Sehwag, Vijay Flying Start Ind vs SL 3rd Test
Virender Sehwag and Murali Vijay gave India a flying start in reply to Sri Lanka's first innings total of 393 and were 92 for no loss off 18 overs at lunch on day two of the third and final Test at the Brabourne Stadium here today.
After quickly polishing off the last two wickets of the visitors for the addition of just 27 runs in 22 balls and in less than half an hour this morning, Sehwag and Vijay started in rollicking fashion.
At the break after a very productive first session for the home team, Sehwag was unbeaten on 228 for 1 that included 27 fours and six sixes. Murali Vijay was out on 87 from 121 balls with 10 fours and a six LBW by herath.
Resuming at their overnight 366 for eight, Sri Lanka added 13 runs before losing Angelo Mathews who was run out on 99, his highest Test score, when going for a second run with Muttiah Muralitharan.
Mathews, who batted beautifully last evening and rallied the visitors from a difficult 188 for four with Tillakaratne Dilshan, was beaten narrowly by a superb throw from the deep square leg by Sachin Tendulkar to India wicketkeeper and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
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Third umpire Shavir Tarapore, after viewing the replays repeatedly, declared Mathews out to leave Lanka at 379 for nine.
It was heartbreak for the 22-year-old Mathews to have joined the short list of cricketers from his country caught one short of 100, which would have been his maiden one. The others were Mahela Jayawardene and Russel Arnold, a TV commentator in this series.
Mathews' struck 15 fours, including two this morning, while facing 132 balls.
Last man Chanaka Welegedara struck two fours before he was trapped leg before by left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha, who came in to bowl replacing Harbhajan Singh. Ojha finished with 3 for 101, playing a good supporting role to Harbhajan who claimed 4 for 112.
Sehwag and Vijay, in the playing eleven because of the absence of in-form batsman Gautam Gambhir, negotiated the initial overs from the Sri Lanka medium pacers without raising too many alarms.
Vijay, playing his second Test after making his debut in November 2008 against Australia at Nagpur, flicked Welegedara sweetly off his pads for his first four while Sehwag, preferring to wait a bit before opening out, on-drove Nuwan Kulasekara for his first boundary.
Source : Newsx.com
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