Sri Lanka sail to series win

Aug 11, 2008

At the start of day four, India were leading by 14 runs, with five wickets in hand•AFP

... before Dravid's 226-minute vigil for his 68 was ended by Ajantha Mendis•AFP

Harbhajan Singh clung on for a 32-ball 26 and soon after his dismissal, India were bowled out for 268, setting Sri Lanka a target of 122•AFP

Zaheer Khan gave India hope when he dismissed Kumar Sangakkara to have Sri Lanka at 22 for 2 •AFP

There were some heated moments on the field as Sri Lanka slowly made their way to the target •AFP

Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman, who batted with a runner, hung on for 25.1 overs ...•AFP

Laxman got to his fifty off 123 balls but was steadily losing partners at the other end•AFP

Mendis ended with a match haul of 8 for 137•AFP

Malinda Warnapura thwarted India's bowlers by taking a cautious approach •AFP

Warnapura stayed till the end, remaining unbeaten on 54 and stitching together a 101-run third-wicket stand with Jayawardene•AFP

Five overs later, Muttiah Muralitharan trapped Anil Kumble leg before•AFP

Michael Vandort was bowled by Harbhajan in the second over of the chase•AFP

Mahela Jayawardene took 18 balls to get off the mark, and the pressure seemed to show when he played across the line to Harbhajan. But he survived the lbw appeal•AFP

Jayawardene reached his fifty when he hit the winning runs off Sourav Ganguly to seal the three-match series 2-1 •ESPNcricinfo Ltd