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| Venue | National Stadium, Karachi on 6th July 2008 (50-over match) (day/night) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | India won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Sri Lanka won by 100 runs |
| Umpires | AL Hill (New Zealand), SJA Taufel (Australia) |
| TV umpire | Zameer Haider |
| Referee | AG Hurst (Australia) |
| Reserve Umpire | Ahsan Raza |
| Player of the Match | BAW Mendis |
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| Sri Lanka innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | Dots | S-Rate | |
| ST Jayasuriya | c I Sharma b Sehwag | 125 | 114 | 146 | 9 | 5 | 54 | 109.65 |
| +KC Sangakkara | run out (Raina) | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | - | 2 | 133.33 |
| *DPMD Jayawardene | c RG Sharma b I Sharma | 11 | 19 | 25 | 1 | - | 13 | 57.89 |
| CK Kapugedera | c Raina b I Sharma | 5 | 11 | 21 | 1 | - | 9 | 45.45 |
| LPC Silva | b I Sharma | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 0.00 |
| TM Dilshan | c Dhoni b Pathan | 56 | 74 | 100 | 3 | - | 32 | 75.68 |
| WPUJC Vaas | b RP Singh | 19 | 32 | 40 | 1 | - | 19 | 59.38 |
| KMDN Kulasekara | not out | 29 | 29 | 53 | 3 | - | 11 | 100.00 |
| MTT Mirando | lbw b RP Singh | 5 | 8 | 15 | - | - | 3 | 62.50 |
| BAW Mendis | b RP Singh | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | 200.00 |
| M Muralitharan | c Dhoni b Pathan | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 66.67 |
| Extras | (8 lb, 1 w) | 9 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 212 minutes, 49.5 overs) | 273 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-11 (Sangakkara, 1.4 ov), 2-34 (Jayawardene, 7.2 ov), 3-66 (Kapugedera, 11.4 ov), 4-66 (Silva, 11.6 ov), 5-197 (Jayasuriya, 35.3 ov), 6-213 (Dilshan, 38.5 ov), 7-236 (Vaas, 44.5 ov), 8-256 (Mirando, 48.1 ov), 9-264 (Mendis, 48.5 ov), 10-273 (Muralitharan, 49.5 ov) | ||||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | Econ |
| RP Singh | 9 | 1 | 67 | 3 | 1 | - | 30 | 8 | 3 | 18.00 | 7.44 |
| I Sharma | 10 | 1 | 52 | 3 | - | - | 37 | 5 | 2 | 20.00 | 5.20 |
| Pathan | 9.5 | 0 | 67 | 2 | - | - | 23 | 8 | - | 29.50 | 6.81 |
| Ojha | 10 | 1 | 38 | 0 | - | - | 28 | - | - | - | 3.80 |
| Sehwag | 8 | 0 | 30 | 1 | - | - | 21 | - | - | 48.00 | 3.75 |
| RG Sharma | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | 3.67 |
| India innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | Dots | S-Rate | |
| G Gambhir | c Dilshan b Vaas | 6 | 13 | 22 | 1 | - | 10 | 46.15 |
| V Sehwag | st Sangakkara b Mendis | 60 | 36 | 46 | 12 | - | 14 | 166.67 |
| SK Raina | b Mendis | 16 | 21 | 44 | 3 | - | 14 | 76.19 |
| Yuvraj Singh | b Mendis | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 0.00 |
| *+MS Dhoni | c Sangakkara b Vaas | 49 | 74 | 104 | 4 | - | 43 | 66.22 |
| RG Sharma | lbw b Mendis | 3 | 8 | 8 | - | - | 5 | 37.50 |
| RV Uthappa | lbw b Muralitharan | 20 | 41 | 43 | 2 | - | 27 | 48.78 |
| IK Pathan | c Jayawardene b Mendis | 2 | 6 | 17 | - | - | 4 | 33.33 |
| RP Singh | b Mendis | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 0.00 |
| PP Ojha | not out | 6 | 17 | 32 | - | - | 11 | 35.29 |
| I Sharma | b Kulasekara | 8 | 18 | 19 | 1 | - | 13 | 44.44 |
| Extras | (2 b, 1 w) | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 174 minutes, 39.3 overs) | 173 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-36 (Gambhir, 4.6 ov), 2-76 (Sehwag, 9.2 ov), 3-76 (Yuvraj Singh, 9.4 ov), 4-93 (Raina, 13.3 ov), 5-97 (RG Sharma, 15.2 ov), 6-135 (Uthappa, 26.6 ov), 7-154 (Pathan, 31.3 ov), 8-154 (RP Singh, 31.4 ov), 9-160 (Dhoni, 34.2 ov), 10-173 (I Sharma, 39.3 ov) | ||||||||
| Sri Lanka bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | Econ |
| Vaas | 9 | 0 | 55 | 2 | - | - | 33 | 11 | - | 27.00 | 6.11 |
| Kulasekara | 6.3 | 0 | 26 | 1 | - | - | 24 | 3 | - | 39.00 | 4.00 |
| Mirando | 8 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 1 | - | 21 | 7 | - | - | 6.38 |
| Mendis | 8 | 1 | 13 | 6 | - | - | 36 | - | - | 8.00 | 1.62 |
| Muralitharan | 8 | 0 | 26 | 1 | - | - | 30 | 2 | - | 48.00 | 3.25 |