Ind vs NZ 2nd Test Result - India won by an inning and 144 runs, India's 100th Test win

India registered their 100th test win with a style as they won the 2nd test match by an inning and 144 runs on the 4th day itself on Friday, 27th November, 2009 at Kanpur. Sreesanth won the Man of the Match award. India is leading the 3 match series by 1-0.

India needed six wickets on the 4th day and started well with Mathew gone early but Prasanna and Samarweera put 61 runs before Mendis gave frustraion with his 75 ball innings. Samarweera left with short of partners as he was not out on 78 runs.

Match Summary:

India 1st Inning - 642 all out in 154 overs (Sehwag 131, Gambhir 167, Dravid 144, Herath 5-121)

Sri Lanka 1st Inning - 229 all out in 84 overs (Jayawardhane 47, Sreesanth 5-75)

Sri Lanka 12nd Inning - 269 all out in 65.3 overs (Samarweera 78, Harbhajan 3-98)

Man of the Match - S Sreesanth (India)

Result - India won by an innings and 144 runs

Series - India led the 3-match series 1-0

Indian Team, Squad announced for test Series against Sri Lanka, Zaheer annd Sreesanth recalled

Indian selectors announced 15 members team for the first 2 test of the 3 match series against Sri Lanka and recalled fast bowlers Zaheer Khan and Sreesanth on Wednesday, 10th November, 2009.

Left arm spinner Pragyan Ojha and S Badrinath also recalled in the team and opener M Vijay retained his position. Test specialit Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman back in team for test series while Munaf Patel, Ashis Nehra and Praveen Kumar not included in the team.

Find the 15-member Indian team for the test series against Sri Lanka starting from 15th November, 2009.

Indian Team, Squad for Test Series:

MS Dhoni (capt/wk)
Virender Sehwag
Gautam Gambhir
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
VVS Laxman
Yuvraj Singh
M Vijay
S Badrinath
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Ishant Sharma
Sreesanth
Pragyan Ojha
Amit Mishra