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India 642 (Gambhir 167, Dravid 144, Sehwag 131, Herath 5-121) beat Sri Lanka 229 (Sreesanth 5-75) and 269 (Samaraweera 78*) by an innings and 144 runs

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India achieved their biggest victory against Sri Lanka and in the process clinched their 100th Test win on the fourth day of the second Test in Kanpur. India's previous best against their neighbors was a victory by an innings and 119 runs in 1994 and they bettered that with ease today. Thilan Samaraweera resisted the inevitable with an assured fifty but it was always just a matter of time before India wrapped up the game.

The only question at the start of the day was how long Sri Lanka would delay defeat. They batted positively, adding 149 runs in the first session, but India kept taking wickets at regular intervals. Samaraweera was involved in two fighting partnerships with Prasanna Jayawardene and Ajantha Mendis, which not only proved that the pitch wasn't bad for batting but also showed the top order in poor light.

India's only concern was Zaheer Khan's no-ball problems (12 in this game and 21 in the series) but he started the day by dismissing Angelo Mathews in his first over. Mathews had hit three consecutive fours, which included a pull, and Zaheer placed a man at deep square-leg and tested Mathews with more bouncers. The first was fended off in an ungainly manner and the next was top-edged to backward point where Rahul Dravid took a lunging catch.

Samaraweera proceeded to stitch together a 61-run partnership with Prasanna who, much like in the first innings, flattered to deceive. He was looking good with his cuts and sweeps but was cleaned up by an off break from round the stumps from Harbhajan Singh. It drifted away and broke back in but Prasanna left a big bat-pad gap and was bowled. Muttiah Muralitharan indulged himself with a typical hit-and-giggle knock filled with slog sweeps but fell, going for yet another big hit.

Samaraweera, who then added 73 runs with a determined Ajantha Mendis to frustrate India, was rarely troubled during his stay, the highlight of which was a whippy on-drive to a delivery on off and middle stump from Sreesanth. He rarely looked hurried, tackled the spinners and seamers and unfurled several pleasing on drives. The series now moves to Mumbai for the third Test that starts on December 2.

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India 642

Sri Lanka 229 & 57/4 (23.0 ov)

