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Dammika Prasad justified Sri Lanka's decision to hand him a debut by taking three big wickets - Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar - in the first session

After the Indian middle order's latest fiasco in Sri Lanka, many will wonder just how many grains of sand are left in the upper half of the timer

Virat Kohli admits it was just the timing and not the call-up that caught him unawares. He was one of the top scorers in Australia during the recent Emerging Players tournament, one that Dilip Vengsarkar, the chairman of selectors, was observing keenly

Both teams go into this match determined to win, but for India, with all the talk of becoming No. 1, this Test could prove definitive

A statistical preview to the third and final Test between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo

The P Saravanamuttu Stadium has hosted Bradman's Invicibles, and was the setting for a local renaissance

India once again look like world-beaters, riding on a wave of momentum created by sensational batting from Virender Sehwag, canny bowling from Harbhajan Singh and a devastating new-ball burst from Ishant Sharma

Nothing summarised India's spirit more than Ishant Sharma, to some an unlikely hero in India's 170-run, series-leveling win against Sri Lanka in Galle

Such has been the vicissitudes of this is Test that the third day would have been a letdown without a last-minute twist

Ajantha Mendis and Harbhajan Singh came into this match with varying levels of pressure on their backs, but a t the end of a gripping second day's play, both outbowled their illustrious partners

On a day dominated by two spinners, Mendis and Harbhajan, Sehwag batted on a different plane to keep India in the match

Plays of the day for the second day of the Galle Test between Sri Lanka and India

Suresh Menon pays tribute to Ashok Mankad - a Ranji legend, an astute captain and an inspiration to many

Sehwag's response to a question regarding his approach after his maverick innings was deadpan. "How can I stop the way I've played?" he said

A truncated first day's play had more than its share of action and ended with the honours tantalisingly even

Cricinfo looks at some of the numbers that could matter ahead of the second Test between Sri Lanka and India in Galle

Jamie Alter on India's inability to win two consecutive Test matches over the last three years

Sri Lanka's utter humiliation of India resulted in plenty of records - favourable ones for the home team, and unwanted ones for India. Cricinfo looks at the important ones

Muttiah Muralitharan, pointed out two things about Ajantha Mendis - one that Mendis is far more talented than he was when he debuted and two, that Mendis will take the pressure off him and perhaps extend Murali's Test career

Dileep Premachandran on the contributions of Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis to Sri Lanka's innings and 239-run mauling of India in the first Test