India in Sri Lanka

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The Sri Lankans have brough right arm fast bowler, Cammika Prasad into their squad for the second test. They are worried about the two opening bowlers from the first test who averaged only 125kmph, with Vaas dropping as low as 100kmph.

Sri Lanka squad: Michael Vandort, Malinda Warnapura, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Thilan Samaraweera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Prasanna Jayawardene, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis, Nuwan Kulasekera, Chamara Silva, Thilan Thushara, Chamara Kapugedera, Dammika Prasad.

not sure why the would be bothered about the pace of teh openers they only bowl a few overs then let murali and mendis loose

Vaas only bowled 10 overs, while Murali and Mendis took 19 of the wickets

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seems to be sehwag versus mendis in the 2nd test, sehwag 191* and mendis 4 of the 6 wickets to fall

interesting situation here i don't know what they used their reviews on but proof you have to use them carefullly.

73.2 Mendis to Sehwag, no run, loud appeal for a catch behind. It was the carrom ball. It cut away from the middle and off stump line and appeared to have got the edge as Sehwag shaped to defend. But Sri Lanka can't ask for any more reviews: they have exhausted their three unsuccessful reviews.

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Sri Lanka vs India
Second Test
Day Two - Session Two

INDIA 329
V Sehwag 201* (231 balls, 22 fours, 2 sixes) (carried his bat)
G Gambhir 56
BAW Mendis 6/117
SRI LANKA 1/112
BSM Warnapura 51*
KC Sangakkara 56*

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Sri Lanka vs India
Second Test
Day Three - Tea

INDIA 329
V Sehwag 201* (231 balls, 22 fours, 2 sixes) (carried his bat)
G Gambhir 56
BAW Mendis 6/117
SRI LANKA 292
DPMD Jayawardene 86
KC Sangakkara 68
BSM Warnapura 66
Harbhajan Singh 6/102
A Kumble 3/81
INDIA 1/121
G Gambhir 56*
V Sehwag 50 (52 balls, 6 fours, 1 six)

India lead by 158 runs with 9 wickets in hand

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Sri Lanka vs India
Second Test
Day Three - Stumps

INDIA 329
V Sehwag 201* (231 balls, 22 fours, 2 sixes) (carried his bat)
G Gambhir 56
BAW Mendis 6/117
SRI LANKA 292
DPMD Jayawardene 86
KC Sangakkara 68
BSM Warnapura 66
Harbhajan Singh 6/102
A Kumble 3/81
INDIA 4/200
G Gambhir 74
V Sehwag 50

India lead by 237 runs with 6 wickets in hand

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Sri Lanka vs India
Second Test
India won by 170 runs

INDIA 329
V Sehwag 201* (231 balls, 22 fours, 2 sixes) (carried his bat)
G Gambhir 56
BAW Mendis 6/117
SRI LANKA 292
DPMD Jayawardene 86
KC Sangakkara 68
BSM Warnapura 66
Harbhajan Singh 6/102
A Kumble 3/81
INDIA 269
G Gambhir 74
V Sehwag 50
BAW Mendis 4/92
M Muralitahran 3/107
SRI LANKA 136
TT Samaraweera 67*
Harbhajan Singh 4/51
I Sharma 3/20

Man of the match - V Sehwag
3-match series level 1-1

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1026 RUNS FOR THE TEST
251 RUNS DISMISSED ONCE..... SHEWAG
That would be my choice for M.O.T.M

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1026 RUNS FOR THE TEST
251 RUNS DISMISSED ONCE..... SHEWAG
That would be my choice for M.O.T.M

And he was

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MS Dohni will be awarded the Rajv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the country's highest honour for a sportsperson, after leading India to victory in the World T20.
The surprise is that he is only the second cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar to recieve this award. A surprise in India, the cricket mad country it is.

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A little bit of research shows that the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award was first awarded in 1991-92 and can be recieved only once. The following is a breakup by sport of recipients

4 Shooting
3 Athletics
2 Cricket
2 Weightlifting
2 Billiards
1 Hickey
1 Badminton
1 Chess
1 Yachting
1 Tennis

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India have name their squad for the upcoming ODI series against Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka one-day series
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt & wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Yusuf Pathan/IrfanPathan, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, RP Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Piyush Chawla.

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Sri Lanka vs India
Third Test
Day One - Session One

INDIA 5/162
G Gambhir 72
V Sehwag 21 (21 balls)
SC Ganguly 36
FTGD Prasad 3/66 (on debut)

Pradsad's first three test wickets
1. Sehwag (caught wk)
2. Dravid (lbw)
3. Tendulkar (lbw)

Not a bad three to start with

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"by bowling 5th ball in the 52nd over of the match(his 12th), Muralitharan became the world record holder for most number of balls bowled in a career.He broke the record of Shane Warne (40,705 balls in 145 tests)in just 123 tests."

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Sri Lanka vs India
Third Test
Day One - Session Three

INDIA 249
G Gambhir 72
SC Ganguly 35
Z Khan 32
BAW Mendis 5/56
KTGD Prasad 3/82
M Muralitharan 2/58
SRI LANKA 0/11

10th wicket partnership from Khan and Sharma of 51 runs

Ajantha Mendis
Test Cricket
3rd match
23 wickets
3 4wi
2 5wi
1 10wm
ODI's
8 matches
20 wickets
1 4wi
2 5wi
10.25 ave
16.8 s/rate

Making it look all pretty easy

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Sri Lanka vs India
Third Test
Day One - Stumps

INDIA 249
G Gambhir 72
BAW Mendis 5/56
KTGD Prasad 3/82
SRI LANKA 1/14

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A little bit of research shows that the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award was first awarded in 1991-92 and can be recieved only once. The following is a breakup by sport of recipients

4 Shooting
3 Athletics
2 Cricket
2 Weightlifting
2 Billiards
1 Hickey
1 Badminton
1 Chess
1 Yachting
1 Tennis

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A little bit of research shows that the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award was first awarded in 1991-92 and can be recieved only once. The following is a breakup by sport of recipients

4 Shooting
3 Athletics
2 Cricket
2 Weightlifting
2 Billiards
1 Hickey
1 Badminton
1 Chess
1 Yachting
1 Tennis

Dennis Hickey?

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Sri Lanka vs India
Third Test
Day Two - Stumps

INDIA 249
G Gambhir 72
BAW Mendis 5/56
KTGD Prasad 3/82
SRI LANKA 6/251
KC Sangakkara 107*

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Sri Lanka vs India
Third Test
Day Two - Stumps

INDIA 249
G Gambhir 72
BAW Mendis 5/56
KTGD Prasad 3/82
SRI LANKA 6/251
KC Sangakkara 107*

Mendis again!
And Sri Lankains all over the Indians again. Where are the golden batsmen?

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Sri Lanka vs India
Third Test
Day Three - Session Three

INDIA 249
G Gambhir 72
BAW Mendis 5/56
KTGD Prasad 3/82
SRI LANKA 396
KC Sangakkara 144
HAPW Jayawardene 49
Harbhajan Singh 3/104
Z Khan 3/105
A Kumble 3/123
INDIA 2/103
V Sehwag 34 (29 balls)
KTGD Prasad 2/46