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Test No. 1968

India tour of Sri Lanka 2010
2010-11 season
Sri Lanka vs India - 3rd Test
03-07 August, 2010 (5-day match)

3-match series drawn 1-1

Venue : P Sara Oval, Colombo
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : India won by 5 wickets


Sri Lanka 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Tharanga Paranavitana c Dhoni b Sharma
8 
15 
2 
0
53.33 
»
 Tillakaratne Dilshan run out
41 
70 
4 
0
58.57 
»
 Kumar Sangakkara c Sehwag b Ojha
75 
114 
5 
2
65.79 
»
 Mahela Jayawardene lbw b Ojha
56 
154 
3 
0
36.36 
»
 Thilan Samaraweera Not Out
137 
288 
12 
1
47.57 
»
 Angelo Mathews lbw b Ojha
45 
84 
6 
0
53.57 
»
 Prasanna Jayawardene lbw b Ojha
9 
41 
1 
0
21.95 
»
 Suraj Randiv c Dravid b Sehwag
8 
30 
0 
0
26.67 
»
 Lasith Malinga c & b Mishra
4 
4 
1 
0
100.00 
»
 Ajantha Mendis c Raina b Sharma
3 
41 
0 
0
7.32 
»
 Chanaka Welegedara c Dhoni b Sharma
4 
3 
1 
0
133.33 
Extras B 8, LB 4, W 7, N 16
35
Total : (all out in 138.0 overs)
425
 RR : 3.08

Fall of wickets : 1-15 (Paranavitana, 3.6 ov), 2-102 (Dilshan, 24.3 ov), 3-157 (Sangakkara, 42.4 ov), 4-241 (DPMD Jayawardene, 72.6 ov), 5-330 (Mathews, 100.3 ov), 6-359 (HAPW Jayawardene, 112.5 ov), 7-381 (Randiv, 122.6 ov), 8-386 (Malinga, 123.5 ov), 9-421 (Mendis, 137.3 ov), 10-425 (Welegedara, 137.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Abhimanyu Mithun
22
2 
78 
0
3.55
0
3
»
 Ishant Sharma
23
5 
72 
3
3.13
4
0
»
 Amit Mishra
42
3 
140 
1
3.33
7
0
»
 Pragyan Ojha
46
10 
115 
4
2.50
4
0
»
 Virender Sehwag
5
0 
8 
1
1.60
1
0

India 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Murali Vijay c Mendis b Malinga
14 
35 
2 
0
40.00 
»
 Virender Sehwag c Welegedara b Randiv
109 
105 
19 
0
103.81 
»
 Rahul Dravid lbw b Mathews
23 
26 
5 
0
88.46 
»
 Sachin Tendulkar st Jayawardene b Malinga
41 
72 
5 
0
56.94 
»
 VVS Laxman c Jayawardene b Mendis
56 
97 
7 
0
57.73 
»
 Suresh Raina c Sangakkara b Mendis
62 
111 
10 
0
55.86 
»
 MS Dhoni c Jayawardene b Malinga
15 
30 
1 
0
50.00 
»
 Abhimanyu Mithun c Jayawardene b Randiv
46 
77 
5 
0
59.74 
»
 Amit Mishra c Dilshan b Randiv
40 
66 
4 
0
60.61 
»
 Ishant Sharma c Paranavitana b Randiv
8 
19 
0 
0
42.11 
»
 Pragyan Ojha Not Out
1 
7 
0 
0
14.29 
Extras B 6, LB 6, W 1, N 8
21
Total : (all out in 106.1 overs)
436
 RR : 4.11

Fall of wickets : 1-49 (Vijay, 10.4 ov), 2-92 (Dravid, 17.4 ov), 3-183 (Tendulkar, 35.6 ov), 4-199 (Sehwag, 40.1 ov), 5-304 (Laxman, 70.5 ov), 6-321 (Raina, 74.4 ov), 7-350 (Dhoni, 81.2 ov), 8-414 (Mithun, 98.6 ov), 9-433 (Mishra, 104.2 ov), 10-436 (Sharma, 106.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Lasith Malinga
30
3 
119 
3
3.97
4
0
»
 Chanaka Welegedara
15
1 
88 
0
5.87
2
1
»
 Ajantha Mendis
30
4 
109 
2
3.63
1
0
»
 Angelo Mathews
4
0 
13 
1
3.25
0
0
»
 Suraj Randiv
25
 .1
6 
80 
4
3.18
1
0
»
 Tillakaratne Dilshan
2
0 
15 
0
7.50
0
0

