India lost the final ODI against Sri Lanka by 112 runs being played at Colombo on 29th August 2008. Despite this loss India managed to win the series by 3-2 against Sri Lanka.

1. FIFTH ODI Colombo 29 August 2008

3. VENUE R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

4. TOSS Sri Lanka won the toss. Elected to BAT first

5. TEAMS

7. Fall Of Wickets Sri Lanka 1/1 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 1.4 ov.), 2/78 (Malinda Warnapura, 17.2 ov.), 3/80 (Mahela Udawatte, 17.5 ov.), 4/82 (Kumar Sangakkara, 18.4 ov.), 5/104 (Mahela Jayawardene, 28.1 ov.), 6/133 (Chamara Kapugedera, 36.6 ov.)

10. Fall Of Wickets India 1/38 (Gautam Gambhir, 8.5 ov.), 2/45 (Virat Kohli, 10.3 ov.), 3/70 (Suresh Raina, 14.2 ov.), 4/76 (Rohit Sharma, 16.3 ov.), 5/79 (Yuvraj Singh, 18.1 ov.), 6/85 (Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 19.3 ov.), 7/90 (Irfan Pathan, 22.1 ov.), 8/91 (Zaheer Khan, 24.2 ov.), 9/95 (Rudra Pratap Singh, 25.4 ov.), 10/103 (Pragyan Ojha, 26.3 ov.)

12. RESULT

13. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the Man of the series for his consistent run with the bat. He stacked up a brilliant 193 runs from the 5 games. Man of the Series

14. India won the series by 3-2