India lost the 3rd and final match to Sri Lanka by 8 wickets. With this Sri Lanka won the series by 2-1.

1. THIRD TEST DAY FOUR Colombo 08 - 12 August 2008

2. VENUE P. Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, August 8-12, 2008

4. TOSS India won the toss. Elected to bat first

5. TEAMS

7. Fall Of Wickets India : First Innings 1/51 (Virender Sehwag, 7.2 ov.), 2/92 (Rahul Dravid, 18.3 ov.), 3/102 (Sachin Tendulkar, 22.1 ov.), 4/151 (Saurav Ganguly, 39.5 ov.), 5/155 (Gautam Gambhir, 42.1 ov.), 6/190 (VVS Laxman, 54.3 ov.), 7/195 (Parthiv Patel, 56.1 ov.), 8/196 (Anil Kumble, 56.3 ov.), 9/198 (Harbhajan Singh, 59.4 ov.), 10/249 (Zaheer Khan, 79.6 ov.)

10. Fall Of Wickets Sri Lanka : First Innings 1/14 (Malinda Warnapura, 6 ov.), 2/42 (Michael Vandort, 16.5 ov.), 3/137 (Chaminda Vaas, 47.3 ov.), 4/141 (Mahela Jayawardene, 49.1 ov.), 5/201 (Thilan Samaraweera, 73.6 ov.), 6/244 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 88.3 ov.)

13. Fall Of Wickets India : Second Innings 1/62 (Virender Sehwag, 10.4 ov.), 2/65 (Gautam Gambhir, 12.2 ov.), 3/108 (Saurav Ganguly, 27.4 ov.), 4/109 (Parthiv Patel, 28.1 ov.), 5/131 (Sachin Tendulkar, 34.5 ov.), 6/216 (Rahul Dravid, 70.1 ov.), 7/229 (Anil Kumble, 75.5 ov.), 8/266 (Harbhajan Singh, 84.6 ov.), 9/268 (Zaheer Khan, 86.4 ov.), 10/268 (Ishant Sharma, 87.5 ov.)

16. Fall Of Wickets Sri Lanka : Second Innings 1/11 (Michael Vandort, 1.4 ov.), 2/22 (Kumar Sangakkara, 6.3 ov.)

18. Final Result……

19. Sri Lanka won the test by 8 wickets and the series 2-1.