India won the toss and elected to bat

Stumps - Day 3

• 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	B	4s	6s	SR
	G Gambhir	c & b Muralitharan	167	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	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	c Sangakkara b Mendis	67	105	4	2	63.80
	152.2 that's the end of Yuvraj, looking to mow that to midwicket, doesn't get it high enough clear the infield, Sangakkara times his jump well at midwicket to pull off a smart catch 641/8
	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
	Z Khan	c DPMD Jayawardene b Herath	1	12	0	0	8.33
	153.3 This Indian innings is rapidly heading to a close, Herath picks up another one, his usual delivery turning away from the right-hander takes the outside edge as Zaheer takes a big swing, Mahela Jayawardene at first slip does the rest 641/9
	S Sreesanth	lbw b Herath	0	5	0	0	0.00
	153.6 Herath takes five, that was the carrom ball, Sreesanth stayed on the backfoot, didn't pick the delivery, struck low on his pads, he's sent on his way 642/10
	PP Ojha	not out	1	2	0	0	50.00
	Extras	(b 4, lb 11, nb 4)	19
	Total	(all out; 154 overs)	642	(4.16 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-233 (Sehwag, 41.2 ov), ©afp 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), 8-641 (Yuvraj Singh, 152.2 ov), 9-641 (Khan, 153.3 ov), 10-642 (Sreesanth, 153.6 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	33	2	121	5	3.66
	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 639/7 153.3 to Khan, This Indian innings is rapidly heading to a close, Herath picks up another one, his usual delivery turning away from the right-hander takes the outside edge as Zaheer takes a big swing, Mahela Jayawardene at first slip does the rest 641/9 153.6 to Sreesanth, Herath takes five, that was the carrom ball, Sreesanth stayed on the backfoot, didn't pick the delivery, struck low on his pads, he's sent on his way 642/10
	BAW Mendis	38	3	162	2	4.26
	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. 464/3 152.2 to Yuvraj Singh, that's the end of Yuvraj, looking to mow that to midwicket, doesn't get it high enough clear the infield, Sangakkara times his jump well at midwicket to pull off a smart catch 641/8
	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 1st innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	TM Dilshan	c Ojha b Khan	0	1	0	0	0.00
	0.1 What a start for India, Dilshan is gone first ball, shortish ball well outside leg stump, Dilshan closes the face of the bat too early, gets the leading edge which balloons towards debutant Ojha at mid-on, big blow this for Sri Lanka 0/1
	NT Paranavitana	c †Dhoni b Sreesanth	38	84	6	0	45.23
	29.2 gone! Poking at one that moved away from him after pitching, short of a good length, tried to push at it off the back foot, a little away from his body, gets a thick outside edge to Dhoni who takes a sharp catch, diving low to his left 82/2
	KC Sangakkara*	b Sreesanth	44	108	5	0	40.74
	33.4 bowled'im! Dragged it on, full and wide, reached for a flowing drive through the covers but ended up getting an inside edge onto his stumps 101/3
	DPMD Jayawardene	c Tendulkar b Ojha	47	125	6	0	37.60
	71.2 just as I say that, Mahela is gone, he looks to loft Ojha over mid-on, doesn't connect as well as he would have liked after charging down the track, gifts a catch to Tendulkar, a wicket to remember for Ojha 204/7
	TT Samaraweera	b Sreesanth	2	8	0	0	25.00
	37.2 bowled him! Sreesanth hits the good length outside off again, Samaraweera attempts to, he gets a thick bottom edge on to his stumps, it was a bit wide actually and it stayed a touch low 111/4
	AD Mathews	b Harbhajan Singh	13	19	1	1	68.42
	43.5 gone! Harbhajan held it back just a hint, got it to pitch on a good length on the off, it held its line and went on straight but Mathews played for turn as he lunged forward to defend, played inside the line, missed and it clipped the bails on its way to the keeper 134/5
	HAPW Jayawardene†	c †Dhoni b Sreesanth	39	75	4	1	52.00
	66.6 Sreesanth gets a wicket with possibly the worst ball of the over, shortish and wide, Prasanna goes after it, nicks it to Dhoni, no repeat of the massive stand between the Jayawardenes 194/6
	HMRKB Herath	b Sreesanth	11	21	2	0	52.38
	74.4 what a change, gets Herath first ball, length ball angles across the batsman and takes out offstump, thats five for Sreesanth, welcome back 216/8
	M Muralitharan	lbw b Ojha	6	27	1	0	22.22
	78.6 Murali is gone, lbw, hit low in front of middle, Hawk-Eye shows the ball would have gone on to hit the middle of middle, Ojha gets another, we won't be seeing any of Murali endearing pyrotechnics with the bat today 219/9
	UWMBCA Welegedara	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	7	30	0	0	23.33
	83.6 again the change of angle works, pitching on middle and off, turns back into the batsman, struck on the pads, Nigel Llong sends the batsman on his way, and that's the biggest first-innings lead India have ever gained over Sri Lanka 229/10
	BAW Mendis	not out	6	11	0	0	54.54
	Extras	(b 9, lb 2, nb 5)	16
	Total	(all out; 84 overs)	229	(2.72 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Dilshan, 0.1 ov), 2-82 (Paranavitana, 29.2 ov), 3-101 (Sangakkara, 33.4 ov), 4-111 (Samaraweera, 37.2 ov), 5-134 (Mathews, 43.5 ov), 6-194 (HAPW Jayawardene, 66.6 ov), 7-204 (DPMD Jayawardene, 71.2 ov), 8-216 (Herath, 74.4 ov), 9-219 (Muralitharan, 78.6 ov), 10-229 (Welegedara, 83.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Z Khan	17	5	51	1	3.00	(3nb)
	0.1 to Dilshan, What a start for India, Dilshan is gone first ball, shortish ball well outside leg stump, Dilshan closes the face of the bat too early, gets the leading edge which balloons towards debutant Ojha at mid-on, big blow this for Sri Lanka 0/1
	S Sreesanth	22	4	75	5	3.40	(1nb)
	29.2 to Paranavitana, gone! Poking at one that moved away from him after pitching, short of a good length, tried to push at it off the back foot, a little away from his body, gets a thick outside edge to Dhoni who takes a sharp catch, diving low to his left 82/2 33.4 to Sangakkara, bowled'im! Dragged it on, full and wide, reached for a flowing drive through the covers but ended up getting an inside edge onto his stumps 101/3 37.2 to Samaraweera, bowled him! Sreesanth hits the good length outside off again, Samaraweera attempts to, he gets a thick bottom edge on to his stumps, it was a bit wide actually and it stayed a touch low 111/4 66.6 to HAPW Jayawardene, Sreesanth gets a wicket with possibly the worst ball of the over, shortish and wide, Prasanna goes after it, nicks it to Dhoni, no repeat of the massive stand between the Jayawardenes 194/6 74.4 to Herath, what a change, gets Herath first ball, length ball angles across the batsman and takes out offstump, thats five for Sreesanth, welcome back 216/8
	Harbhajan Singh	21	5	54	2	2.57
	43.5 to Mathews, gone! Harbhajan held it back just a hint, got it to pitch on a good length on the off, it held its line and went on straight but Mathews played for turn as he lunged forward to defend, played inside the line, missed and it clipped the bails on its way to the keeper 134/5 83.6 to Welegedara, again the change of angle works, pitching on middle and off, turns back into the batsman, struck on the pads, Nigel Llong sends the batsman on his way, and that's the biggest first-innings lead India have ever gained over Sri Lanka 229/10
	PP Ojha	23	12	37	2	1.60	(1nb)
	71.2 to DPMD Jayawardene, just as I say that, Mahela is gone, he looks to loft Ojha over mid-on, doesn't connect as well as he would have liked after charging down the track, gifts a catch to Tendulkar, a wicket to remember for Ojha 204/7 78.6 to Muralitharan, Murali is gone, lbw, hit low in front of middle, Hawk-Eye shows the ball would have gone on to hit the middle of middle, Ojha gets another, we won't be seeing any of Murali endearing pyrotechnics with the bat today 219/9
	Yuvraj Singh	1	0	1	0	1.00

