Plagued with injuries due to which two main bowlers = Zaheer Khan and S Sreesanth, returned home even before this Sri Lankan tour began. In this first tour game, Indian bowlers failed to make inroads into Sri Lanka's second string side and were made to chase leather for over 160 overs over the period of 3 days.
Electing to bat first, captain Samarweera gave his openers a chance to express themselves and that's exactly what they did, with Upul Tharanga scoring century and Thirimanne half ton. Lankan one day side regulars = Thilan Kandamby and Thilan Samarweera nailed a hundred each to pegg Indians back early on day 1 as home team finished with over 400 runs on board.
Indian first innings had terrible start as four of their main batters failed to rise to occasion but opener Gautam Gambhir, in association with Yuvraj Singh, redirected hopes. Yuvraj Singh made a statement of returning into form with a majectic century with 6 sixes.
Ajantha Mendis was the best bowler, picking up 6 wickets.
Sri Lankan board president eleven decided to bat on rather than push for a win on last day, ending the match in a tame draw.
Pragyan Ojha was best Indian bowling in this warm-up match, taking 8 wickets in all.
Sri Lanka BP XI 1st innings (elected to bat) :-
| Batsman |
Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
| Upul Tharanga |
c Laxman |
b Ojha |
110 |
116 |
20 |
2 |
| D Thirimanne |
c Gambhir |
b Ojha |
66 |
110 |
8 |
1 |
| Thilan Kandamby |
st Dhoni |
b Mishra |
101 |
105 |
13 |
1 |
| Thilan Samarweera |
c Gambhir |
b Ojha |
102 |
150 |
12 |
2 |
| P Jayawardene |
st Dhoni |
b Mishra |
13 |
29 |
2 |
0 |
| Dinesh Chamdimal |
not out |
|
47 |
71 |
8 |
1 |
| Jayantha Silva |
|
b Ishant |
19 |
41 |
4 |
0 |
| S Senanayake |
lbw |
b Mithun |
11 |
17 |
1 |
0 |
| Ajantha Mendis |
|
b Ojha |
10 |
11 |
1 |
0 |
| Chanaka Welegedera |
lbw |
b Ojha |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Dilhrara Fernando |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Extras (35) |
lbyes=7, wides=2, noballs=26 |
|
|
|
|
| Total = 514 for 9 wickets in 104.3 overs. |
| Bowlers :- |
Overs |
Mdns |
Runs |
Wickets |
Extras |
| Ishant Sharma |
23 |
3 |
104 |
1 |
10nb, 1wd |
| Abhimanyu Mithun |
25 |
2 |
99 |
1 |
1 wide |
| Amit Mishra |
26 |
1 |
125 |
2 |
11 no balls |
| Virandra Sehwag |
2 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
|
| Pragyan Ojha |
27.3 |
0 |
155 |
5 |
5 no balls |
| Yuvraj Singh |
1 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
|
Indians 1st innings :-
| Batsman |
Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
| Gautam Gambhir |
c Tharanga |
b Mendis |
89 |
134 |
13 |
0 |
| Virendra Sehwag |
|
b Welegedera |
18 |
13 |
1 |
1 |
| Rahul Dravid |
|
b Welegedera |
11 |
21 |
2 |
0 |
| Sachin Tendulkar |
lbw |
b Mendis |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
| VVS Laxman |
c Jayawardene |
b Mendis |
6 |
13 |
1 |
0 |
| Yuvraj Singh |
|
b Senanayake |
118 |
146 |
11 |
6 |
| MS Dhoni |
c Kandamby |
b Senanayake |
10 |
17 |
0 |
1 |
| Amit Mishra |
lbw |
b Mendis |
1 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
| Ishant Sharma |
c Senanayake |
b Mendis |
5 |
15 |
1 |
0 |
| Pragyan Ojha |
c Kandamby |
b Mendis |
4 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
| Abhimanyu Mithun |
not out |
|
9 |
14 |
1 |
0 |
| Extras (16) |
bye=5, lbyes=2, wide=1, noballs=8 |
|
|
|
|
| Total = 291 allout in 64.2 overs. |
| Bowlers :- |
Overs |
Mdns |
Runs |
Wickets |
Extras |
| Chanaka Welegedera |
10 |
1 |
45 |
2 |
|
| Dilhara Fernando |
12 |
1 |
55 |
0 |
4nb, 1wd |
| S Senanayake |
23 |
1 |
94 |
2 |
1 no ball |
| Ajantha Mendis |
17.2 |
3 |
67 |
6 |
3 no balls |
| Thilan Kandamby |
2 |
0 |
23 |
0 |
|
Sri lanka BPXI 2nd innings :-
| Batsman |
Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
| Upul Tharanga |
c Laxman |
b Ishant |
21 |
15 |
3 |
1 |
| Thiru Thirimanne |
c Sharma |
b Ojha |
102 |
142 |
9 |
2 |
| Dinesh Chamdimal |
|
b Ojha |
69 |
56 |
9 |
4 |
| P Jayawardene |
c Laxman |
b Sehwag |
12 |
31 |
1 |
0 |
| Jayantha Silva |
c Dhoni |
b Ojha |
4 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
| Thilan Samarweera |
|
st Dhoni |
25 |
60 |
4 |
0 |
| Thilan Kandamby |
not out |
|
9 |
35 |
0 |
0 |
| S Senanayake |
not out |
|
6 |
30 |
1 |
0 |
| Dilhara Fernando |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Chanaka Welegedera |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ajantha Mendis |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Extras (12) |
bye=0, lbyes=0, wides=0, noballs=12 |
|
|
|
|
| Total = 260 for 6 wickets in 61.1 overs. |
| Bowlers :- |
Overs |
Mdns |
Runs |
Wickets |
Extras |
| Ishant Sharma |
5 |
0 |
26 |
1 |
1 no ball |
| Abhimanyu Mithun |
6 |
0 |
42 |
0 |
|
| Pragyan Ojha |
22 |
2 |
85 |
3 |
2 no balls |
| Amit Mishra |
11.1 |
1 |
55 |
1 |
6 no balls |
| Virendra Sehwag |
16 |
2 |
52 |
1 |
1 no ball |
| VVS Laxman |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
