| India with 124 points surpassed mighty South | | | | demonstrated ! |
| Africa ( 122 points ) in ICC Test Rankings. The | | | | SL is now down in the doldrums, on 144/5. |
| renovated Brabourne Stadium erupted with joy | | | | Sangakara seems to be waging a lone battle |
| as Murali edged Bajji to Dhoni. | | | | against India’s spinners and medium pacers ! |
| Sachin said that this was the glorious fruit of a 18 | | | | Now SL finished the day with 274/6, with |
| month dream come true. He said all credit must | | | | Sangakara undefeated on 133. Can he do a Dennis |
| go to the coaches, G Kirsten, V Prasad and R | | | | Amiss ? ( Dennis Amiss scored 274 no on the |
| Singh. Asked if this was the best team he had | | | | last day and salvaged the Test for England ). |
| played along with, he said as Dhoni was batting at | | | | SL was cruising well along, on 119/2, when |
| No 7, this is a strong batting line up. | | | | Sreeshant struck. He removed Paranavitana with |
| Dhoni said the win was the result of a great team | | | | a superb delivery.SL 119/2. Then Zaheer struck |
| effort, wherein everyone contributed. | | | | removing Jayawardene. SL 135/3. Samaraweera |
| Not only batting, it was bowling which did the Sri | | | | fell to Khan. SL 137/4. Then Angelo Mathews was |
| Lankans in. Zaheer took 5/72 and was | | | | devoured by Ojha. SL 144/5 ! |
| instrumental in skittling the Sri Lankans out for | | | | Then Prasanna came to partner Sanga and there |
| 309. Sreeshant bowled well and achieved a | | | | ensued a good partnership. It lasted till 208, when |
| breakthrough when he removed the dangerous | | | | Prasanna was removed by a master ball from the |
| Paranavitana. All four specialist Indian bowlers | | | | left arm spinner, Ojha. SL 208/6. |
| were successful. All batsmen were also successful | | | | Kulasekara then joined Sanga, who stroked his |
| and India had played another perfect Test. 726/9 | | | | way to a great 133 no. They are still there at 274 |
| was an improvisation over the last 642 ! SL’s | | | | 6. |
| 393 and 309 were better improvisations than 229 | | | | Most probably, India will create history and move |
| & 269, but then 726 was too much for | | | | to Numero Uno position in Tests, unless Sanga |
| them. | | | | does a Dennis Amiss ! |
| India should now avoid complacency, which can be | | | | What a great man Dhoni is ! Scores a hundred |
| the foundation of failure. She should aim now to | | | | casually and then declares ! |
| become the numero uno in ODIs and T20s ! | | | | SL was in no mood to give the match to India on |
| V Prasad imparted his knowledge of swing and | | | | a platter. They bowled their heart out and got |
| reverse swing to the Indian pacers, with the | | | | Sehwag for 293, Dravid for 74. Sachin and |
| result India produced excellent swing bowlers in | | | | Laxman were also wobbled up. Only Yuvraj failed |
| Sreeshant, I Sharma, RP Singh, Nehra, Z Khan and | | | | to score above 50. |
| P Kumar. I Sharma lost his swing by trying to | | | | In such a challenging situation, Dhoni walked in. He |
| bowl too fast, according to Manoj Prabhakar. It | | | | played casually, defending in the early overs and |
| was the perfect left armer’s outswinger | | | | then lashing out at the end. After his well compiled |
| from Z Khan which removed Sangakara ! Indian | | | | hundred, he declared at 726/9, with India having |
| swing bowling did wonders as Sreeshant in the | | | | a lead of 333 runs. |
| second Test and Z Khan in the Third | | | | |