India vs Srilanka, First Test Match - Day one

India vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test Match - Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

Day 1 - Highlights

• Toss won by India and elected bat first
• When India's Score at 32, India lose four top order batsman wickets
• Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh made 125 runs for 5th wicket partnership
• After Rahul Dravid and Mahendra Singh Dhoni made 224 runs for 6th wicket partnership
• M S Dhoni made 110 runs and Yuvraj Singh made 68 runs
• At the end of the stumps, India made 385 runs for 6 wickets in 90 Overs
• Rahul Dravid made 177 runs (not out) and Harbhajan Singh made 2 runs (not out)

India loses first test match & Srilanka leads test series 1-0.

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 239 runs

India started overnight score with 159/6. VVS Laxman scored 56 runs. He is the top scorer of india's first innings. At last, India first innings completed 223 runs. And continued for follow-on.

Murali & Mendis took indian wickets

In Indian second innings, Gautam Gambir scored 43 runs. He is the top scorer of second innings. All Batsmen failed once again. Coach Kristen says "Batsmen played poor shots". No batsmen impressed.
Muttiah Muralitharan took 11 wickets and Ajantha Mendis took 8 wickets in this match.

Brief Scores of this Test Match
Srilanka First Innings: 600/6
Malinda Warnapura - 115 (202)
M Jayawardene (c) - 136 (259 )
Thilan Samaraweera - 127 (224 )
Tillakaratne Dilshan - 125 (170) not out

Indian First Innings: 223 (All Out)
VVS Laxman - 56 (118)
Indian Second Innings: 138 (All Out)
Gautam Gambhir - 43 (90)

Man of the Match winner: Muttiah Muralitharan

SL vs IND First Test Match on Third Day .....

Srilanka declared innings at 600/6
In Srilankan innings, Thilan Samaraweera scored 127 runs and Tillakaratne Dilshan made 125 runs. Four Srilankan batsman scored centuries in this test match. Srilanka declares their innings at 600/6.

Indian top batsman collapsed by Muttiah Muralitharan
In indian innings, Gambhir is top scorer now. He scored 39 runs only. Other batsman are failed.
Indian batsman falling wickets as follows.
1-36, 2-79, 3-79, 4-123, 5-138, 6-147.
VVS Laxman and Captain Anil Kumble still batting. At the end third day of the stums, India scored 159/6. Till, India trail by 441 runs. To escape follow-on india will require 242 more runs.