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7.5 to Dilshan, Harbhajan roars and he is mobbed by his team-mates. With a scrambled seam, he landed it on a length on the middle and off and it skidded on to the middle. Dilshan misread the length, went back to cut and in the end, tried to stab it away to the off side but misses. Timber! What a fun start he has given to the chase, though. A huge wicket for India. Drama continues in Lanka. Dhoni was ecstatic there. He roared and roared. 64/1
9.4 to Jayawardene, Harbhajan has struck again! What a gem of a spell this is turning out to be. Again scrambled seam, applies some over spin on the doosra on the off stump line, Mahela is lured into a waft to the on side and gets a leading edge back down the pitch. Harbhajan screams in delight; his team-mates too clear their throats. 76/2
44.3 to Kandamby, Harbhajan has done it again. He was the man who took the first two wickets and he is the man who turns the game again for India now. Kandamby moved well outside leg stump and went for the cut but missed it completely. Clatter! What a wonderful innings under pressure but he has given it away in the end. 66 valuable runs but he is gone now. Advantage India. 264/8
44.4 to Malinga, Double jeopardy! Done in by the doosra. Just like the Mahela dismissal. Malinga tried to turn it to the leg side for a single but all he does get is a leading edge ... a dolly back to Harbhajan. 264/9
46.4 to Mendis, Fittingly, Harbhajan hammers in the final nail. A tossed up doosra, from round the stumps, lures Mendis out of the crease, turns past the swing of the bat and Dhoni does the rest. Harbhajan bags a five-for. What a game he has had. He took out Dilshan and Mahela at the top, returned at the pressure time to deliver the knock-out punch. The Indians get into a celebratory huddle. 273/10
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