Sri Lanka won the 1st test match by 10 wickets. Highlight of this test match is Sri Lanka star bowler, Muttiah Muralitharan claims 800 wickets in the test career. He is the highest wicket-taker in both Test cricket (800) and One Day Internationals (515).
Sri Lanka 1st innings : 520/8 dec in the 124 overs.
India 1st innings : 276 all out in the 65 overs.
India 2nd innings : 338 all out in the 115.4 overs.
Sri Lanka 2nd innings : 96/0 in the 14.1 overs.
Sri Lanka won the first test in the three test match series. On the first day, Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first. In the first innings, Sri Lanka declared 520/8 in 124 overs. From Sri Lankan side, T. Paranavitana scored 111runs in 233 balls. Indian blower, A Mithun took 4 wickets.
India scored 276 runs for the loss of 10 wickets in the first innings. Virender Sehwag was the leading scorer in the Indian team with 109 runs (118 balls). Sri Lankan bowler, Muttiah Muralitharan took 5 wickets.
In the second innings, India scored 338 runs costing all the wickets in 115.4 overs. Sachin Tendulkar was the leading scorer in the second innings with 84 runs in 142 balls. Sri Lankan bowler, SL Malinga took 5 wickets.
In the second innings, Sri Lanka scored 96 runs in the 14.1 overs without loss of a wicket. TM.Dilshan scored 68 runs in 70 balls.
