India beat Sri Lanka by 170 runs
India beat Sri Lanka by 170 runs on the fourth day of the second Test at the Galle International Stadium here on Sunday to square the three-match series 1-1.
Sri Lanka, who won the opening match by an innings and 239 runs in Colombo, were dismissed for 136 in their second innings chasing a 307-run target.
Brief scores:
India 329 and 269; Sri Lanka 292 and 136
better than rotten meat with swarmming flies
Ban Spoon Feeding not Me
when they win they come out like a swarm of flies attacted to a decomposing dead body but hide with the tail between the legs when they loose :)
Ban Spoon Feeding not Me
Frankly speak didn't want to talk abt the loss that why :-)
well deserved win,.. and murali knowing that we had no chance still we were following the match on the other thread with updates... :)
that did not hapen last time... :)
Mr. Mafi you were sleeping when Srilanka won the match :-)
All Indians were sleeping including the Sports Journalist when they lost the 1st test :)
the Ban Spoon Feeding not Me
Wow .. that was a real fight back from the first loss to level the series.
Veeru once again proves..
Harbajan performs a better spell in the first innings than Mendis.
Cool .. never expectd to wrap them up for such a low score.
Give it back to them man.....
Indian cricket team is on song !
IPL was not a staged drama !
Guys have worked hard ....
Especially Viru and Harbhajan,Gambhir- small valuable contribution.
Hip Hip Hurrey.......!
India 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
G Gambhir lbw b Mendis 56 134 103 8 0 54.36
V Sehwag not out 201 348 231 22 4 87.01
R Dravid c Warnapura b Mendis 2 7 6 0 0 33.33
SR Tendulkar lbw b Vaas 5 5 3 1 0 166.66
SC Ganguly c HAPW Jayawardene b Vaas 0 4 5 0 0 0.00
VVS Laxman c Samaraweera b Mendis 39 108 83 4 0 46.98
KD Karthik lbw b Mendis 7 13 11 0 0 63.63
A Kumble st HAPW Jayawardene b Muralitharan 4 42 32 0 0 12.50
Harbhajan Singh b Mendis 1 4 7 0 0 14.28
Z Khan c HAPW Jayawardene b Muralitharan 2 11 7 0 0 28.57
I Sharma lbw b Mendis 0 10 4 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 1, lb 4, w 7) 12
Total (all out; 82 overs; 348 mins) 329 (4.01 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-167 (Gambhir, 31.5 ov), 2-173 (Dravid, 33.1 ov), 3-178 (Tendulkar, 34.1 ov), 4-178 (Ganguly, 34.6 ov), 5-278 (Laxman, 59.6 ov), 6-290 (Karthik, 63.5 ov), 7-317 (Kumble, 74.3 ov), 8-318 (Harbhajan Singh, 75.4 ov), 9-323 (Khan, 78.4 ov), 10-329 (Sharma, 81.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
WPUJC Vaas 19 2 74 2 3.89 (1w)
KMDN Kulasekara 8 1 40 0 5.00 (2w)
BAW Mendis 28 1 117 6 4.17
M Muralitharan 27 1 93 2 3.44
Sri Lanka 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MG Vandort c Dravid b Khan 4 2 3 1 0 133.33
BSM Warnapura c Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh 66 136 97 10 1 68.04
KC Sangakkara c & b Harbhajan Singh 68 142 120 9 0 56.66
DPMD Jayawardene c Karthik b Kumble 86 245 188 10 0 45.74
TT Samaraweera lbw b Harbhajan Singh 14 63 37 2 0 37.83
TM Dilshan c Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh 0 2 3 0 0 0.00
HAPW Jayawardene c Laxman b Harbhajan Singh 24 85 67 1 0 35.82
WPUJC Vaas c Harbhajan Singh b Kumble 1 5 4 0 0 25.00
