India continue to flounder

Aug 10, 2008

Kumar Sangakkara carried on from his overnight 107•AFP

Sangakkara had scored 144 and added 85 with Prasanna Jayawardene•AFP

Sourav Ganguly chipped in with three overs but was unable to give India any breakthroughs•AFP

Astonishingly, they scored a boundary in each of those nine overs•AFP

Ganguly, after scoring 18, was trapped by Muttiah Muralitharan. India then lost two more wickets as they fell to 131 for 5 •AFP

He extended Sri Lanka's lead to 75 runs before he was caught behind off Anil Kumble•AFP

Prasanna, in partnership with Dammika Prasad, ensured that Sri Lanka were 103 runs ahead at lunch•AFP

Prasad frustrated India by extending his score to 36. Sri Lanka were eventually bowled out for 396, having secured a lead of 147•AFP

But Prasad provided the breakthrough, removing Virender Sehwag for 34•AFP

Rahul Dravid battled bravely for his unbeaten 46, and by the close of play, India had gained a slender 14-run lead •AFP

Zaheer Khan removed Prasanna for 49•AFP

The Indian openers raced to 57 in the nine overs before tea•AFP

In his next over, he bowled Gautam Gambhir for 26•AFP