f52509 t1968	Sri Lanka v India
	India in Sri Lanka 2010 (3rd Test)
Venue	P Sara Oval, Colombo on 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th August 2010 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat
Result	India won by 5 wickets
Umpires	SJA Taufel (Australia), RJ Tucker (Australia)
TV umpire	HDPK Dharmasena
Referee	AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe)
Reserve Umpire	RMPJ Rambukwella
Close of play day 1	Sri Lanka (1) 293/4 (Samaraweera 65*, Mathews 26*; 86.5 overs)
Close of play day 2	India (1) 180/2 (Sehwag 97*, Tendulkar 40*; 35 overs)
Close of play day 3	Sri Lanka (2) 45/2 (Sangakkara 12*, Kaluhalamulla 0*; 16 overs)
Close of play day 4	India (2) 53/3 (Tendulkar 11*, Sharma 2*; 18 overs)
Player of the Match	VVS Laxman
Articles	Laxman ton helps India level series
	Sri Lanka roar back into the contest to leave India reeling
	India slightly ahead after the close of Day three
	India shift balance of Test with strong display
	List of all articles

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Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
NT Paranavitana	c Dhoni b Sharma	8	15	17	2	-	13
TM Dilshan	run out (Vijay->Dhoni)	41	70	118	4	-	42
*KC Sangakkara	c Sehwag b Ojha	75	114	173	5	2	74
DPMD Jayawardene	lbw b Ojha	56	154	188	3	-	118
TT Samaraweera	not out	137	288	370	12	1	203
AD Mathews	lbw b Ojha	45	84	123	6	-	60
+HAPW Jayawardene	lbw b Ojha	9	41	38	1	-	35
HKSR Kaluhalamulla	c Dravid b Sehwag	8	30	34	-	-	26
SL Malinga	c and b Mishra	4	4	4	1	-	3
BAW Mendis	c Raina b Sharma	3	41	47	-	-	39
UWMBCA Welagedara	c Dhoni b Sharma	4	3	3	1	-	2
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 16 nb, 7 w)	35
Total	(all out, 562 minutes, 138 overs)	425
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 (Kaluhalamulla, 122.6 ov), 8-386 (Malinga, 123.5 ov), 9-421 (Mendis, 137.3 ov), 10-425 (Welagedara, 137.6 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Mithun	22	2	78	0	3	-	95	9	-
Sharma	23	6	72	3	-	4	109	11	-
Mishra	42	3	140	1	-	7	170	11	1
Ojha	46	10	115	4	-	4	205	4	2
Sehwag	5	0	8	1	-	1	25	-	-

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
M Vijay	c Mendis b Malinga	14	35	49	2	-	29
V Sehwag	c Welagedara b Kaluhalamulla	109	105	194	19	-	58
RS Dravid	lbw b Mathews	23	26	34	5	-	20
SR Tendulkar	c HAPW Jayawardene b Malinga	41	72	88	5	-	48
VVS Laxman	c DPMD Jayawardene b Mendis	56	97	142	7	-	65
SK Raina	c Sangakkara b Mendis	62	111	113	10	-	82
*+MS Dhoni	c HAPW Jayawardene b Malinga	15	30	48	1	-	19
A Mithun	c DPMD Jayawardene b Kaluhalamulla	46	77	114	5	-	53
A Mishra	c Dilshan b Kaluhalamulla	40	66	99	4	-	42
I Sharma	c Paranavitana b Kaluhalamulla	8	19	25	-	-	11
PP Ojha	not out	1	7	7	-	-	6
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(all out, 457 minutes, 106.1 overs)	436
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)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Malinga	30	3	119	3	-	4	125	15	-
Welagedara	15	0	88	0	1	2	55	16	-
Mendis	30	4	109	2	-	1	120	14	-
Mathews	4	0	13	1	-	-	16	1	-
Kaluhalamulla	25.1	6	80	4	-	1	108	10	-
Dilshan	2	0	15	0	-	-	3	2	-

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Sri Lanka second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
NT Paranavitana	c Dhoni b Sehwag	16	44	47	2	-	35
TM Dilshan	c Vijay b Sehwag	13	22	56	1	-	12
*KC Sangakkara	c Raina b Ojha	28	49	79	1	-	29
HKSR Kaluhalamulla	lbw b Ojha	6	37	32	1	-	34
DPMD Jayawardene	c Dravid b Ojha	5	18	27	1	-	16
TT Samaraweera	c Dhoni b Mithun	83	139	218	6	-	81
AD Mathews	c Tendulkar b Mishra	5	9	12	1	-	7
+HAPW Jayawardene	lbw b Mishra	0	1	1	-	-	1
SL Malinga	lbw b Sehwag	15	37	40	2	-	29
BAW Mendis	c Raina b Mishra	78	157	175	10	1	117
UWMBCA Welagedara	not out	4	5	21	1	-	4
Extras	(4 lb, 6 nb, 4 w)	14
Total	(all out, 359 minutes, 85.2 overs)	267
Fall of wickets:
1-32 (Paranavitana, 9.5 ov), 2-39 (Dilshan, 11.6 ov), 3-63 (Kaluhalamulla, 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)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Mithun	8	1	22	1	-	-	35	3	-
Sharma	17	3	54	0	4	4	78	7	-
Ojha	28	5	89	3	-	-	113	8	1
Sehwag	15	0	51	3	-	-	61	5	-
Mishra	17.2	1	47	3	-	2	72	3	-

