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Sri Lanka skittled India for 249 before coming into face a hostile eight overs from India's pace duo. Ishant picked up the dangerous Warnapura.

End of day one

Sri Lanka came out to bat for eight overs after they bowled out India for 249. However, a hostile spell of fast bowling from Ishant Sharma meant Sri Lanka did not go back to the hut unscathed. They lost the in form Warnapura in the sixth over of the innings. Things have spiced up for day two. Watch this space for all the action from day two of the third Test. 

8th Over: Ishant to bowl the last over of the day. Vaas to face the music. Ishant is bowling at a furious pace now. And that is the end of play on day one. Sri Lanka are 14 for one. 

6th Over: Ishant to continue. He is bowling a steady line and is working up decent pace. WICKET! Warnapura played a horribe shot and the ball crashed through his gate to disturb his leg stump. Chaminda Vaas is the new man in. Sri Lanka are 14 for one.

3rd Over: Zaheer is getting the ball to move, squared up Warnapura a bit. A flick to mid wicket gets Warnapura three runs. He gets another single to bring Vandort on strike. India are 11 without loss.

2nd Over: Ishant on his way to Vandort. A single gets Warnapura on strike. Vandort is looking solid against Ishant. getting right behind the line of the ball. Sri Lanka are five without loss.

Sri Lanka, 1st innings, 1st Over: Zaheer on his way to Vandort. He flicks it to mid on for a single to get off the mark. Warnapura on strike. Zaheer is keeping it just outside off stump. Warnapura drives through covers to run two. Both the openers are off the mark. Sri Lanka are three without loss.

India were sent packing for 249, thanks to outstanding spells by Dammika Prasad and Ajantha Mendis. India's middle order flopped again, failing to capitalise on a quick start by Gambhir and Sehwag. However, a gritty last wicket partnership of 50 runs between Zaheer and Ishant added some respectability to the score.

80th Over: Zaheer squeezes Mendis past slip to run two and bring up the 50 run partnership. WICKET! Zaheer loses concentration and Prasanna whips the bails off in a flash. India are all out for 249.

79th Over: Vaas back into the attack. Ishant Sharma fends it away solidly. Vaas is working up a teasing line but Ishant won't throw it away.

66th Over: Murali is getting way too much for the last two batsmen to handle. He strikes Ishant on the pads. Appeals for an bw. The umpire turns it down and Jayawardene asks for a REVIEW! The element of doubt is way too high. Not out is the verdict. India are 206 for nine.

62nd Over: Murali continues. FOUR! Zaheer sweeps and sweeps hard. 200 is up for India. India are 203 for nine.

60th Over: WICKET! Harbhajan tried to send Murali to orbit and was nicey held by Michael Vandort in the deep. Zaheer Khan is the new man in. A wicket maiden. India are 198 for nine.

59th Over: Mendis on his way to Ishant. And it's a maiden. India are 198 for eight.

57th Over: Mendis raps Patel on the pads. A huge appeal is upheld by the umpire. Patel asks for a REVIEW, without even consulting his skipper, who is at the other end. TV replays show the ball would have gone on to hit the stumps. WICKET! The third umpire upholds the decision. Harbhajan Singh is the new man in. And he gets off the mark. WICKET! Mendis breaks through Kumble's gates. The Indian skipper could not read the googly at all. Ishant Sharma is the new man in. India are 196 for eight.

56th Over: Murali on his way to Patel. He gets a little bat on that one and an outside edge fetches him two. India are 195 for six.

55th Over: New man in Anil Kumble on strike to Mendis, who will continue with the 55th over after tea. A wicket maiden! India are 190 for six.

TEA

55th Over: Mendis on his way to Laxman. WICKET! Mendis lures Kaxman forward with his carrom ball and Prasanna Jayawardene completes a smart stumping. And that's TEA. India are 190 for six.

53rd Over: Dammika Prasad back into the attack. Laxman caresses it through extra cover to pick up two. Laxman powers it to deep wicket to pick up anothre couple. A whip off the pads fetches him two more. Laxman cuts it to square leg to pick up three more. Good over for India. India are 185 for five.

43rd Over: Mendis to Gambhir. A huge appeal for lbw. The umpire turns it down. Jayawardene asks for a REVIEW! And that's it. WICKET! Gambhir has been asked to go by the third umpire. Parthiv Patel is the new man in. FOUR! Patel gets off the mark, whipping a full toss to the mid wicket fence. India are 159 for five.

