Live Cricket, 2nd Test: India v Sri Lanka at Kanpur, Sri Lanka tour of India, Nov 24-28, 2009

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India 639/7 (149.4 ov)

Sri Lanka

India won the toss and elected to bat

Tea - Day 2

• Sri Lanka in India Test Series - 2nd Test
• Test no. 1935 | 2009/10 season
• Played at Green Park, Kanpur
• 24,25,26,27,28 November 2009 (5-day match)

	India 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	G Gambhir	c & b Muralitharan	167	298	215	15	0	77.67
	75.1 A piece of magic from Murali, he was bowling from round the wicket, Gambhir punches the ball to the bowler's right, Murali flings himself full-length to pluck that one inches off the ground, not bad for a 37-year-old. It also ends Gambhir's remarkable innings at 167 370/2
	V Sehwag	c Dilshan b Muralitharan	131	181	122	18	2	107.37
	41.2 gone! Dilshan takes a smart catch at extra cover, tossed it up and it landed on a good length just outside off, Sehwag, though not to the pitch, was tempted to force it past extra cover but played it uppishly and Dilshan took a sharp chance diving to his left 233/1
	R Dravid	run out (Herath)	144		226	15	1	63.71
	113.2 Herath to Laxman, run-out in the most unfortunate circumstances, flighted on middle, Laxman charges down and absolutely drills it back to Herath who drops it but ends up palming the ball onto the stumps at the non-striker's end, where Dravid, who's backed up a fair bit, can't drag his bat back in time 511/4
	SR Tendulkar	c Samaraweera b Mendis	40		91	0	1	43.95
	102.5 the drop doesn't prove too costly, charges down the track again and tries to clear Samaraweera at a slightly deepish mid-off but is unable to, didn't get the desired connection or the elevation and found the fielder. 464/3
	VVS Laxman	c Dilshan b Herath	63		121	5	0	52.06
	141.1 Laxman's been sent back! Tempted by the flighted delivery, came down the track and tried to clear mid-off, mistimed it straight to him, got to the pitch but didn't connect well enough, falls for the bait, Dilshan takes it easily 613/5
	Yuvraj Singh	not out	66		98	4	2	67.34
	MS Dhoni*†	b Herath	4		15	0	0	26.66
	145.2 deceived him in the flight, Dhoni didn't have an idea there, tossed up on the off stump and angled in from round the wicket, Dhoni lunged forward to push it in the direction of mid-off, was a little too early into that shot and was bowled through the gate 619/6
	Harbhajan Singh	b Herath	5		14	0	0	35.71
	149.4 actually turns in, a tweak of the fingers and gets it to move in off the pitch, Harbhajan, playing for the away spin, stretches forward to defend but it darts in through the gate to crash into the stumps, Dhoni, too, was gone in a similar fashion 639/7
	Extras	(b 4, lb 11, nb 4)	19
	Total	(7 wickets; 149.4 overs)	639	(4.26 runs per over)

To bat PP Ojha, Z Khan, S Sreesanth

Fall of wickets1-233 (Sehwag, 41.2 ov), 2-370 (Gambhir, 75.1 ov), 3-464 (Tendulkar, 102.5 ov), 4-511 (Dravid, 113.2 ov), 5-613 (Laxman, 141.1 ov), 6-619 (Dhoni, 145.2 ov), 7-639 (Harbhajan Singh, 149.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	UWMBCA Welegedara	26	4	103	0	3.96	(4nb)
	AD Mathews	17	2	49	0	2.88
	HMRKB Herath	30.4	2	118	3	3.84
	141.1 to Laxman, Laxman's been sent back! Tempted by the flighted delivery, came down the track and tried to clear mid-off, mistimed it straight to him, got to the pitch but didn't connect well enough, falls for the bait, Dilshan takes it easily 613/5 145.2 to Dhoni, deceived him in the flight, Dhoni didn't have an idea there, tossed up on the off stump and angled in from round the wicket, Dhoni lunged forward to push it in the direction of mid-off, was a little too early into that shot and was bowled through the gate 619/6 149.4 to Harbhajan Singh, actually turns in, a tweak of the fingers and gets it to move in off the pitch, Harbhajan, playing for the away spin, stretches forward to defend but it darts in through the gate to crash into the stumps, Dhoni, too, was gone in a similar fashion 639/7
	BAW Mendis	36	1	162	1	4.50
	102.5 to Tendulkar, the drop doesn't prove too costly, charges down the track again and tries to clear Samaraweera at a slightly deepish mid-off but is unable to, didn't get the desired connection or the elevation and found the fielder. 464/3
	M Muralitharan	37	0	175	2	4.72
	41.2 to Sehwag, gone! Dilshan takes a smart catch at extra cover, tossed it up and it landed on a good length just outside off, Sehwag, though not to the pitch, was tempted to force it past extra cover but played it uppishly and Dilshan took a sharp chance diving to his left 233/1 75.1 to Gambhir, A piece of magic from Murali, he was bowling from round the wicket, Gambhir punches the ball to the bowler's right, Murali flings himself full-length to pluck that one inches off the ground, not bad for a 37-year-old. It also ends Gambhir's remarkable innings at 167 370/2
	TM Dilshan	3	0	17	0	5.66

