The first test between India and Sri Lank finished in a draw. In the toss Indian captain MS Dhoni elected to bat first and scored 426 for all the loss of all wickets in 104.5 ovrs. Rahul Dravid Scored 177 runs, while Chanaka Welegedara took 4 wickets.
Sri Lanka 202.4 overs before declare their innings. Tillakaratne Dilshan (112) scored his 5th test century in this year, while M Jayawardene played an brilliant inning of 275 runs. And also the junior Jayawardene managed to get his first century outside Sri Lanka scoring 154 notout. They scored 760/7 and took the lead of 334 runs.
In the second innings of India, both opening batsmen started well, they lost their first wicket in 81 runs as Virender Sehwag (51). But the another opener Gautam Gambhir took responsibility in his hand made first century (114) in this series! And also the master blaster Sachin Tendulkar was making keeping his record high and high scoring his 43rd test century and 30,000 international runs! And finally the match finished in a draw with some most exclusive individual records.
The Second Test will be started in Kanpur from Nov 24-28.
Short Scorecard:
India first innings 426 (R. Dravid 177, M. Dhoni 110, Welegedara 87/4)
India second innings 412/4 dec. (G. Gambhir, V. Sehwag 51, Tendulkar not out 100 V. Laxman not out 51, Herath 40/2)
Sri Lanka first innings 760-7 dec (T. Dilshan 112, M. Jayawardene 275, T. Samaraweera 70, P. Jayawardene 154 not out)
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