Centuries by Dravid, Sehwag, Gambhir

Published September 10, 2005

MUTARE (Zimbabwe), Sept 9: India’s three top-order batsmen Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid all scored centuries against a Zimbabwe Board XI on Friday in a warm-up game ahead of next week’s first Test. By the close of the second day of a three-day match, India had replied to the Board’s first innings effort of 294 for nine wickets declared by scoring 365 for two wickets, a lead of 71 runs with eight wickets standing.

Scores:

Zimbabwe Board XI first innings 294-9 dec (overnight 265-7) (D. Ebrahim 169,

K. Dabengwa 60, A. Kumble 5-8)

India first innings 365-2 (V. Sehwag 123, G. Gambhir 126, R. Dravid 126 no).—AFP

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