40th Over: WICKET! Ganguly lunges forward to a Murali delivery and is easily taken by Jayawardene at first slip. Huge breakthrough for Sri Lanka. VVS Laxman is the new man in. India are 152 for four.

34th Over: Murali on his way to Gambhir. He clobbers it down extra cover to pick up a single. Just one run off the over. India are 139 for three.

33rd Over: Ganguly on strike to Vaas. The former Indian skipper is looking in fine nick. It is a maiden over. India are 138 for three.

32nd Over: SIX! Ganguly dances down the track and sends a flighted delivery from Murali way over the ropes. That's the Dada of old. And he follows it up with a forward defensive prod, the next ball. FOUR! Ganguly tries to steer it towards third man but edges it past a diving Jayawardene at first slip. Lucjy escape. He sweeps it for three. India are 138 for three.

30th Over: Finally Muralitharan is brought into the attack, Gambhir is on strike.

26th Over: Mendis to keep operations running from the other end. FOUR! Ganguly takes him on and cuts him to the fence. India are 111 for three.

INDIA, 1ST INNINGS, 25TH OVER: Prasad to Ganguly in he first over after lunch. And just two off it. India are 106 for three.

LUNCH

Interesting session - India got off to a good start before losing three wickets for 53 runs. Gautam Gambhir is looking good in the middle, he needs some support now. Join us at 12:55 IST for the second session.

24th Over: Mendis to bowl the last over before lunch. Played out safely, just one off it. India are 104 for three.

23rd Over: WICKET! Prasad raps Tendulkar on the pad, the umpire raises the finger. Sachin reckons he had an inside edge and calls for the review. Replays show there was no deflection, the two sounds were of the bat hitting the boot. He has to go and the Lankans are overjoyed. Ganguly is the new man, he needs to support Gambhir now who's played a lone hand so far. India are 103 for three.

19th Over: WICKET! Dammika raps Dravid on the pads. The umpire rules not out. Jayawardene asks for the review and the third umpire rules Dravid out. That's a big blow. Prasad's picked up his second wicket in his eighth over. He'll surely have a spring in his steps, but Dravid has every reason to feel hard done. Sachin Tendulkar walks out into the middle to join Gautam. This is his 150th Test and he gets off the mark with a single. India are 94 for two.

18th Over: Mendis to Gambhir. FOUR! Gauti takes a couple of steps down and drives it on the full. That's his third consecutive fifty. India are 91 for one.

8th Over: Prasad to Sehwag, smashed back and the ball hits the bowler on the left wrist. He's in considerable pain. Play is held up as he gets medical attention. WICKET! Sehwag gets the faintest of edges and Prasanna Jayawardene laps it up behind the stumps. That's Dammika Prasad's first Test wicket and the Lankans celebrate. Dravid is the next man in, he gets off the mark with three. India are 54 for one.

5th Over: DROPPED! Vaas to Sehwag, mistimes the pull and Warnapura drops him at square short leg. Vaas and Mahle look on in desperation. Sehwag gets a reprieve on 14. India are 34 without loss.

2nd Over: Dammika Prasad will share the cherry. FOUR! And Gambhir whips the first ball through to the square leg boundary. Prasad rips it through as he crosses the 140 kmh mark. Woh! Where is all that speed coming from. India are nine without loss.

INDIA, 1ST INNINGS, 1ST OVER: Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag stride out into the middle. Chaminda Vaas will start the proceedings. Gauti starts off with a single. FOUR! Sehwag is off in his own inimitable style. Vaas responds with three consecutive bouncers. India are five without loss.

TOSS AND TEAMS

India have won the toss and elected to bat first. "Looks like a good track and we hope to get a big score," says Indian skipper Anil Kumble.

Both the teams have made a change. For India, Parthiv Patel replaces Dinesh Karthik behind the stumps for India, while Dammika Prasad replaces Nuwan Kulasekara.

India: Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Parthiv Patel, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma.

Sri Lanka: Michael Vandort, Malinda Warnapura, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Tilekaratne Dilshan, Prasanna Jayawardene, Chaminda Vaas, Dammika Prasad, Ajantha Mendis, Muttiah Muralitharan.

PRE MATCH

Hello and welcome to our coverage on day one of the third and final Test between India and Sri Lanka at the PSS, Colombo. My colleague, Rajarshi Gupta and I, Ranabir Majumdar will take you through the day's proceedings.

The series is squared at 1-1 and this Test should turn out to be a great contest. I can't remember the last time a Test series in Sri Lanka turned out to be such a thriller.

The pitch is a bat first wicket. There is a hint of moisture on the top, but it will turn as the match progresses.