rahul dravid
Rahul Dravid and Mahendra Singh Dhoni assumed control for India in the first Test match against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad, after Sri Lanka’s Chanaka Welegedara claimed three wickets in his first four overs with the new ball to leave the hosts reeling at 32 for four.
In only his second Test match, Welegedara made the most the moisture in the pitch in the morning to prise out Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar cheaply, while Dammika Prasad added the fourth Indian wicket of WS Laxman.
Dravid joined by Yuvraj managed to take stock of the situation and piece together an innings worthy of the best as weaknesses in Sri Lanka’s bowling became evident during the day with their inexperienced attack.
There was no respite for Sri Lanka when they did eventually snare Yuvraj (68) with the score at 157 for 5, as it was Dhoni who came on and quickly settled into his stride to continue to build the score alongside Dravid.
Dhoni fell for 110, with three overs to go by which time India had built up an incredible 381, ending the day on 385 for 6, with Dravid scoring an incredible 177 not out.
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1 deepak // Nov 18, 2009 at 7:07 pm
hats of to you dravid…ur still the best…may u have all luck & u play in next world cup