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India second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
M Vijay	c DPMD Jayawardene b Kaluhalamulla	27	53	68	3	-	37
V Sehwag	c DPMD Jayawardene b Kaluhalamulla	0	3	8	-	-	3
RS Dravid	b Kaluhalamulla	7	22	32	-	-	15
SR Tendulkar	c HAPW Jayawardene b Kaluhalamulla	54	122	186	3	-	82
I Sharma	c Sangakkara b Kaluhalamulla	4	26	27	-	-	22
VVS Laxman	not out	103	149	203	12	-	90
SK Raina	not out	41	45	73	4	1	24
*+MS Dhoni	did not bat
A Mishra	did not bat
A Mithun	did not bat
PP Ojha	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 9 nb, 2 w)	22
Total	(5 wickets, 302 minutes, 68.3 overs)	258
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)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Malinga	12	1	49	0	1	3	47	6	-
Kaluhalamulla	29	3	82	5	-	1	120	7	-
Mathews	2	0	5	0	-	-	8	-	-
Welagedara	8.3	2	34	0	1	4	35	2	1
Mendis	14	0	65	0	-	1	45	6	-
Dilshan	3	0	12	0	-	-	9	1	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Sri Lanka (1) 102/2 (KC Sangakkara 48*; 24.3 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Sri Lanka (1) 194/3 (DPMD Jayawardene 39*, Samaraweera 18*; 55 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Sri Lanka (1) 369/6 (Samaraweera 104*, Kaluhalamulla 2*; 117 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: India (1) 28/0 (Vijay 6*, Sehwag 21*; 7 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: India (1) 282/4 (VVS Laxman 42*, SK Raina 39*; 64 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: India (1) 378/7 (A Mithun 26*, A Mishra 12*; 90 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Sri Lanka (2) 143/8 (TT Samaraweera 33*, BAW Mendis 10*; 44 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: Sri Lanka (2) 225/8 (TT Samaraweera 78*, BAW Mendis 45*; 74 overs)
--> Day 5 Lunch: India (2) 145/4 (Tendulkar 50*, Laxman 46*; 47 overs)
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 50 in 14.1 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 100 in 24.2 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 150 in 40.6 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 200 in 56.1 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 250 in 75.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 300 in 88.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 350 in 108.1 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 400 in 131.5 overs
--> India first innings: 50 in 11.2 overs
--> India first innings: 100 in 19.6 overs
--> India first innings: 150 in 29.6 overs
--> India first innings: 200 in 41.3 overs
--> India first innings: 250 in 55.6 overs
--> India first innings: 300 in 67.3 overs
--> India first innings: 350 in 81.1 overs
--> India first innings: 400 in 95.6 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 50 in 16.6 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 100 in 34.6 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 150 in 46.6 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 200 in 63.6 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 250 in 81.2 overs
--> India second innings: 50 in 15.3 overs
--> India second innings: 100 in 33.3 overs
--> India second innings: 150 in 47.6 overs
--> India second innings: 200 in 57.6 overs
--> India second innings: 250 in 68 overs
--> SL Malinga made his last appearance in Test matches
--> KC Sangakkara (1) 50 in 69 balls with 4 fours and 1 six
--> DPMD Jayawardene (1) 50 in 140 balls with 3 fours
--> TT Samaraweera (1) 50 in 112 balls with 5 fours
--> TT Samaraweera (1) 100 in 229 balls with 10 fours
--> M Vijay (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> V Sehwag (1) 50 in 44 balls with 11 fours
--> V Sehwag (1) 100 in 90 balls with 18 fours
--> V Sehwag (1) passed 7000 runs in Test matches when he reached 70
--> V Sehwag (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 65
--> VVS Laxman (1) 50 in 79 balls with 6 fours
--> VVS Laxman (1) passed 18000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> SK Raina (1) 50 in 96 balls with 8 fours
--> A Mithun (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in Test matches
--> A Mithun (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in First-Class matches
--> KC Sangakkara (2) passed 8000 runs in Test matches when he reached 12
--> TT Samaraweera (2) 50 in 79 balls with 6 fours
--> BAW Mendis (2) passed his previous highest score of 27 in Test matches
--> BAW Mendis (2) passed his previous highest score of 37 in First-Class matches
--> BAW Mendis (2) 50 in 122 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> BAW Mendis (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> SR Tendulkar (2) 50 in 106 balls with 3 fours
--> VVS Laxman (2) 50 in 81 balls with 4 fours
--> VVS Laxman (2) 100 in 146 balls with 12 fours
--> A Mishra made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> PP Ojha achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed HAPW Jayawardene in the Sri Lanka first innings (previous best was 3-101)
--> HKSR Kaluhalamulla achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed A Mishra in the India first innings (previous best was 2-222)
--> BAW Mendis reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed SK Raina, his 2nd wicket in the India first innings
--> SL Malinga reached 100 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed SR Tendulkar, his 2nd wicket in the India first innings
--> HKSR Kaluhalamulla achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed SR Tendulkar in the India second innings (previous best was 4-80)
--> HKSR Kaluhalamulla achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the India second innings
--> TM Dilshan (21) and KC Sangakkara (27) added 50 in 80 balls for the Sri Lanka 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> KC Sangakkara (24) and DPMD Jayawardene (21) added 50 in 109 balls for the Sri Lanka 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> DPMD Jayawardene (21) and TT Samaraweera (30) added 50 in 117 balls for the Sri Lanka 4th wicket in the first innings
--> TT Samaraweera (23) and AD Mathews (25) added 50 in 80 balls for the Sri Lanka 5th wicket in the first innings
--> V Sehwag (22) and SR Tendulkar (29) added 50 in 64 balls for the India 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> VVS Laxman (20) and SK Raina (27) added 50 in 94 balls for the India 5th wicket in the first innings
--> VVS Laxman (51) and SK Raina (47) added 100 in 164 balls for the India 5th wicket in the first innings
--> A Mithun (21) and A Mishra (26) added 50 in 90 balls for the India 8th wicket in the first innings
--> TT Samaraweera (32) and BAW Mendis (16) added 50 in 76 balls for the Sri Lanka 9th wicket in the second innings
--> TT Samaraweera (52) and BAW Mendis (45) added 100 in 190 balls for the Sri Lanka 9th wicket in the second innings
--> SR Tendulkar (23) and VVS Laxman (28) added 50 in 92 balls for the India 5th wicket in the second innings
--> SR Tendulkar (38) and VVS Laxman (55) added 100 in 173 balls for the India 5th wicket in the second innings
--> VVS Laxman (25) and SK Raina (25) added 50 in 71 balls for the India 6th wicket in the second innings

