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Kumar Sangakkara scored an exquisite double century in the first innings at Colombo

#3 India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Colombo, 2010

India suffered a batting letdown at Galle and consequently, slumped to a 10-wicket defeat. However, in the second Test, they came back strongly. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first on a decent batting wicket.

The Indian bowlers struggled throughout while the Lankan batsmen made hay and racked up a score of 642/4. Kumar Sangakkara top scored with 219 runs while Tharanga Parnavitana and Mahela Jayawardena scored 100 and 174 runs respectively.

Nevertheless, India stormed back with a strong reply and scored 707 runs in their first innings. Virender Sehwag commenced proceedings with a swashbuckling knock of 99 runs. Sachin Tendulkar carried forward the good work and dished out 203 runs in 347 balls.

Suresh Raina also impressed with a ton in his debut Test match. India declared at the stroke of lunch on Day 5. However, by then, the game was already destined for a draw. Sri Lankan batsmen scored 129/3 after which both teams decided to shake hands.

Brief Scores

Sri Lanka, 1st innings: 642/4 dec, Kumar Sangakkara 219, Mahela Jayawardena 174; Virender Sehwag 1/71, Ishant Sharma 1/102

India, 1st innings: 707 all out, Sachin Tendulkar 203, Suresh Raina 120; Ajantha Mendis 4/172, Tilekaratne Dilshan 3/56

Sri Lanka, 2nd innings: 129/3 dec, Kumar Sangakkara 42*, Tharanga Parnavitana 34; Virender Sehwag 1/17, Abhimanyu Mithun 1/17