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India: 214/4 (44.3 Ovs)
This has been a superb day of Test cricket barring the rain intervention. It all started so very well for the Indians, they won the toss and decided to bat first and Kumble couldn't have asked for anything better.
Sehwag and Gambhir meant business right from the word go, they blasted the Lankan bowlers all around the park scoring runs at their will. Then there was this turnaround, heavy showers came down and when play resumed, it was the bowlers who called the shots.
Mendis and Vaas picked up two apiece to peg back the Indians completely. However, Sehwag is still going strong and he will need some heavy support from Laxman and Karthik to resurrect his side's position. Do come in half an hour early tomorrow to catch all the action.
Gautam Gambhir : lbw b A Mendis : 56 runs (103 balls)
Virender Sehwag : batting 128* (122 balls)
Rahul Dravid : c M Warnapura b A Mendis : 2 runs (6 b)
Sachin Tendulkar : lbw b C Vaas : 5 runs (3 b)
Saurav Ganguly : c P Jayawardene b C Vaas : 0 (5 balls)
VVS Laxman : batting : 13* (28b)
Fall Of Wickets1/167 (Gautam Gambhir, 31.5 ov.), 2/173 (Rahul Dravid, 33.1 ov.), 3/178 (Sachin Tendulkar, 34.1 ov.), 4/178 (Saurav Ganguly, 34.6 ov.)
Bowling: Sri Lanka
Chaminda Vaas : 14 overs & 2 Wkts, Nuwan Kulasekara : 8 o & no wkts, Ajantha Mendis : 14 o & 2 wkts, Muttiah Muralitharan : 8.3 overs & no wkts at.
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Dravid, Tendulkar & Ganguly are Floped once again. Most Seniors of India are gone out within 12 balls in Idea cup Vs Srilanka.
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Rahul Dravid: 2 Runs @ 33.1 ball
Sachin Tendulkar : 5 Runs @ 34.1 ball
Saurav Ganguly : 0 Runs @ 34.6 ball
The Teams
Sri Lanka: Michael Vandort, Malinda Warnapura, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene (c), Thilan Samaraweera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Prasanna Jayawardene(w), Chaminda Vaas, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis, Muttiah Muralitharan, Chamara Kapugedera(sub), Chamara Silva(sub), Thilan Thushara(sub), Dammika Prasad(sub)
India: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Dinesh Karthik(w), Anil Kumble (c), Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha(sub), Rudra Pratap Singh(sub), Munaf Patel(sub), Parthiv Patel(sub), Rohit Sharma(sub)