	Sri Lanka 2nd innings (following on)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	NT Paranavitana	lbw b Sehwag	20	36	4	0	55.55
	10.5 Paranavitana is gone lbw, the umpires have been in top form today, the ball came into the batsman, hits him on the back pad just before he gets bat on it, that ball was going on to hit middle and off, Sehwag strikes in his first over 37/2
	TM Dilshan	c †Dhoni b Sreesanth	11	14	2	0	78.57
	3.3 fantastic delivery to get rid of Dilshan, Sreesanth gets that outswinger going, Dilshan prods at it, ends in an outside edge, easy for Dhoni 13/1
	KC Sangakkara*	b Harbhajan Singh	11	42	1	0	26.19
	19.1 This match is heading to an early finish, Sangakkara is gone now, not much footwork as he looks to dab ab outside off ball, gets an inside-edge, goes onto hit offstump, two massive wickets, perhaps Sangakkara was distracted after that poor call to run out Mahela 54/4
	DPMD Jayawardene	run out (Yuvraj Singh/†Dhoni)	10	21	0	0	47.61
	18.3 Ojha to Sangakkara, oh my goodness, a run-out when you are 400 behind on the first innings? Mahela is gone, Sangakkara was well down the track as he pushed the ball to straightish midwicket, Sangakkara was immediately away for the run, Mahela wasn't, Yuvraj didn't have to go too far to field that, lobs the ball to Dhoni, Mahela had no chance 54/3
	TT Samaraweera	not out	1	12	0	0	8.33
	AD Mathews	not out	2	14	0	0	14.28
	Extras	(lb 1, nb 1)	2
	Total	(4 wickets; 23 overs)	57	(2.47 runs per over)

To bat HAPW Jayawardene†, HMRKB Herath, M Muralitharan, UWMBCA Welegedara, BAW Mendis

