india vs sri lanka test match green park stadium 2009 | India had scored 400 runs on the first day in Kanpur: Only 31 runs were scored in the first 11 overs; Later, Sehwag-Gambhir batted brilliantly – Kanpur News

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Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir came out to open. Virender Sehwag missed an easy catch on the very third ball. Felt that what Dhoni said was right. But what happened after this is remembered till today. Many big records were made in that test in Kanpur. There is a match between India and Bangladesh on 27th September, before that let us know the story of this match…

This is the current picture. The entire field is green. There is a possibility that India may go with three spinners.

Sehwag could not hit a boundary till 11 overs Chanaka Welegedara came to bowl the first over for Sri Lanka. Gautam Gambhir took a single on the first ball and gave the strike to Virender Sehwag. After two dot balls, Virender Sehwag tried to hit a four through a straight drive but the ball took the outer edge of the bat and went into slip. Mahela Jayawardene dropped an easy catch. When he was playing on 2 runs in the 5th over, there was a strong appeal for LBW on the ball of Angelo Mathews but he was saved.(india vs sri lanka test match)

Gambhir and Sehwag started slowly but later scored runs quickly.

11 overs passed. The team’s score was 31 runs. Sehwag was playing after scoring 6 runs on 24 balls. Felt that today was not his day in Green Park. But Sehwag returned to form in the 12th over. Hit 2 fours. Completed half century in 60 balls with 7 fours and 1 six. On the other hand, Gambhir also gave a fifty. It seemed that today was the day of these two players in Kanpur. In the first session, India scored 131 runs in 26 overs.

India made the biggest score on the very first day Sehwag, who scored 6 runs in 24 balls, scored a century in 97 balls. Sehwag was out after scoring 131 runs after playing 122 balls in 181 minutes. Gambhir also scored a century in the 42nd over. When the second session ended, the team’s score was 307 runs for 1 wicket. The talk of bowler friendly wicket was over here.(india vs sri lanka test match)

The Sri Lankan bowlers became dejected and dejected. When the first day’s play ended, the team’s score was 417 runs for 2 wickets. For the first time in Test history, India had crossed the 400-mark on the first day. Dravid was unbeaten on 85 runs.

Virender Sehwag played slowly in the beginning but later hit a lot of sixes and fours.

India batted fast on the second day. Dravid scored a century. Laxman played quick innings of 63 and 67 runs. India’s innings ended at 642 runs. Spinner Rangana Herath took 5 wickets for Sri Lanka. This was an indication that the Indian spinners were going to get help here. But in the beginning just the opposite happened.

India had achieved the biggest lead Sri Lanka’s innings started. Tillakaratne Dilshan became the victim of Zaheer Khan on the very first ball. Kumar Sangakkara and Tharanga handled the innings but both were dismissed by Sreesanth. The entire team was out for 229 runs.

Mahela Jayawardene had scored the highest score of 47 runs. Sreesanth took maximum 5 wickets. India got a lead of 413 runs. This was India’s biggest lead in the first innings till that time. Captain Dhoni sent Sri Lanka to follow.(india vs sri lanka test match)

Zaheer Khan had dismissed Dilsan on the first ball.

Sreesanth gave a blow to Sri Lanka in the third over itself after coming to play the second innings. Dilshan was out after scoring 11 runs. Half of the Sri Lankan team had reached the pavilion at 79 runs. After this, Samaraweera took over the innings and made small partnerships but could not prevent the team’s crushing defeat. The entire team was bundled out for 269 runs and Sri Lanka lost by an innings and 144 runs.

This is India’s 100th victory By defeating Sri Lanka, India registered its 100th win in Test cricket history. Kanpur’s Green Park Stadium became witness to this. The country played its first match in 1932–33. The first win was against England in 1952. That means Team India took 77 years in this journey of 100 wins. Sreesanth, who took 6 wickets in this match, was given the Man of the Match.(india vs sri lanka test match)

Sreesanth, who took 5 wickets in the first innings and 1 wicket in the second, received the Man of the Match award.

There were two more reasons in this match related to Sreesanth. The first is that during an IPL match in 2009, there was a dispute between Harbhajan Singh and Sreesanth in which Harbhajan slapped Sreesanth. There was a lot of uproar after this. Both played together for the first time in this test match in Kanpur. Harbhajan celebrated every time Sreesanth took a wicket.

On 9 May 2013, Sreesanth fixed an IPL match. Sreesanth’s career almost ended after this match. He was banned for life from Team India. Sreesanth filed a petition against this in the Supreme Court.

In 2019, the court asked BCCI to reduce his ban. On the advice of the court, BCCI lifted the life ban on Sreesanth and banned him for 7 years. It was completed in 2020. However, Sreesanth could not play any match for Team India.(india vs sri lanka test match)

India had registered its 100th win with this test win.

The aim is to become the fourth successful team by winning in Kanpur. India has played 580 test matches so far. It has won 179 matches. South Africa has also won the same number of matches. If India defeats Bangladesh here, it will overtake South Africa. Ahead of them will be West Indies with 183 wins, England with 397 wins and Australia with 414 wins.

In this match in Kanpur, the pitch will be seen helping the batsmen for the first two days but after that the pitch will start breaking and then the spinners will get help. In the last match, Ashwin and Jadeja had defeated Bangladesh on the basis of first batting and then bowling. This time also this pair can remain effective here.