Sri Lanka captained by Kumara Sangakkara, left, are in India for a three match test series with Mahendra Singh Dhoni's hosts [AFP]
Published On 18 Nov 200918 Nov 2009
India won the opening toss in Ahmedabad and chose to bat, but suffered an early setback when Gautam Gambhir played a Chanaka Welegedera delivery onto his stumps for just 1 [AFP]
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The Sri Lankan left armer tore into the hosts early on and removed Gambhir's opening partner, Virender Sehwag, for 16 [AFP]
Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar is celebrating the start of his third decade playing in international cricket, but was removed by Welegedera after scoring just 4 runs [AFP]
Welegedera's 3 wickets helped reduce India to 32-4 [AFP]
But the hosts recovered in style led by Rahul Dravid who passed 11,000 runs in test cricket with a brilliant century [AFP]
Dravid's inning included 26 fours and one six [AFP]
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He finished the day unbeaten on 177 as impressive stands with Yuvraj Singh (68)... [AFP]
... and Dhoni, who scored 110 for his second test century, meant India finished on a commanding 385-6 falling just one run short of their highest number of test runs scored in a single day [AFP]
