Spin genius Muttiah Muralitharan brought down the curtains on his Test career in a blaze of glory by becoming the first cricketer to scalp 800 wickets as Sri Lanka beat India by ten wickets in the first Test at Galle today. Resuming at 181 for five, India lost captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni – 4 and Harbhajan Singh – 8 in quick succesion but VVS Laxman – 69 and a dogged resistance by tailenders Ahimanyu Mithun – 25, Ishant Sharma – 31 not out and Pragyan Ojha -13 delayed the inevitable. The hosts wrap up the remaining five wickets and dismiss the world's number one team for 338 in their second innings. The Sri Lankan openers Tillakaratne Dilshan – 68 not out and Tharanga Paranavitana – 23 not out showed great urgency to rattle up the required runs on the final day to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Muralitharan himself played a key role in his swansong Test by scalping five wickets in the first innings and three in the second to take his overall tally to 800, thus becoming the first cricketer to achieve the remarkable feat.The two teams will now travel to Colombo for the secondTest starting on July 26.The Scores:Sri Lanka: 520 for 8 declared and 96 for no loss.India: 276 and 338