Ind vs SL 1st Test Live Score Card - India v Sri Lanka First Test 4th Day Live Commentary

Host India and Sri Lanka will start their 3 match test series with 1st test match starting from Monday, 16th November, 2009 at Ahmedabad. Watch and enjoy the live ball by ball commentary of the 1st Test match between Sri Lanka and India Here!

India v Sri Lanka 1st Test 4th Day Live Score Card With ball by ball Commentary:

Ind v SL 1st Test 1st Day Score - Dravid's unbeaten 177 and Dhoni's 110 helpd India made 385/6

"The Wall" - Rahul Dravid brought back India from a deep trouble from 32/4 and helped theteam to finish the 1st day on 385/6 with unbeaten 177 runs with 26 fours and a six on Monday, 16th November, 2009 at Motera, Ahmedabad.

India were struggling on 32-4 with Gambhir, Sehwag, Tendulkar and Laxman were all back in the pavillion and then Dravid put 125 runs for the 5th wicket with Yuvraj who svore 68 runs and then 224 runs with captain Dhoni who also hit a brilliant century 110 runs with 10 fours and a six.

Watch and enjoy some of the photo highlights of the 1st day.

India vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Preview, Ind vs SL 1st Test Teams at Ahmedabad

First test match of 3 match series between India and Sri Lanka will be played from Monday, 16th November to Friday, 20th November, 2009 at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad and the timing will be 09:30 IST, 04:00 GMT.

India lost the ODI series to Australia but they beat Sri Lanka recently and test series is a different ball game. Arrival of test specialist Dravid and Laxman will add strength in the middle while Gambhir and Sehwag will open the inning. Zaheer Khan return will support weak bowling line with Amit Mishra in spin.

Sri Lanka is considering this series as final frontier and they will try take revenge of home series defeat. Dilshan's form and availabilty will be crucial at the top of the order while Sangakkara and Jayawardhane will be crucial in the middle.

India Team, Squad for 1st Test at Ahmedabad:

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, S Sreesanth, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra

Sri Lanka Team, Squad for 1st Test at Ahmedabad:

Kumar Sangakkara (c), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Rangana Herath, Mahela Jayawardene, Prasanna Jayawardene (wk), Thilina Kandamby, Nuwan Kulasekara, Angelo Mathews,
Ajantha Mendis, Muttiah Muralitharan, Tharanga Paranavitana, Dammika Prasad, Thilan Samaraweera, Kaushal Silva, Thilan Thushara, Chanaka Welegedara.

Watch and enjoy the live ball by ball commentary of the 1st Test between India and Sri Lanka Here!

Sri Lanka Test Team, Squad for Test Series against India - SL Test Squad

Sri Lanka arrived in India for 3 match test series starting from 15th November, 2009 under the captaincy of Kumara Sangakkara. Wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene has returned in the team after injury while veteran Sanath Jayasuriya has been exclude from the team.

Find the list of 15-member team for 3 match test series against India.

Sri Lankan Test Team, Squad:

Kumar Sangakkara (c)
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Rangana Herath
Mahela Jayawardene
Prasanna Jayawardene (wk)
Thilina Kandamby
Nuwan Kulasekara
Angelo Mathews
Ajantha Mendis
Muttiah Muralitharan
Tharanga Paranavitana
Dammika Prasad
Thilan Samaraweera
Kaushal Silva
Thilan Thushara
Chanaka Welegedara

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