Sri Lankan batsmen fall flat at Hobart, India in Command

Indian bowlers produced superb bowling display to bowl out Sri Lanka for 179 in 47.1 overs. At one stage, Sri Lanka were 93/7. But Kapugedera's fighting 57 helped Sri Lanka recover and cross the 150 mark. Jayasuriya scored 34, while Sangakkara contributed 33. For India, Ishant Sharma and Praveen Kumar took 4 wickets each. India had dropped Sehwag and Sressanth and brought in Munaf and Praveen Kumar.

Chasing a victory target of 180 runs to win, India opened the innings with Sachin Tendulkar and Robin Utthappa. Yet another experiment by skipper Dhoni, but it failed, as Utthapa was out for 11. Sachin Tendulkar looks solid and is batting on 40. India were 70/1 in 12 overs when reports last came in. Gambhir was batting on 16.