KMDN Kulasekara not out 5 83 40 0 0 12.50
BAW Mendis lbw b Kumble 0 2 2 0 0 0.00
M Muralitharan c Ganguly b Harbhajan Singh 0 2 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 10, lb 12, nb 2) 24
Total (all out; 93.3 overs; 388 mins) 292 (3.12 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-4 (Vandort, 0.3 ov), 2-137 (Warnapura, 34.5 ov), 3-144 (Sangakkara, 36.6 ov), 4-192 (Samaraweera, 52.3 ov), 5-192 (Dilshan, 52.6 ov), 6-250 (HAPW Jayawardene, 74.2 ov), 7-255 (Vaas, 75.2 ov), 8-291 (DPMD Jayawardene, 92.3 ov), 9-291 (Mendis, 92.5 ov), 10-292 (Muralitharan, 93.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Z Khan 9 1 51 1 5.66 (2nb)
I Sharma 8 1 36 0 4.50
A Kumble 36 7 81 3 2.25
Harbhajan Singh 40.3 8 102 6 2.51
India 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
G Gambhir b Mendis 74 155 149 10 0 49.66
V Sehwag c Dilshan b Vaas 50 85 52 6 1 96.15
R Dravid lbw b Muralitharan 44 133 92 6 0 47.82
SR Tendulkar c DPMD Jayawardene b Vaas 31 54 42 5 0 73.80
SC Ganguly st HAPW Jayawardene b Muralitharan 16 76 45 1 0 35.55
VVS Laxman lbw b Mendis 13 29 15 1 0 86.66
KD Karthik c Sangakkara b Muralitharan 20 32 22 1 2 90.90
A Kumble lbw b Mendis 2 9 8 0 0 25.00
Harbhajan Singh c & b Mendis 11 33 12 1 0 91.66
I Sharma run out (Dilshan/HAPW Jayawardene) 0 3 1 0 0 0.00
Z Khan not out 1 24 20 0 0 5.00
Extras (lb 7) 7
Total (all out; 76.2 overs; 321 mins) 269 (3.52 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-90 (Sehwag, 19.3 ov), 2-144 (Gambhir, 40.6 ov), 3-200 (Tendulkar, 54.5 ov), 4-200 (Dravid, 55.6 ov), 5-221 (Laxman, 62.3 ov), 6-252 (Karthik, 69.1 ov), 7-255 (Ganguly, 69.6 ov), 8-257 (Kumble, 70.5 ov), 9-257 (Sharma, 71.1 ov), 10-269 (Harbhajan Singh, 76.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
WPUJC Vaas 13 4 32 2 2.46
KMDN Kulasekara 5 0 31 0 6.20
M Muralitharan 31 3 107 3 3.45
BAW Mendis 27.2 4 92 4 3.36
Sri Lanka 2nd innings (target: 307 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
MG Vandort lbw b Harbhajan Singh 10 98 60 1 0 16.66
BSM Warnapura c Laxman b Sharma 0 7 3 0 0 0.00
KC Sangakkara c Laxman b Khan 1 5 3 0 0 33.33
DPMD Jayawardene c Dravid b Sharma 5 6 7 1 0 71.42
TT Samaraweera not out 67 217 126 8 0 53.17
TM Dilshan c Karthik b Sharma 38 70 47 5 0 80.85
HAPW Jayawardene c Ganguly b Harbhajan Singh 4 37 20 0 0 20.00
WPUJC Vaas lbw b Harbhajan Singh 0 10 7 0 0 0.00
KMDN Kulasekara c Sharma b Kumble 1 8 8 0 0 12.50
BAW Mendis c Kumble b Harbhajan Singh 2 4 3 0 0 66.66
M Muralitharan c & b Kumble 0 5 3 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 4, lb 2, nb 2) 8
Total (all out; 47.3 overs; 238 mins) 136 (2.86 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-4 (Warnapura, 1.3 ov), 2-5 (Sangakkara, 2.2 ov), 3-10 (DPMD Jayawardene, 3.3 ov), 4-37 (Vandort, 19.6 ov), 5-113 (Dilshan, 35.5 ov), 6-130 (HAPW Jayawardene, 42.4 ov), 7-131 (Vaas, 44.2 ov), 8-132 (Kulasekara, 45.6 ov), 9-135 (Mendis, 46.4 ov), 10-136 (Muralitharan, 47.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Z Khan 8 1 18 1 2.25 (2nb)
I Sharma 15 8 20 3 1.33
A Kumble 10.3 3 41 2 3.90
Harbhajan Singh 14 1 51 4 3.64
Toss India, who chose to bat first
Series 3-match series level 1-1
Player of the match V Sehwag (India)