Sri Lanka beat India by eight wickets in the third Test at the PSS in Colombo to pocket the three Test match series 2-1.

Sri Lanka win series 2-1

India may have gone down in the three Test series but there has been absorbing cricket on show all through. The experimental review system was tried out in the series and met with various reactions. However, all the hype about Tendulkar breaking Brian Lara's world record of the maximum number of Test runs fizzed out when he could not even score 172 runs in three Tests.

The find of the series has obviously been the new kid, Ajantha Mendis and to an extemt Dammika Prasad.

34th Over: Ganguly has been brought into the attack. Jayawardene on strike. FOUR! That is it. The captain reaches his fifty. More importantly, Sri Lanka have won by eight wickets. Sri Lanka win the series 2-1.

33rd Over: Sehwag to Warnapura with just seven runs needed for Sri Lanka to win the match and series. A single by Warnapura gets Jayawardene on strike. The Lankans are doing it in singles now. Two more added to the total. Sri Lanka are just three short now. Sri Lanka are 199 for two.

31st Over: Sehwag to continue. he is just going through the motion. 19 runs left for Sri Lanka. Warnapura gets yet another fifty. A fine knock. Sri Lanka are 105 for two.

18th Over: Harbhajan to bowl the first over after tea. Jayawardene on strike. A single gets Warnapura on strike. Solid in defence. He knocks away a wide delivery for a single. Sri Lanka are 47 for two.

TEA

17th Over: Kumble to bowl the last over before tea. Jayawardene on strike. He negotiates it safely. And that is tea on day four. Sri Lanka are 45 for two.

10th Over: Harbhajan to continue. Warnapura steals a quick single to get his captain on strike. Mahela played for the turn but that one from Bhajji kept straight. Splendid over. Sri Lanka are 25 for two.

7th Over: Zaheer to continue. WICKET! Sangakkara has edged it to Gambhir. Are India in with a hint of a chance. Mahela Jayawardene is the new man in. Sri Lanka are 23 for two.

2nd Over: Harbhajan to bowl the second over of the innings. WICKET! Bhajji has broken through Vandort's defence. India have their tails up. Sri Lanka are 11 for one.

Sri Lanka, 1st innings, 1st OVER: Zaheer on his way. Warnapura takes a single to get Vandort on strike. FOUR! He plays it to deep backward square leg. FOUR! Vandort plays it straight past Zaheer. Sri Lanka are 10 without loss.

88th Over: WICKET! Ishant has perished to Murali. That's it. Sri Lanka need 122 runs to win with 46 overs remaining on day four and the whole of day five to go. India are all out for 268.

87th Over: WICKET! Zaheer tried to sneal a single off a misfield by Thilan Samraweera but he recovered beautifully to affect a direct hit. India are 268 for nine.

85th Over: WICKET! Vaas has caught Bhajji plumb in front of the wickets. This is disaster for India. India are 266 for eight.

79th Over: Mendis to bowl the first over after lunch. FOUR! Harbhajan Singh sweeps fine. He seems to be reading the Sri Lankan spinners pretty well. India are 242 for seven.

LUNCH

78th Over: Murali to Harbhajan. FOUR! Bhajji sweeos it fine and it races away to the fence. Bhajji cuts it furiously past backward point and it's FOUR!. And that's lunch. India are 238 for seven.

76th Over: Murali raps Kumble on the pads. The umpire nod his head to the LBW appeal but Kumble asks for a REVIEW! The decsion stands. India have now exhausted all their referrals. Harbhajan Singh is the new man in. India are 229 for seven.

75th Over: Mendis to Laxman. A single would get him his fifty. A good knock under pressure. Remember, he is also battling an injury. India are 223 for six.

71st Over: WICKET! Mendis decided to coem round the wicket to Dravid and that did the trick as Dravid edged a ball that was turning away from him to Mahela at first slip. Anil Kumble is the new man in.

60th Over: Murali to continue. The 200 comes up for India. India are now in the lead by 54 runs. India are 201 for five.

57th Over: Dammika Prasad on his way to Dravid. FOUR! Laxman rocks on to the backfoot, rolls his wrists over and smacks it to the deep backward square leg fence. India are 188 for five.

India, 2nd innings, 46th Over: Murali to bowl the first over of the day to Dravid. Just a single off the over. India are 162 for five.

Pre Match

Hello and welcome to our coverage of day four of the third Test from the PSS at Colombo. I am Rajarshi Gupta, your commentator for the day. India are only 14 runs ahead of Sri Lanka but have just five lower order wickets remaining. Dravid and Laxman, need to rewrite the history books today.

With Abhinav Bindra bagging Gold in Beijing, the cricket team in Sri Lanka might just get the inspiration.