Published>Wed, Jul 21 10 01:07 PM
Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan has taken three wickets to close in on being the first man to take 800 test wickets as India struggled to avoid the follow-on by lunch on the fourth day of the first test.
India needs 61 more runs to avoid the follow on, with tailenders Ishant Sharma and Pragyan Ojha batting.
Muralitharan, playing his final test, dismissed Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday and added wickets of India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (33) and Yuvraj Singh (52) on Wednesday to return figures of 3-55.
Virender Sehwag struck an aggressive 109, his 20th test century, before being caught by Tharanga Paranavitana at slip off seamer Chanaka Welegedara.
Sehwag slams scintillating ton vs SL
New Delhi: After being put on the mat by the Sri Lankan batsmen as well as the bowlers, Team India was rescued from a precarious perch by Virender Sehwag, who once again, justified his place in the team with a scintillating century.
In the Test arena, Virender, nicknamed the Nawab of Najafgarh, is one of the most prolific batsmen in Test history.
However, he was out soon after scoring his ton, at 109.
His innings was a fiery one, as he notched up a run off almost every ball.
His departure left India on brink of collapse again with skipper MS Dhoni and the troubled Yuvraj Singh playing on 7 and 11 respectively.
The mostly dependable Laxman also was out in the twenties after playing himself in.
India's score was 190/5 in 42 overs.
The fact that India has scored so fast is entirely due to Sehwag, but other batsmen were caught in an ODI mental mode by the Sri Lankan bowlers.
If India lose even one more wicket the Lankans will get a chance to bowl at the tailenders.
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