Fall of wickets1-13 (Dilshan, 3.3 ov), 2-37 (Paranavitana, 10.5 ov), 3-54 (DPMD Jayawardene, 18.3 ov), 4-54 (Sangakkara, 19.1 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Z Khan	5	0	23	0	4.60	(1nb)
	S Sreesanth	3	1	10	1	3.33
	3.3 to Dilshan, fantastic delivery to get rid of Dilshan, Sreesanth gets that outswinger going, Dilshan prods at it, ends in an outside edge, easy for Dhoni 13/1
	Harbhajan Singh	8	2	14	1	1.75
	19.1 to Sangakkara, This match is heading to an early finish, Sangakkara is gone now, not much footwork as he looks to dab ab outside off ball, gets an inside-edge, goes onto hit offstump, two massive wickets, perhaps Sangakkara was distracted after that poor call to run out Mahela 54/4
	V Sehwag	3	0	4	1	1.33
	10.5 to Paranavitana, Paranavitana is gone lbw, the umpires have been in top form today, the ball came into the batsman, hits him on the back pad just before he gets bat on it, that ball was going on to hit middle and off, Sehwag strikes in his first over 37/2
	PP Ojha	4	2	5	0	1.25

Match details

Toss India, who chose to bat

Test debut PP Ojha (India)

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 24 Nov day 1 - India 1st innings 417/2 (R Dravid 74*, SR Tendulkar 19*, 90 ov) 25 Nov day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 66/1 (NT Paranavitana 30*, KC Sangakkara 30*, 24 ov) 26 Nov day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 57/4 (TT Samaraweera 1*, AD Mathews 2*, 23 ov)

Match notes

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) Innings Break: India - 642/10 in 154.0 overs (PP Ojha 1) Drinks: Sri Lanka - 32/1 in 12.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 12, KC Sangakkara 20) Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 19.6 overs (121 balls), Extras 2 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 120 balls (NT Paranavitana 23, KC Sangakkara 28, Ex 2) End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 66/1 in 24.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 30, KC Sangakkara 30) Source cricinfo.com

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India 642

Sri Lanka 194/6 (69.0 ov)

India won the toss and elected to bat

Day 3

	India 1st innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	G Gambhir	c & b Muralitharan	167	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	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	c Sangakkara b Mendis	67	105	4	2	63.80
	152.2 that's the end of Yuvraj, looking to mow that to midwicket, doesn't get it high enough clear the infield, Sangakkara times his jump well at midwicket to pull off a smart catch 641/8
	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
	Z Khan	c DPMD Jayawardene b Herath	1	12	0	0	8.33
	153.3 This Indian innings is rapidly heading to a close, Herath picks up another one, his usual delivery turning away from the right-hander takes the outside edge as Zaheer takes a big swing, Mahela Jayawardene at first slip does the rest 641/9
	S Sreesanth	lbw b Herath	0	5	0	0	0.00
	153.6 Herath takes five, that was the carrom ball, Sreesanth stayed on the backfoot, didn't pick the delivery, struck low on his pads, he's sent on his way 642/10
	PP Ojha	not out	1	2	0	0	50.00
	Extras	(b 4, lb 11, nb 4)	19
	Total	(all out; 154 overs)	642	(4.16 runs per over)

