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Sri Lankans make
Indian batsmen stutter |
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Indians' ploy of making the three-day match
against Sri Lanka A almost backfired during the
last day's play. Set to chase a manageable 294,
India were reduced to 126 for 5 giving some
chances of a Sri Lankan victory. Eventually
Indians managed to bat out 55 overs at the loss
of six wickets.
Earlier in the day, the Lankans
declared their second innings at 265 for 7 with
left handed opener Michael Vandort registering a
century. Vandort got 117 from just 186 balls
with 18 fours. In their chase of 294, India did
have a couple of highs with one of them being a
half century from opener Wasim Jaffer.
It was a double failure
for Dinesh Karthik at the top order, once again
failing to stay at the crease for a significant
amount of time. But his confidence may not have
gone low because of his half century in the
second test. Yuvraj Singh got promoted up in the
batting order but he could just score a brisk 33
from 40 with 7 fours. Likewise MS Dhoni as well
failed, once again to a single digit score.
Dhoni had a 9-ball stay at the wicket in which
he just got off the mark. Wasim Jaffer did well
though collecting 55 runs from 84 balls with 6
fours and a six.
Gautam Gambhir saved the match
for Indians with an unbeaten half century after
batting out 102 balls. He made 53 with 8 fours
after having come at an unusual position of
no.5. VVS Laxman with 3 and Rahul Dravid with 15
failed to get going. The Indians got to 187 for
6 in 55 overs. Much of the damage was done by
medium pacer Dammika Prasad (12-0-34-2) and left
arm spinner Rangana Herath (13-4-44-2).
Brief Scores :
Sri Lanka A first innings
266 all out in 76.2 Overs (Samaraweera
75 Vandort 52 Lokuarachchi 35 Perera 34 Dammika
Prasad 23, Ranadeb Bose 5/51 Ramesh Powar 4/85
Ishant Sharma 1/57) &
second innings 265 for 7 declared in 64 Overs (Vandort
117 Perera 49 Samaraweera 24 Dammika Prasad 21,
Ramesh Powar 2/37) drew with
Indians first innings 238 for 5 declared in 68 Overs
(Dravid 67* Gambhir 67 retd hurt Jaffer 48
Yuvraj 15* Laxman 14, Dammika Prasad 2/71
Rangana Herath 2/62) &
second innings 187 for 6 in 55 Overs
(Wasim Jaffer 55 Gambhir 53* Yuvraj 33, Dammika
Prasad 2/34 Ranganna Herath 2/44)
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