 India, Lanka share honours on rainy day
23rd Jul 2008 22:05 IST
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Sangakkara looked a bit subdued and played second fiddle to the young Warnapura who was hitting the deliveries all over the field and looked quite composed in the middle.
Sangakkara struck a boundary through the deep mid on off Zaheer to come out of the shackles, but perished soon after.
Captain Jayawardene, who joined the action after Sangakkara returned to the pavilion, began confidently and soon after settled down by driving a Sourav Ganguly delivery to the cover boundary.
Indian captain Anil Kumble persisted with the pace bowlers, taking advantage of the overcast conditions and introduced Ganguly to give a break to Ishant.
Zaheer, who has come after a lay off due to injuries, worked up a fair bit of pace but experienced no ball problems, bowling three in his first spell.
He was replaced by Ishant from the press box end and the lanky speedster again managed to get some movement to trouble the batsmen from time to time. Ishant gave away just 20 runs off 5 overs in his first spell.
Warnapura was lucky not to have got an edge off Ishant on a couple of occasions.
It was at the fag end of the day that Kumble brought on off-spinner Harbhajan Singh but he could not make much of an impression in the only over he bowled, giving away seven runs.
Warnapura slammed six boundaries during his unbeaten knock, which came in 107 minutes and off 74 balls. |
