Gambhir leads strong Indian reply
Openers Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag hit half-centuries as India began a spirited fightback on the penultimate day of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad.
Gambhir cracked an unbeaten 74 and had partnered Virender Sehwag (51) and Rahul Dravid (38) in useful stands, but the visitors hit back to reduce India to 190 for two at close, still 144 in deficit of Sri Lanka’s first innings total.
Sri Lanka, fuelled by a marathon innings from Mahela Jayawardene (275) and a career-best 154 not out from Prasanna Jayawardene had declared their first innings on 760 for seven – a lead of 334 and with more than four sessions remaining.
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