Srilanka as they desired....

It was all like an eagle which flies over the clouds to get a shelter from the rainy storms. Winning the toss Srilanka elected to bat first in the first test match in Galle International Stadium.Srilanka got a firing start as Dilshan(25) mainly targeted Ishant Sharma.After his fell back Sangakkara(103) and Paranivitana(110*) made dominating centuries and made clear that there is only a mere chance to loss in this test match.Abhimanyu Mithun got his maiden test wicket as Dilshan who like to charge down him but was caught behind by Dhoni.Then the partnership of Sangakkara and Paranivitana made a lot of headache to the Inidan bowlers.While Paranivitana was more concentrating on his defense Srilankan captain was in a good mood to take on the Indian bowlers.Without Zaheer Khan and Sreesanth Indian bowlers were below average.Indian spinner recovering from flu and hamstring was also not that good.Immediately after the tea,Sangakkara was mistimed a pullshot and was caught at the midwicket by Sachin Tendulakr in the bowling of Virendar Sehwag.Then Jayawardane(8) and Paranavitana brought the score upto 256/2 at the stumps on day-1.
Due to rain, even a single ball was not bowled and the second day's play was called-off.

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