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Home arrow News arrow Sports arrow India No. 1 in Test cricket after beating Sri Lanka
India No. 1 in Test cricket after beating Sri Lanka Bookmark and Share
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Monday, 07 December 2009
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.
Earlier on fourth day, the visitors were struggling at 274 for six on the penultimate day which was marked by Sangakkara's resilient unbeaten 133 under immense pressure.

Sri Lankan captain  Sangakkara  notched up his 21st Test century, his maiden one in India, to anchor the innings brilliantly but none of the other top order batsmen could stitch a substantial partnership with him to save the visitors.

The Sri Lankan captain, who had never scored even a half century in India, began cautiously but played some delightful strokes at the fag end of the day.

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.
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