GALLE, July 22 (IANS) - Sri Lanka beat India by 10 wickets in the first cricket Test against India and took a 1-0 lead in the three match series here Thursday.
Sri Lanka openers Tharanga Paranavitana (23 not out) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (68 not out) chased down the 95-run target in 14,1 overs.
Earlier in the day, following on India were all out for 338 in the second innings. India had made 276 in their first innings in reply to Sri Lanka first innings total of 520 for eight declared.
Sri Lanka off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan took eight wickets (5-63, 3-128) in the match and gave a perfect finish to a stellar career, claiming his 800th Test wicket in his last match.
SCOREBOARD
Sri Lanka first innings: 520 for eight declared
India first innings: 276 all out
India second innings: (following on, overnight 181/5): Gambhir c Jayawardene b Malinga 0, Sehwag c Jayawardene b Welegedara 31, Dravid c Sangakkara b Malinga 44, Tendulkar lbw b Malinga 84, Laxman run out (Mathews) 69, Yuvraj c DPMD Jayawardene b Muralitharan 5, Dhoni b Malinga 4, Harbhajan lbw b Muralitharan 8, Mithun lbw b Malinga 25, Ishant not out 31, Ojha c Prasanna Jayawardene b Muralitharan 13; Extras: (b-5, lb-9, w-2, nb-8) 24; Total: (all out in 115.4 overs) 338; Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Gambhir, 0.3 overs), 2-42 (Sehwag, 10.3), 3-161 (Dravid, 52.4), 4-172 (Tendulkar, 54.3), 5-181 (Yuvraj Singh, 59.3), 6-186 (Dhoni, 60.5), 7-197 (Harbhajan Singh, 63.6), 8-246 (Mithun, 81.3), 9-314 (Laxman, 100.2), 10-338 (Ojha, 115.4); Bowling: Malinga 17 2 50 5; Welegedara 10 2 43 1; Herath 27 3 60 0; Mathews 7 3 13 0; Muralitharan 44.4 7 128 3 ; Dilshan 10 1 30 0
Sri Lanka: second innings: Tharanga Paranavitana not out 23, Tillakaratne Dilshan not out 68; Extras: (w-1, nb-4) 5; Total: (for no wicket in 14.1 overs) 96; Bowling: Abhimanyu Mithun 5 0 33 0; Ishant 4 0 28 0; Ojha 3 0 11 0; Harbhajan 2.1 0 24 0