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), 8-641 (Yuvraj Singh, 152.2 ov), 9-641 (Khan, 153.3 ov), 10-642 (Sreesanth, 153.6 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	33	2	121	5	3.66
	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 639/7 153.3 to Khan, This Indian innings is rapidly heading to a close, Herath picks up another one, his usual delivery turning away from the right-hander takes the outside edge as Zaheer takes a big swing, Mahela Jayawardene at first slip does the rest 641/9 153.6 to Sreesanth, Herath takes five, that was the carrom ball, Sreesanth stayed on the backfoot, didn't pick the delivery, struck low on his pads, he's sent on his way 642/10
	BAW Mendis	38	3	162	2	4.26
	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. 464/3 152.2 to Yuvraj Singh, that's the end of Yuvraj, looking to mow that to midwicket, doesn't get it high enough clear the infield, Sangakkara times his jump well at midwicket to pull off a smart catch 641/8
	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 1st innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	TM Dilshan	c Ojha b Khan	0	1	0	0	0.00
	0.1 What a start for India, Dilshan is gone first ball, shortish ball well outside leg stump, Dilshan closes the face of the bat too early, gets the leading edge which balloons towards debutant Ojha at mid-on, big blow this for Sri Lanka 0/1
	NT Paranavitana	c †Dhoni b Sreesanth	38	84	6	0	45.23
	29.2 gone! Poking at one that moved away from him after pitching, short of a good length, tried to push at it off the back foot, a little away from his body, gets a thick outside edge to Dhoni who takes a sharp catch, diving low to his left 82/2
	KC Sangakkara*	b Sreesanth	44	108	5	0	40.74
	33.4 bowled'im! Dragged it on, full and wide, reached for a flowing drive through the covers but ended up getting an inside edge onto his stumps 101/3
	DPMD Jayawardene	not out	42	118	5	0	35.59
	TT Samaraweera	b Sreesanth	2	8	0	0	25.00
	37.2 bowled him! Sreesanth hits the good length outside off again, Samaraweera attempts to, he gets a thick bottom edge on to his stumps, it was a bit wide actually and it stayed a touch low 111/4
	AD Mathews	b Harbhajan Singh	13	19	1	1	68.42
	43.5 gone! Harbhajan held it back just a hint, got it to pitch on a good length on the off, it held its line and went on straight but Mathews played for turn as he lunged forward to defend, played inside the line, missed and it clipped the bails on its way to the keeper 134/5
	HAPW Jayawardene†	c †Dhoni b Sreesanth	39	75	4	1	52.00
	66.6 Sreesanth gets a wicket with possibly the worst ball of the over, shortish and wide, Prasanna goes after it, nicks it to Dhoni, no repeat of the massive stand between the Jayawardenes 194/6
	HMRKB Herath	not out	0	6	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 9, lb 2, nb 5)	16
	Total	(6 wickets; 69 overs)	194	(2.81 runs per over)

To bat BAW Mendis, M Muralitharan, UWMBCA Welegedara

Fall of wickets1-0 (Dilshan, 0.1 ov), 2-82 (Paranavitana, 29.2 ov), 3-101 (Sangakkara, 33.4 ov), 4-111 (Samaraweera, 37.2 ov), 5-134 (Mathews, 43.5 ov), 6-194 (HAPW Jayawardene, 66.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Z Khan	17	5	51	1	3.00	(3nb)
	0.1 to Dilshan, What a start for India, Dilshan is gone first ball, shortish ball well outside leg stump, Dilshan closes the face of the bat too early, gets the leading edge which balloons towards debutant Ojha at mid-on, big blow this for Sri Lanka 0/1
	S Sreesanth	18	4	61	4	3.38	(1nb)
	29.2 to Paranavitana, gone! Poking at one that moved away from him after pitching, short of a good length, tried to push at it off the back foot, a little away from his body, gets a thick outside edge to Dhoni who takes a sharp catch, diving low to his left 82/2 33.4 to Sangakkara, bowled'im! Dragged it on, full and wide, reached for a flowing drive through the covers but ended up getting an inside edge onto his stumps 101/3 37.2 to Samaraweera, bowled him! Sreesanth hits the good length outside off again, Samaraweera attempts to, he gets a thick bottom edge on to his stumps, it was a bit wide actually and it stayed a touch low 111/4 66.6 to HAPW Jayawardene, Sreesanth gets a wicket with possibly the worst ball of the over, shortish and wide, Prasanna goes after it, nicks it to Dhoni, no repeat of the massive stand between the Jayawardenes 194/6
	Harbhajan Singh	17	3	48	1	2.82
	43.5 to Mathews, gone! Harbhajan held it back just a hint, got it to pitch on a good length on the off, it held its line and went on straight but Mathews played for turn as he lunged forward to defend, played inside the line, missed and it clipped the bails on its way to the keeper 134/5
	PP Ojha	16	9	22	0	1.37	(1nb)
	Yuvraj Singh	1	0	1	0	1.00

Match details

Toss India, who chose to bat

Test debut PP Ojha (India)

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

Match notes

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) Innings Break: India - 642/10 in 154.0 overs (PP Ojha 1) Drinks: Sri Lanka - 32/1 in 12.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 12, KC Sangakkara 20) Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 19.6 overs (121 balls), Extras 2 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 120 balls (NT Paranavitana 23, KC Sangakkara 28, Ex 2) End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 66/1 in 24.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 30, KC Sangakkara 30) source: Live Cricket