Sri Lanka v India 2nd Test

India tour of Sri Lanka - 2010 (2010) · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo · 26 July 2010

Match drawn

Match drawn. Kumar Sangakkara top-scored with 219 for Sri Lanka. Ajantha Mendis took 4/172.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: India tour of Sri Lanka - 2010 (2010)
Ground: Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Dates: 26 July 2010 to 30 July 2010
Toss: Sri Lanka, chose to bat
Result: Match drawn
Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara
Captains: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), MS Dhoni (India)
Debuts: Suraj Randiv (Sri Lanka), Suresh Raina (India)
Umpires: DJ Harper and RJ Tucker
Match referee: AJ Pycroft

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat. Suraj Randiv and Suresh Raina played their first Tests.

Sri Lanka batted first and made 642 for 4 declared. Kumar Sangakkara top-scored with 219 off 335 balls, and Mahela Jayawardene made 174. The innings was built on a 193-run stand for the third wicket between Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara. That was well above the 2010s average first-innings total at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, 421 across 10 Tests.

India replied with 707 all out. Sachin Tendulkar top-scored with 203 off 347 balls, and Suresh Raina made 120. Ajantha Mendis took 4 for 172 for Sri Lanka. The innings was built on a 256-run stand for the fifth wicket between Sachin Tendulkar and Suresh Raina. India led by 65 on first innings.

Sri Lanka made 129 for 3 declared in their second innings. Kumar Sangakkara top-scored with 42 not out off 114 balls.

Match drawn.

SRI LANKA, FIRST INNINGS: 642 FOR 4 DECLARED

Batter	How out	R	B
Tharanga Paranavitana	b Ishant Sharma	100	221
Tillakaratne Dilshan	c VVS Laxman b Pragyan Ojha	54	42
Kumar Sangakkara	c Rahul Dravid b Virender Sehwag	219	335
Mahela Jayawardene	c Suresh Raina b Harbhajan Singh	174	244
Thilan Samaraweera	not out	76	121

Did not bat: Angelo Mathews, Prasanna Jayawardene, Dhammika Prasad, Dilhara Fernando, Suraj Randiv, Ajantha Mendis

Extras 19 · Total 642 for 4 declared

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Abhimanyu Mithun	23	5	117	0
Ishant Sharma	23	5	102	1
Pragyan Ojha	46	9	172	1
Harbhajan Singh	42.4	4	147	1
Virender Sehwag	20	0	71	1
Suresh Raina	5	0	21	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-99 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 18.1 ov), 2-273 (Tharanga Paranavitana, 71.6 ov), 3-466 (Kumar Sangakkara, 122.3 ov), 4-642 (Mahela Jayawardene, 159.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Tillakaratne Dilshan (54) and Tharanga Paranavitana (35)	99	111
second	Kumar Sangakkara (105) and Tharanga Paranavitana (65)	174	325
third	Mahela Jayawardene (75) and Kumar Sangakkara (114)	193	304
fourth	Mahela Jayawardene (99) and Thilan Samaraweera (76)	176	223

INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 707 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Murali Vijay	lbw b Ajantha Mendis	58	124
Virender Sehwag	st Prasanna Jayawardene b Suraj Randiv	99	101
Rahul Dravid	lbw b Suraj Randiv	3	18
Sachin Tendulkar	c Prasanna Jayawardene b Tillakaratne Dilshan	203	347
VVS Laxman	lbw b Ajantha Mendis	29	98
Suresh Raina	c Kumar Sangakkara b Ajantha Mendis	120	228
MS Dhoni	c & b Tillakaratne Dilshan	76	138
Harbhajan Singh	c Kumar Sangakkara b Tillakaratne Dilshan	0	3
Abhimanyu Mithun	b Ajantha Mendis	41	97
Ishant Sharma	c Kumar Sangakkara b Dilhara Fernando	27	117
Pragyan Ojha	not out	18	92

Extras 33 · Total 707 all out

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Dhammika Prasad	22	2	101	0
Dilhara Fernando	31.2	1	116	1
Angelo Mathews	9	1	24	0
Suraj Randiv	73	16	222	2
Ajantha Mendis	63	10	172	4
Tillakaratne Dilshan	27	6	56	3

FALL OF WICKETS

1-165 (Virender Sehwag, 36.1 ov), 2-169 (Murali Vijay, 37.5 ov), 3-173 (Rahul Dravid, 40.5 ov), 4-241 (VVS Laxman, 70.5 ov), 5-497 (Suresh Raina, 140.4 ov), 6-592 (Sachin Tendulkar, 162.1 ov), 7-592 (Harbhajan Singh, 162.4 ov), 8-643 (MS Dhoni, 184.2 ov), 9-668 (Abhimanyu Mithun, 196.3 ov), 10-707 (Ishant Sharma, 225.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Virender Sehwag (99) and Murali Vijay (56)	165	222
second	Rahul Dravid (2) and Murali Vijay (2)	4	10
third	Sachin Tendulkar (2) and Rahul Dravid (1)	4	18
fourth	Sachin Tendulkar (35) and VVS Laxman (29)	68	180
fifth	Sachin Tendulkar (123) and Suresh Raina (120)	256	422
sixth	Sachin Tendulkar (43) and MS Dhoni (52)	95	129
seventh	Harbhajan Singh (0) and MS Dhoni (0)	0	3
eighth	MS Dhoni (24) and Abhimanyu Mithun (25)	51	132
ninth	Ishant Sharma (9) and Abhimanyu Mithun (16)	25	73
tenth	Pragyan Ojha (18) and Ishant Sharma (18)	39	174

SRI LANKA, SECOND INNINGS: 129 FOR 3 DECLARED

Batter	How out	R	B
Tharanga Paranavitana	c VVS Laxman b Harbhajan Singh	34	62
Tillakaratne Dilshan	c Ishant Sharma b Abhimanyu Mithun	14	21
Kumar Sangakkara	not out	42	114
Mahela Jayawardene	lbw b Virender Sehwag	5	34
Thilan Samaraweera	not out	10	46

Did not bat: Angelo Mathews, Prasanna Jayawardene, Dhammika Prasad, Dilhara Fernando, Suraj Randiv, Ajantha Mendis

Extras 24 · Total 129 for 3 declared

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Abhimanyu Mithun	6	1	17	1
Ishant Sharma	4	0	31	0
Virender Sehwag	9	1	17	1
Harbhajan Singh	13	0	35	1
Pragyan Ojha	13	6	13	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-50 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 8.1 ov), 2-73 (Tharanga Paranavitana, 18.4 ov), 3-97 (Mahela Jayawardene, 29.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Tillakaratne Dilshan (14) and Tharanga Paranavitana (24)	50	54
second	Kumar Sangakkara (13) and Tharanga Paranavitana (10)	23	63
third	Mahela Jayawardene (5) and Kumar Sangakkara (16)	24	69
fourth	Thilan Samaraweera (10) and Kumar Sangakkara (13)	32	91

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