National Shame at Colombo, India loses Test Series against Sri Lanka
While India's ace shooter Abhinav Bindra made the country proud by winning the first-ever individual gold medal for India at Beijing Olympics, cash-rich Indian cricket team went down to Sri Lanka by 8 wickets at Colombo to lose the match and the test series. Sri Lanka won the test series 2-1. Chasing a victory target of 122, Sri Lanka lost two quick wickets with just 22 runs on board. However, Warnapura and M Jayawardene saw Sri Lanka through without further damage.
Injured Ishant Sharma did not take to field. India opened their bowling attack with Zaheer and Harbhajan. Warnapura remained unbeaten on 54, while Jayawardene remained not oout on 50. Sri Lanka won the test series 2-1 and shattered India's hopes of winning the series in Sri Lanka after 18 years.
Kumara Sangakkara was declared "Man of the Match", while Ajantha Mendis, who took 26 wickets in his first three test matches, was adjudged "Man of the Series". It could be recalled that Mendis had the "Man of the Series" award in Asia Cup 2008, which was his first ODI tournament. Mendis has been a revelation for Sri Lanka and can lead the bowling attack after Muralitharan's retirement.
Injured Ishant Sharma did not take to field. India opened their bowling attack with Zaheer and Harbhajan. Warnapura remained unbeaten on 54, while Jayawardene remained not oout on 50. Sri Lanka won the test series 2-1 and shattered India's hopes of winning the series in Sri Lanka after 18 years.
Kumara Sangakkara was declared "Man of the Match", while Ajantha Mendis, who took 26 wickets in his first three test matches, was adjudged "Man of the Series". It could be recalled that Mendis had the "Man of the Series" award in Asia Cup 2008, which was his first ODI tournament. Mendis has been a revelation for Sri Lanka and can lead the bowling attack after Muralitharan's retirement.
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