Toss - India won the toss and decided to BAT first.
Teams
India: Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (C)(W), Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Sreesanth, Pragyan Ojha
Sri Lanka: Tharanga Paranavitana, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (C), Mahela Jayawardena, Thilan Samaraweera, Angelo Mathews, Prasanna Jayawardene (W), Muttiah Muralidaran, Chanaka Welegedara, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath
India Innings
- Drinks: India – 39/0 in 12.0 overs (G Gambhir 24, V Sehwag 14)
- India: 50 runs in 14.3 overs (88 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 88 balls (G Gambhir 26, V Sehwag 22, Ex 2)
- India: 100 runs in 21.2 overs (129 balls), Extras 2
- V Sehwag: 50 off 60 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 129 balls (G Gambhir 49, V Sehwag 52, Ex 2)
- G Gambhir: 50 off 70 balls (7 x 4)
- Lunch: India – 131/0 in 26.0 overs (G Gambhir 59, V Sehwag 70)
- India: 150 runs in 27.3 overs (168 balls), Extras 4
- 1st Wicket: 150 runs in 168 balls (G Gambhir 67, V Sehwag 79, Ex 4)
- V Sehwag: 100 off 97 balls (13 x 4, 2 x 6)
- India: 200 runs in 37.2 overs (227 balls), Extras 4
- 1st Wicket: 200 runs in 227 balls (G Gambhir 90, V Sehwag 107, Ex 4)
- India lost 1st wicket in 42nd over – 1-233 (Sehwag, 41.2 ov)
- M Muralidaran to V Sehwag, OUT! Just back of a length outside off. Sehwag was looking for the drive against the turn but failed to keep it down. It was close to Dilshan at short cover, who took a good low catch. Finally the breakthrough comes.
- Drinks: India – 233/1 in 41.2 overs (G Gambhir 98)
- G Gambhir: 100 off 132 balls (10 x 4)
- India: 250 runs in 44.2 overs (269 balls), Extras 4
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 55 balls (G Gambhir 33, R Dravid 18, Ex 0)
- India: 300 runs in 57.3 overs (348 balls), Extras 4
- Tea: India – 307/1 in 59.0 overs (G Gambhir 140, R Dravid 32)
- G Gambhir: 150 off 187 balls (14 x 4)
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 138 balls (G Gambhir 52, R Dravid 41, Ex
- India: 350 runs in 68.2 overs (413 balls), Extras 13
- R Dravid: 50 off 98 balls (5 x 4)
- India lost 2nd wicket in 76th over – 2-370 (Gambhir, 75.1 ov)
- Muralidaran to Gambhir, OUT! Muralidaran gets another. Just back of a length on off stump and Gambhir was looking to drive to long off for a single. He failed to keep it down and Muralidaran took a brilliant catch diving to his right.
- Drinks: India – 370/2 in 75.1 overs (R Dravid 58)
- India: 400 runs in 83.4 overs (505 balls), Extras 14
- New Ball Taken: India 405/2 after 86.1 overs (R Dravid 74, SR Tendulkar 19)
- End Of Day: India – 417/2 in 90.0 overs (R Dravid 85, SR Tendulkar 20)
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