India is no.1 Test Team - India beat Sri Ilanka in 3rd Test, won Series by 2-0

India won the third test match against Sri Lanka by an inning and 24 runs and and becomes the no.1 test team on the 5th and final day of the match on December 6, 2009. India won the 3 match series by 2-0.

India has reached the top spot first time in 70 years and since the official ranking system implemented in 2001. India is the 3rd team to reach top of test ranking and only Australia and South Africa before.

India needed 4 wickets on the 5th day and Zaheer Khan strike early with the wicket of captain Kumara Sangakkara and wrapped the team within one hour. Zaheer Khan took 5 wickets for 72 runs in the 2nd inning.

Virender Sehwag got Man of the Match for his double century in the 1st inning as well as Man of the Series for his 491 runs in the series.

Brief Score:

India 726 for 9 dec (Sehwag 293, Dhoni 100*, Vijay 87, Dravid 74, Laxman 62, Tendulkar 52) beat Sri Lanka 393 (Dilshan 109, Mathews 99, Harbhajan 4-112) and 309 (Sangakkara 137, Paranavitana 54, Zaheer 5-72) by an innings and 24 runs

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Sri Lanka 366/8 at stumps 1st day Highlights, India Vs Sri Lanka 3rd Test at Mumbai

A fantastic 1st day of Test cricket played between India & Sri Lanka at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. The highlight / turning point of the 1st days play would be:

• Tillakaratne Dilshan excellent century
• Harbhajan's goo line bowling
• Dilshan's wicket - wrongly declared out, he was looking for a big one with the bat
• Angelo Mathews quickfire knock towards the later part of the day

Tomorrow's play will be crucial, if India will wrap Sri Lankan inning in the morning and then play entire day by keeping wickets.

Brief Score:

Sri Lanka 366 for 8 (Dilshan 109, Mathews 86*, Paranavitana 53, Harbhajan 4-107)

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India vs. Sri Lanka 3rd Test Live Scorecard - Ind v SL Live Commentary

India and Sri Lanka will meet for the 3rd and final test match starting from December 2nd to December 6th, 2009 at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. India won the 2nd test and leading the series by 1-0.

India is eying no.1 test ranking for the first time if they won the third and final test at Mumbai. Gautam Gambhir will miss 3rd test match as he will be busy in his sister's marriage and Tamil Nadu opener M Vijay will replace him.

Sri Lanka lost the 3rd test by an inning and 144 run and their bowling is really worry as they were toothless and unable to make any marks. Thier spin duo Muralitharan and Mendis were not produced any threat.

Indian Team for 3rd Test:

MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Virender Sehwag, M Vijay, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, S Sreesanth, Pragyan Ojha.

Sri Lankan Team for 3rd Test:

Kumar Sangakkara (c), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Tharanga Paranavitana, Thilan Samaraweera, Rangana Herath, Mahela Jayawardene, Prasanna Jayawardene (wk), Angelo Mathews, Muttiah Muralitharan, Dammika Prasad, Chanaka Welegedara.

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