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India 426 (Dravid 177, Dhoni 110, Welegedara 4-87) and 341 for 4 (Gambhir 114, Tendulkar 100*) drew with Sri Lanka 760 for 7 decl. (Jayawardene 275, Prasanna 154*, Dilshan 112)

Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, and a dead Ahmedabad pitch (21 wickets and seven centuries in five days) put paid to Sri Lanka’s dream of a first Test win in India. Gambhir played out 110 deliveries for 40 runs, and Tendulkar 211 for 100 runs; both of them looked entirely at home in the role of saving a Test, not letting dot balls affect their minds.

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Sri Lanka 14 for 1 trail India 249 (Gambhir 72, Mendis 5-56, Prasad 3-82) by 235 runs

Dammika Prasad’s raw pace pulled India back after an explosive start, whereupon the spinners took charge of the game, as has been their wont over the course of the series. India’s middle order failed again, as they fell from 51 for 0 in seven overs to 198 for 9, after which Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma frustrated Sri Lanka for one ball less than 20 overs - the longest partnership of the innings, and at 51 runs also the joint highest. Ishant followed up the good work with the bat to get Malinda Warnapura’s wicket two overs before stumps.

Mahela Jayawardene made exceptional use of the review system, getting the wickets of Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid after challenging decisions.

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India were right back in the match as Harbhajan Singh dismissed Samravera trapping him right in front. He also dismissed Dilshan in the same over as he edged the ball and was taken spectacularly at short leg. India with Harbhajan Singh were looking threatening as the Sri Lankan middle order was on a verge of a collapse.

Harbhajan Singh finally got into groove as he removed in-form Warnapura who got an outside edge and was caught by Gambhir. India finally broke a threatening partnership, which was shaping for a long partnership. He also removed Sangakkara to bring India right back in the match. With two quick wickets, and two new batsmen, India can put pressure on the Lankans.

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Ajantha Mendis and Chaminda Vaas led Sri Lanka’s fightback after Indian opener Virender Sehwag missed out on a rare feat of scoring a century before lunch in the second Test on Thursday.

Sehwag was unbeaten on 91 at the lunch-break before hammering a robust 128 not out for his 15th Test hundred on a rain-hit opening day. He dominated a 167-run stand for the opening wicket with Gautam Gambhir (56).

But unorthodox spinner Mendis and veteran left-arm seamer Vaas did not allow India to capitalise on a strong start, sharing four quick wickets to reduce the tourists to 214-4 in the first innings at stumps.

Only four batsmen — Australians Victor Trumper, Charles Macartney and Don Bradman, and Pakistan’s Majid Khan — have scored a hundred before lunch on the opening day of a Test.

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At Lunch India was 151 for 0 (Sehwag 91*, Gambhir 50*)

Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir put behind them not only the debacle at the SSC, but also thoughts of how they played and missed early here, and how the ball misbehaved when it hit the cracks populating one end of the pitch.

As a result India got off to a flying start, taking the first steps towards exorcising the ghosts of the first Test. Sehwag came close - for the second time in his career - to getting a hundred in the first session of a Test.

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India’s One-day opening batsman Virender Sehwag will realise the importance of placing a bigger price tag on his Test wicket.

India, on 79-3 with Sehwag’s early departure and fellow opener Gautam Gambhir immediately after tea, had a shaky start in their pursuit of challenging Sri Lanka’s massive first innings total of 600-6 declared at tea on day three of the first Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club.

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They have been looking for a genuine Asian Bradman for generations. Suddenly they have found one in Mahela Jayawardene.

Sri Lanka’s 31-year-old captain joined the great Don for most centuries scored at a Test venue as he reached his ninth at the Sinhalese Sports Club before tea on day two of the Idea Series against India.

After a rain-affected first day, 88 overs have been bowled on Thursday as Sri Lanka reached 305 for three at tea with Jayawardene not out 105 while his partner, Tilan Samaraweera has 51.

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Sri Lanka, piloted by Malinda Warnapura’s century, took command in an extended session blessed with clear weather to strengthen their position to 205 for 2 at lunch. Warnapura was supported by his captain Mahela Jayawardene, who compiled a classy half-century to grind the opposition on a slow pitch and the Indians compounded their woes with a couple of missed opportunities.

Sri Lanka added 120 runs without losing a wicket and the batsmen never looked in trouble. A front-foot no-ball by Zaheer Khan in the sixth over of the day denied India a breakthrough as Warnapura spooned a sharp return catch. Jayawardene was as fortuitous later on, when Dinesh Karthik failed to hold on to a thin bottom edge off an Anil Kumble slider.

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Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first
Sri Lanka 85/2 (22.0 ov)
Stumps - Day 1
Sri Lanka RR 3.86
Last 10 ovs 37/1 RR 3.70

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Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and elected to bat against India in the first Test of the three match series at Sinhalese Sports Club ground here on Wednesday.The hosts were 9 for 1 in 5.0 overs. M Warnapura and K Sangakkara were batting when reports last came in.

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