From correspondents in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 08:00 PM IST

The following is the scoreboard on the first day of the third and final cricket Test match between India and Sri Lanka at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium here Friday:

India (1st innings):

Gautam Gambhir lbw b Mendis 72

Virender Sehwag c Prasanna b Prasad 21

Rahul Dravid lbw b Prasad 10

Sachin Tendulkar lbw b Prasad 6

Sourav Ganguly c Mahela b Muralitharan 35

V.V.S. Laxman st Prasanna b Mendis 25

Parthiv Patel lbw b Mendis 13

Anil Kumble b Mendis 1

Harbhajan Singh c Van Dort b Muralitharan 3

Ishant Sharma not out 17

Zaheer Khan st Prasanna b Mendis 32

Extras: (b 1, lb 8, nb 5) 14

Total: (All out for 249 in 80 overs)

Fall of wickets: 1-51, 2-92, 3-102, 4-151, 5-155, 6-190, 7-195, 8-196, 9-198.

Bowling:

Chaminda Vaas 12-1-44-0

Dammika Prasad 17-0-82-3 (5nb)

Ajantha Mendis 28-4-56-5,

Muttiah Muralitharan 23-3-58-2.

Sri Lanka (1st Innings):

Michael Van Dort not out 3

Malinda Warnapura b Sharma 8

Chaminda Vaas not out 0

Extras: (b 1, lb 2) 3

Total: (For one wicket for 14 runs in 8 overs)

Fall of wickets: 1-14.

Bowling:

Zaheer Khan 4-1-9-0

Ishant Sharma 4-2-2-1.

Toss: India, chose to bat first

Umpires: Mark Benson (England) and Rudi Koertzen (South Africa)

TV umpire: Billy Doctrove (West Indies)

Match referee: Alan Hurst (Australia)

(Staff Writer, © IANS)