Muttiah Muralitharan ended a glorious test career Thursday by becoming the first bowler to take 800 test wickets as Sri Lanka trounced India by 10 wickets in the first test.
Muralitharan needed eight wickets in his final test to reach 800. After five in the first innings he claimed three in the second to finish with match figures 8-191.
Chasing 95 runs to win, the hosts reached the target in just 14 overs, with Tillakaratne Dilshan unbeaten on 68 and Tharanga Paranavitana on 23.
Earlier in the second session, Muralitharan had tailender Pragyan Ojha caught at slip by Mahela Jayawardene to record 800 wickets and end India's second innings on 338.
Sri Lanka declared its first innings on 520 for eight and shot India out for 276 in its first, forcing a follow on.
Seamer Lasith Malinga ripped India's batting line-up apart with five wickets but the visitors avoided the embarrassment of an innings defeat.
India resumed the final day on 181-5 still hoping that its last recognized batting pair would rescue them from defeat but Malinga struck early with just five runs added to the overnight total, bowling Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni with a yorker.
Muralitharan then trapped Harbhajan Singh lbw to record his 799th wicket.
As Sri Lanka focused on Muralitharan's record, India's tailenders and VVS Laxman ate up some valuable time and added crucial runs.
Laxman who looked solid against an aggressive bowling attack could only be dismissed run out for 69 after lunch. He faced 127 balls and hit five boundaries.
Malinga's figures of 5-48 represented his third five-wicket haul in tests.
Muralitharan notched his 67th five-wicket haul to dismiss India at 276 in its first innings in reply to Sri Lanka's 520 for eight declared.
Paranavitana top scored for Sri Lanka in its first innings with 110 runs while captain Kumar Sangakkara made 103. Tailenders Rangana Herath and Malinga also made half-centuries.
Following on, India was showing signs of a serious fightback while Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid were sharing a solid 119-run partnership for the third wicket under pressure.
Then Malinga, playing his first test in more than two years, dismissed both batsmen in the span of six balls.
Tendulkar's 84 came off 142 balls, including 11 fours and a six. Trapped lbw by a quick yorker from Malinga, Tendulkar fell 16 runs shy of a century in five successive tests this year.
