Match Result : Sri Lanka won by 100 runs
Series : Sri Lanka won the 2008 Asia Cup
Player of the match : Ajantha Mendis

Toss won by:India - Chose to field first

Batsmen	Status	Runs	Balls	4's	6's
Sanath Jayasuriya	c I Sharma b V Sehwag	125	114	9	5
Kumar Sangakkara (wk)	run out (S Raina)	4	3	1	0
Mahela Jayawardene (c)	c R Sharma b I Sharma	11	19	1	0
Chamara Kapugedera	c S Raina b I Sharma	5	11	1	0
Chamara Silva	b I Sharma	0	2	0	0
Tillakaratne Dilshan	c M Dhoni b I Pathan	56	74	3	0
Chaminda Vaas	b RP Singh	19	32	1	0
Nuwan Kulasekara	not out	29	29	3	0
Thilan Thushara	lbw b RP Singh	5	8	0	0
Ajantha Mendis	b RP Singh	8	4	2	0
Muttiah Muralitharan	c M Dhoni b I Pathan	2	3	0	0

Total: 273 for 10 in 49.5 overs

Run Rate: 5.48

Extras: 9 (b - 0, w - 1, nb - 0, lb - 8)

Fall of wickets: 1/11 (Kumar Sangakkara, 1.4 ov.), 2/34 (Mahela Jayawardene, 7.2 ov.), 3/66 (Chamara Kapugedera, 11.4 ov.), 4/66 (Chamara Silva, 11.6 ov.), 5/197 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 35.3 ov.), 6/213 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 38.5 ov.), 7/236 (Chaminda Vaas, 44.5 ov.), 8/256 (Thilan Thushara, 48.1 ov.), 9/264 (Ajantha Mendis, 48.5 ov.), 10/273 (Muttiah Muralitharan, 49.5 ov.)

Bowlers	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Noballs	Wides	Economy
Rudra Pratap Singh	9	1	67	3	0	1	7.44
Ishant Sharma	10	1	52	3	0	0	5.20
Irfan Pathan	9.5	0	67	2	0	0	6.81
Pragyan Ojha	10	1	38	0	0	0	3.80
Virender Sehwag	8	0	30	1	0	0	3.75
Rohit Sharma	3	0	11	0	0	0	3.66

Batsmen	Status	Runs	Balls	4's	6's
Gautam Gambhir	c T Dilshan b C Vaas	6	13	1	0
Virender Sehwag	st K Sangakkara b A Mendis	60	36	12	0
Suresh Raina	b A Mendis	16	21	3	0
Yuvraj Singh	b A Mendis	0	2	0	0
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c) (wk)	c K Sangakkara b C Vaas	49	74	4	0
Rohit Sharma	lbw b A Mendis	3	8	0	0
Robin Uthappa	lbw b M Muralitharan	20	41	2	0
Irfan Pathan	c M Jayawardene b A Mendis	2	6	0	0
Rudra Pratap Singh	b A Mendis	0	1	0	0
Pragyan Ojha	not out	6	17	0	0
Ishant Sharma	b N Kulasekara	8	18	1	0

Total: 173 for 10 in 39.3 overs

Run Rate: 4.38

Extras: 3 (b - 2, w - 1, nb - 0, lb - 0)

Fall of wickets: 1/36 (Gautam Gambhir, 4.6 ov.), 2/76 (Virender Sehwag, 9.2 ov.), 3/76 (Yuvraj Singh, 9.4 ov.), 4/93 (Suresh Raina, 13.3 ov.), 5/97 (Rohit Sharma, 15.2 ov.), 6/135 (Robin Uthappa, 26.6 ov.), 7/154 (Irfan Pathan, 31.3 ov.), 8/154 (Rudra Pratap Singh, 31.4 ov.), 9/160 (Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 34.2 ov.), 10/173 (Ishant Sharma, 39.3 ov.)

Bowlers	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Noballs	Wides	Economy
Chaminda Vaas	9	0	55	2	0	0	6.11
Nuwan Kulasekara	6.3	0	26	1	0	0	4.00
Thilan Thushara	8	0	51	0	0	1	6.37
Ajantha Mendis	8	1	13	6	0	0	1.62
Muttiah Muralitharan	8	0	26	1	0	0	3.25

Umpires: Tony Hill (New Zealand) and Simon Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire: Zameer Haider (Pakistan)
Match referee: Alan Hurst (Australia)
Reserve umpire: Ahsan Raza (Pakistan)

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