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New Ball Taken: Sri Lanka 274/4 after 82.1 overs (TT Samaraweera 55, AD Mathews 17)
New Ball Taken: India 360/7 after 85.1 overs (A Mithun 18, A Mishra 4)
New Ball Taken: Sri Lanka 241/8 after 80.1 overs (TT Samaraweera 82, BAW Mendis 57)
TM Dilshan (21) and KC Sangakkara (27) added 50 in 80 balls for the Sri Lanka 2nd wicket in the first innings
KC Sangakkara (24) and DPMD Jayawardene (21) added 50 in 109 balls for the Sri Lanka 3rd wicket in the first innings
DPMD Jayawardene (21) and TT Samaraweera (30) added 50 in 117 balls for the Sri Lanka 4th wicket in the first innings
TT Samaraweera (23) and AD Mathews (25) added 50 in 80 balls for the Sri Lanka 5th wicket in the first innings
V Sehwag (22) and SR Tendulkar (29) added 50 in 64 balls for the India 3rd wicket in the first innings
VVS Laxman (20) and SK Raina (27) added 50 in 94 balls for the India 5th wicket in the first innings
VVS Laxman (51) and SK Raina (47) added 100 in 164 balls for the India 5th wicket in the first innings
A Mithun (21) and A Mishra (26) added 50 in 90 balls for the India 8th wicket in the first innings
TT Samaraweera (32) and BAW Mendis (16) added 50 in 76 balls for the Sri Lanka 9th wicket in the second innings
TT Samaraweera (52) and BAW Mendis (45) added 100 in 190 balls for the Sri Lanka 9th wicket in the second innings
SR Tendulkar (23) and VVS Laxman (28) added 50 in 92 balls for the India 5th wicket in the second innings
SR Tendulkar (38) and VVS Laxman (55) added 100 in 173 balls for the India 5th wicket in the second innings
VVS Laxman (25) and SK Raina (25) added 50 in 71 balls for the India 6th wicket in the second innings