| India No. 1 in Test cricket after beating Sri Lanka |
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| Monday, 07 December 2009 | |
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India beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 24 runs on the fifth and final day of the third cricket Test to clinch the three-match series 2-0.
Sri Lanka: 393 & 309 in 100.4 overs (Kumar Sangakkara 137, Tharanga Paranavitana 54, Zaheer Khan 5/72, Pragyan Ojha 2/84).
Its become history that India has achieved the target and at last become No 1 in the Test Match series Vs Srilanka and now the South Africa has 122 points and become the second position in Test Match points.
Sri Lanka slipped from second place to fourth with 115 points, one behind Australia.
Sreesanth got the first break for the home team after lunch by sending back opener Paranavitana in his first over of a fresh spell as Lanka slumped from 119 for one to 137 for four.
Sreesanth, getting some reverse-swing, brought a ball back into Paranavitana who injudiciously tried to play it to leg and was trapped plumb in front after striking eight fours in 144 balls. His partnership with Sangakkara was worth 90 in 220 balls.
Zaheer sent back Mahela when the batsman poked at a ball that moved away a shade and edged behind the wicket for Dhoni to take an easy catch At last India is No. 1 in Test match. |