Sehwag scores Century, India lose early advantage

Rain played a spoilsport to India's plans of getting a big total in the first innings of Galle Test. Openers and Virender Sehwag added 167 runs for the first wicket with Sehwag completing his 15th test century. When they were going great, rain stopped play for more than 4 hours. When play resumed, the wicket and weather conditions changed completely. Gambhir was the first man to go on 56. Mendis claimed his wicket. Dravid did not last long and was out for 2. He yet again fell to Ajantha Mendis.

Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly too disappointed. Sachin was out for 5, while Ganguly was for a duck. Both batsmen fell to Vaas. India lost 4 crucial wickets in the span of just 11 runs. When bad light stopped play, India were 214/4. Sehwag was batting on 128 and Laxman remained unbeaten on 13. Sehwag and Laxman are the last recognising batting pair and India is hoping them to hang on and help the team to get a respectable total.