Sri Lanka 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Tharanga Paranavitana c Dhoni b Sehwag
16 
44 
2 
0
36.36 
»
 Tillakaratne Dilshan c Vijay b Sehwag
13 
22 
1 
0
59.09 
»
 Kumar Sangakkara c Raina b Ojha
28 
49 
1 
0
57.14 
»
 Suraj Randiv lbw b Ojha
6 
37 
1 
0
16.22 
»
 Mahela Jayawardene c Dravid b Ojha
5 
18 
1 
0
27.78 
»
 Thilan Samaraweera c Dhoni b Mithun
83 
139 
6 
0
59.71 
»
 Angelo Mathews c Tendulkar b Mishra
5 
9 
1 
0
55.56 
»
 Prasanna Jayawardene lbw b Mishra
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Lasith Malinga lbw b Sehwag
15 
37 
2 
0
40.54 
»
 Ajantha Mendis c Raina b Mishra
78 
157 
10 
1
49.68 
»
 Chanaka Welegedara Not Out
4 
5 
1 
0
80.00 
Extras LB 4, W 4, N 6
14
Total : (all out in 85.2 overs)
267
 RR : 3.13

Fall of wickets : 1-32 (Paranavitana, 9.5 ov), 2-39 (Dilshan, 11.6 ov), 3-63 (Randiv, 20.5 ov), 4-77 (DPMD Jayawardene, 26.5 ov), 5-78 (Sangakkara, 28.3 ov), 6-87 (Mathews, 31.1 ov), 7-87 (HAPW Jayawardene, 31.2 ov), 8-125 (Malinga, 42.2 ov), 9-243 (Samaraweera, 80.6 ov), 10-267 (Mendis, 85.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Abhimanyu Mithun
8
1 
22 
1
2.75
0
0
»
 Ishant Sharma
17
4 
54 
0
3.18
4
4
»
 Pragyan Ojha
28
5 
89 
3
3.18
0
0
»
 Virender Sehwag
15
0 
51 
3
3.40
1
0
»
 Amit Mishra
17
 .2
1 
47 
3
2.71
2
0

India 2nd innings
(Target: 257 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Murali Vijay c Jayawardene b Randiv
27 
53 
4 
0
50.94 
»
 Virender Sehwag c Jayawardene b Randiv
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Rahul Dravid b Randiv
7 
22 
0 
0
31.82 
»
 Sachin Tendulkar c Jayawardene b Randiv
54 
122 
3 
0
44.26 
»
 Ishant Sharma c Sangakkara b Randiv
4 
26 
0 
0
15.38 
»
 VVS Laxman Not Out
103 
149 
12 
0
69.13 
»
 Suresh Raina Not Out
41 
45 
4 
1
91.11 
Extras B 5, LB 6, W 2, N 9
22
Total : (5 wickets in 68.3 overs)
258
 RR : 3.77

did not bat: Pragyan Ojha, MS Dhoni, Amit Mishra, Abhimanyu Mithun

Fall of wickets : 1-10 (Sehwag, 1.5 ov), 2-27 (Dravid, 9.1 ov), 3-49 (Vijay, 15.2 ov), 4-62 (Sharma, 21.3 ov), 5-171 (Tendulkar, 51.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Lasith Malinga
12
1 
49 
0
4.08
3
1
»
 Suraj Randiv
29
3 
82 
5
2.83
0
0
»
 Angelo Mathews
2
0 
6 
0
3.00
0
0
»
 Chanaka Welegedara
8
 .3
2 
34 
0
4.00
4
1
»
 Ajantha Mendis
14
0 
65 
0
4.64
1
0
»
 Tillakaratne Dilshan
3
0 
12 
0
4.00
0
0

Match details
Man of the Match: VVS Laxman (India)
Man of the Series : V Sehwag (India)
Umpires : DJ Harper (Australia) and SJA Taufel (Australia)
Third Umpire: HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
Referee : AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe)
Reserve Umpire: RMPJ Rambukwella (Sri Lanka)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Sri Lanka 1st innings - 293/4 (TT Samaraweera 65*, AD Mathews 26*, 86.5 ov)
Day 2 : India 1st innings - 180/2 (V Sehwag 97*, SR Tendulkar 40*, 35 ov)
Day 3 : Sri Lanka 2nd innings - 45/2 (KC Sangakkara 12*, S Randiv 0*, 16 ov)
Day 4 : India 2nd innings - 53/3 (SR Tendulkar 11*, I Sharma 2*, 18 ov)
Day 5 : India 2nd innings - 258/5 (VVS Laxman 103*, SK Raina 43*, 68.3 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Sri Lanka Tillakaratne Dilshan, Thilan Samaraweera, Tharanga Paranavitana, Suraj Randiv, Prasanna Jayawardene (wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Lasith Malinga, Kumar Sangakkara (Capt.), Chanaka Welegedara, Angelo Mathews, Ajantha Mendis
India VVS Laxman, Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Pragyan Ojha, Murali Vijay, MS Dhoni (Capt. & wk), Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Abhimanyu Mithun
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