	Sri Lanka team

TM Dilshan, NT Paranavitana, KC Sangakkara*, DPMD Jayawardene, TT Samaraweera, AD Mathews, HAPW Jayawardene†, BAW Mendis, HMRKB Herath, M Muralitharan, UWMBCA Welegedara

Match details

Toss India, who chose to bat

Test debut PP Ojha (India) Player of the match tba

Umpires AL Hill (New Zealand) and NJ Llong (England) TV umpire SS Hazare Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand) Reserve umpire SD Ranade

Close of play day 1 - India 1st innings 417/2 (R Dravid 85*, SR Tendulkar 20*, 90 ov)

Match notes

Day 1 Day 2 Drinks: India - 39/0 in 12.0 overs (G Gambhir 24, V Sehwag 14) India: 50 runs in 14.3 overs (88 balls), Extras 2 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 88 balls (G Gambhir 26, V Sehwag 22, Ex 2) India: 100 runs in 21.2 overs (129 balls), Extras 2 V Sehwag: 50 off 60 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6) 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 129 balls (G Gambhir 49, V Sehwag 52, Ex 2) G Gambhir: 50 off 70 balls (7 x 4) Lunch: India - 131/0 in 26.0 overs (G Gambhir 59, V Sehwag 70) India: 150 runs in 27.3 overs (168 balls), Extras 4 1st Wicket: 150 runs in 168 balls (G Gambhir 67, V Sehwag 79, Ex 4) V Sehwag: 100 off 97 balls (13 x 4, 2 x 6) India: 200 runs in 37.2 overs (227 balls), Extras 4 1st Wicket: 200 runs in 227 balls (G Gambhir 90, V Sehwag 107, Ex 4) Drinks: India - 233/1 in 41.2 overs (G Gambhir 98) G Gambhir: 100 off 132 balls (10 x 4) India: 250 runs in 44.2 overs (269 balls), Extras 4 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 55 balls (G Gambhir 33, R Dravid 18, Ex 0) India: 300 runs in 57.3 overs (348 balls), Extras 4 Tea: India - 307/1 in 59.0 overs (G Gambhir 140, R Dravid 32) G Gambhir: 150 off 187 balls (14 x 4) 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 138 balls (G Gambhir 52, R Dravid 41, Ex 8) India: 350 runs in 68.2 overs (413 balls), Extras 13 R Dravid: 50 off 98 balls (5 x 4) Drinks: India - 370/2 in 75.1 overs (R Dravid 58) India: 400 runs in 83.4 overs (505 balls), Extras 14 New Ball Taken: India 405/2 after 86.1 overs (R Dravid 74, SR Tendulkar 19) End Of Day: India - 417/2 in 90.0 overs (R Dravid 85, SR Tendulkar 20) 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 93 balls (R Dravid 27, SR Tendulkar 23, Ex 0) R Dravid: 100 off 172 balls (10 x 4) India: 450 runs in 99.2 overs (600 balls), Extras 15 Drinks: India - 470/3 in 104.0 overs (R Dravid 116, VVS Laxman 1) India: 500 runs in 110.1 overs (665 balls), Extras 15 Lunch: India - 535/4 in 120.0 overs (VVS Laxman 24, Yuvraj Singh 13) India: 550 runs in 124.6 overs (754 balls), Extras 16 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 87 balls (VVS Laxman 31, Yuvraj Singh 19, Ex 0) VVS Laxman: 50 off 92 balls (4 x 4) Drinks: India - 598/4 in 135.0 overs (VVS Laxman 56, Yuvraj Singh 44) India: 600 runs in 135.5 overs (819 balls), Extras 16 Yuvraj Singh: 50 off 69 balls (2 x 4, 2 x 6) 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 153 balls (VVS Laxman 49, Yuvraj Singh 51, Ex 0) Tea: India - 639/7 in 149.4 overs (Yuvraj Singh 66)