India vs Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka vs India 1st Test Live Scoreboard
India vs Sri Lanka 1st Live: India is facing up Sri Lanka in the first test of After India vs Sri Lanka first Test, Sri Lankan star bowler, M.Muralitharan will retired from the Test Cricket. This match will kick off at 09:30 IST.
Virendra Sehwag: Last time, when he played here, he scored double hundred to guide his team to a remarkable victory over Sri Lanka and this time Dhoni also expect the same type of sleeves of the man.
M.Muralitharan: It is one of the greatest and we will miss much of the end of the first Test match but his first goal would be to reach the magic number of 800, which no one in world cricket able to measure. MS Dhoni already announced that he has to earn its wickets, the Indians will not stop the gift taking wickets in his last match.
Pitch Condition
Pitch at Galle International Stadium, provides sufficient support for the seam bowlers in the first three days of play, but as the game progress in the fourth and fifth days spinners have to play important role.
Sri Lanka vs India 1st Test Latest Updates
July 18- July 22, 2010
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat
SL: 216/1 (55.4 Ovs)
Day 1: Post Lunch Session
T. Paranavitana not out 86
T. Dilshan c Dhoni b Mithun 25
K. Sangakkara not out 99
Extras: (lb-4, nb-3) 7
Total: (one wicket; 55.4 Ovs) 216
Fall of wicket: 1-55
Still to bat : M. Jayawardene, T. Samaraweera, A. Mathews, P. Jayawardene, L. Malinga, M. Muralitharan, R. Herath, C. Welegedara.
Bowling: Sharma 5-0-41-0 (2-nb), Mithun 8-1-31-1, Singh 6-2-9-0, Ojha 1-0-6-0
Teams
India : Gautham Gambhir, Virendra Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni (Captain/WK), Yuvraj Singh, V.V.S Laxman, H.Singh, P.Ojha, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel.
Sri Lanka : Tharanga Paranavitana, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (Captain), Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Angelo Mathews, Prasanna Jayawardene (WK), Rangana Herath, Muttiah Muralitharan, Lasith Malinga, Chanaka Welegedara.