
player team Games Overs Wickets Average BBI 5W 10W
Ajantha Mendis Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 3 163.1 26th 18.38 6/117 2 1
Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 3 160.5 21st 22.23 6/26 2 1
Harbhajan Singh India India 3 152 16 28.12 6/102 1 1
Zaheer Khan India India 3 92 8th 44.00 3/105 0 0
Anil Kumble India India 3 134.5 8th 50.00 3/81 0 0
ODIs
Batting
player team Games Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
MS Dhoni India India 5 5 193 38.60 76 0 2
Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 5 5 185 46.25 94 0 2
Thilan Thushara Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 5 4th 168 56.00 54 * 0 1
Virat Kohli India India 5 5 159 31.80 54 0 1
Suresh Raina India India 5 5 157 31.40 76 0 2
bowling
player team Games Overs Wickets Average BBI 5W 10W
Ajantha Mendis Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 5 43.3 13 11.69 4/10 0 0
Nuwan Kulasekara Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 5 40 11 14.45 4/40 0 0
Thilan Thushara Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 5 36.4 10 15.90 5/47 1 0
Zaheer Khan India India 5 46.2 9 16.00 4/21 0 0
Munaf Patel India India 5 41 7th 23.71 3/42 0 0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series Player of the Series
test Sri LankaSri Lanka Ajantha Mendis
ODI IndiaIndia MS Dhoni

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game Player of the Match
1st test Sri LankaSri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan
2nd test IndiaIndia Virender Sehwag
3rd test Sri LankaSri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara
1. ODI Sri LankaSri Lanka Ajantha Mendis
2. ODI IndiaIndia Zaheer Khan
3. ODI IndiaIndia MS Dhoni
4. ODI IndiaIndia Suresh Raina
5. ODI Sri LankaSri Lanka Nuwan Kulasekara

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Kandy dropped from India's tour ( English ) Cricinfo. March 24, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  2. Rohit and Ojha included for Sri Lanka Tests ( English ) Cricinfo. July 8, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  3. Mendis named in first Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. July 21, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  4. Sa'adi Thawfeeq: Warnapura and Mubarak get late call-ups to ODI squad ( English ) Cricinfo. August 12, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  5. Siddarth Ravindran: India seal maiden series triumph in Sri Lanka ( English ) Cricinfo. August 27, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  6. Records / India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2008 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  7. Records / India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2008 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  8. Records / India in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2008 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  9. Records / India in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2008 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 23, 2016.