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NEW DELHI, Dec 14: India leg-spinner Anil Kumble grabbed his eighth 10-wicket match haul to lead India to an emphatic 188-run victory over Sri Lanka in the second Test on Wednesday. Kumble took four for 85 to bowl out Sri Lanka for 247 in their second innings shortly after lunch on the fifth day, giving the hosts a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Sri Lanka were reduced to 203 for seven at lunch after being set a world record 436-run fourth innings victory target.
They added another 40 runs before off-spinner Harbhajan Singh provided the breakthrough by removing Mahela Jayawardene for a patient 67.
Jayawardene had shared a 68 run seventh-wicket partnership with Tillekeratne Dilshan (32) to frustrate Indian victory hopes.
Once Jayawardene was caught at short leg off bat and pad, however, the resistance ended and the Sri Lankan lost their last three wickets for four runs.
Scoreboard
INDIA (1st Innings) 290 (S.R. Tendulkar 109, V.V.S. Laxman 69; M. Muralitharan 7-100).
SRI LANKA (1st Innings) 230 (M.S. Atapattu 88, D.P.M.D. Jayawardene 60; A. Kumble 6-72).
INDIA (2nd Innings) 375-6 declared (Irfan Pathan 93, Yuvraj Singh 77 not out, R. Dravid 53, M.S. Dhoni 51 not out).
SRI LANKA (2nd Innings, overnight 123-5):
D.A. Gunawardene lbw b Pathan 9
M.S. Atapattu c and b Kumble 67
K.C. Sangakkara c Dhoni b Agarkar 33
M. Jayawardene c Gambhir b Harbhajan 67
C.M. Bandara lbw b Kumble 0
T.T. Samaraweera c Dravid b Harbhajan 0
J. Mubarak lbw b Agarkar 3
T.M. Dilshan b Kumble 32
W.P.U.J.C. Vaas c Harbhajan b Kumble 17
M. Muralitharan c Dhoni b Harbhajan 2
C.R.D. Fernando not out 2
EXTRAS (B-2, LB-7, NB-6) 15
TOTAL (all out, 91.2 overs) 247
FALL OF WKTS 1-30, 2-109, 3-119, 4-119, 5-123, 6-131, 7-199, 8-243, 9-243.
BOWLING: Irfan Pathan 14-2-38-1; Agarkar 16-4-45-2 (1nb); Kumble 36-7-85-4 (5nb); Harbhajan Singh 25.2-5-70-3.
THIRD TEST: Ahmedabad, Dec 18-22.—Reuters
