SRL beat Ind by inning & 10 wickets in 1st Test - Won Series by 1-0

Srilanka won the 1st test match by 10 wickets against India on the fifth and final day of the match at Galle International Stadium. Man of The Match Lasith Malinga who made 64 runs and 7 Wickets.

Sangakkara had batted on for half an hour this declaring to set India a target of 520 in 124 overs, Paranavitana and Sangakkara fast Wicket partnership 307 spanning 61 overs. India were on their way to defeat after Sharma blew away their top order with Three wickets in 28th overs of hostile seam bowling while fellow Mithun with Four Wicket 28th overs.

Muralitharan and Malinga You are eight wickets short of entering a territory where no other cricketer has left a footprint, you enter the last day of the last Test you will ever play needing two wickets, you take one, your partner threatens to take everything else on offer and you can do nothing but keep on bowling.

Match Summary:

Srilanka 1st innings - 520/8 dec; 124 overs (Paranavitana 111, Sangakkara 103)

India 1st Innings - 276/all out; 65 overs (Sehwag 109, Murali 5-63,)

India 2nd Innings - 338/all out; 115.4 overs (Tendulkar 84, Malinga 5-50)

Srilanka 2nd Innings - 96/0 in 14.1 overs (Dilshan* 68, Paranavitana* 23)

Toss - Sri Lanka, who chose to bat.

Man of the Match - Lasith Malinga (Srilanka)

Series - Sri Lanka led the 3-match series 1-0.

Result - Srilanka won by 10 wickets.