Sri Lanka v India, 1st Test, SSC, Colombo, 4th day
SL spinners induce abject collapse
India, with their backs to the wall, needed some encouragement in the fourth day but it wasn't to be as Ajantha Mendis had Anil Kumble trapped lbw •AFP
Muttiah Muralitharan trapped Harbhajan Singh to complete his 64th Test five-wicket haul•AFP
Mendis was cock-a-hoop after foxing VVS Laxman. India were wrapped up for 223 and were asked to follow on•AFP
All hopes rested on Tendulkar for a revival•AFP
Tillakaratne Dilshan caught Sourav Ganguly to give Murali his third wicket of the innings as India collapsed to 103 for 5•AFP
Kumble asked for a referral and was given the marching orders•AFP
VVS Laxman was the only batsman to get a measure of the conditions and especially, the spinners, compiling a half-century•AFP
The wicket-fest started at the stroke of lunch as Virender Sehwag became the first player to be dismissed via the review system, albeit controversially •AFP
But Murali dismissed him for the seventh time in Tests - the most number of times Tendulkar has been removed by a bowler.
India stumbled to 82 for 3•AFP
Two more wickets fell without any runs added - Rahul Dravid caught off Mendis and Dinesh Karthik off Murali•AFP
Laxman and Ishant Sharma resisted for 70 minutes•AFP
Laxman, promoted to No.3, fell to Mendis for the second time in the day •AFP
Gautam Gambhir was brilliantly stumped by Prasanna Jayawardene off Murali•AFP
Murali ended with match figures of 11 for 110 as Sri Lanka won the Test by an innings and 239 runs•AFP