India v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Kanpur, 2nd day

'Only one team can lose from here' - Gambhir

Nov 25, 2009: 'If we bowl well, we're favourites in this game. They need 450 to avoid the follow-on. As long as they're short of that, they'll be in danger,' says Gambhir

India v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Kanpur, 2nd day

Sri Lanka steady after India amass 642

Nov 25, 2009: Rahul Dravid laid the platform with a serene, yet commanding, 144 before Yuvraj Singh and VVS Laxman hit fluent fifties to lead India to a position of immense strength in Kanpur

India v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Kanpur, 1st day

Trevor Bayliss sticks by decision to play three spinners

Nov 24, 2009: Sri Lanka named three specialist spinners in Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis and Rangana Herath, with the belief that the pitch would start cracking in the latter half of the day. But it wasn't a wise decision

India v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Kanpur, 1st day

A vintage Sehwag innings

Nov 24, 2009: Though his reputation may be that of a dasher, there have been few batsmen in the history of the game as adept as Virender Sehwag when it comes to building on a start

India v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Kanpur, 1st day

India plunder 417 on opening day

Nov 24, 2009: Gautam Gambhir notched up his seventh hundred in nine Tests, Virender Sehwag completed a feisty century, Rahul Dravid was close to his ton and India posted the highest total scored in a day in a Test in India

India v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Kanpur

Murali isn't struggling - Kumar Sangakkara

Nov 23, 2009: Muttiah Muralitharan may have played one of his most forgettable Tests in Ahmedabad last week but he isn't "struggling", Kumar Sangakkara has said

India v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Kanpur

Teams back to square one

Nov 23, 2009: Cricinfo previews the second Test between India and Sri Lanka in Kanpur

Sri Lanka in India 2009-10

Dilshan suffers broken nose

Nov 21, 2009: Tillakaratne Dilshan fractured his nose upon colliding with one of his team-mates while playing football after the first Test against India in Ahmedabad

India v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Ahmedabad, 5th day

Tendulkar, Gambhir, dead pitch frustrate Sri Lanka

Nov 20, 2009: Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, and a dead Ahmedabad pitch (21 wickets and seven centuries in five days) put paid to Sri Lanka's dream of a first Test win in India

India v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Ahmedabad, 4th day

Gambhir keeps Sri Lanka at bay

Nov 19, 2009: Sri Lanka gave themselves a minimum of 134 overs and an ample cushion of runs to try and register their first Test win in India, but the Ahmedabad pitch got deader and deader every passing minute

India v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Ahmedabad, 3rd day

Classy Mahela Jayawardene leaves India clueless

Nov 18, 2009: Mahela Jayawardene was a beautiful batsman to watch, one capable of playing every stroke in the book with real elegance. What he lacked, perhaps, was the touch of steel, that ability to put the boot in when on top of his game

India v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Ahmedabad, 3rd day

Jayawardene double flattens India

Nov 18, 2009: Mahela Jayawardene ground the Indian bowlers into Ahmedabad dust, almost ruling out a defeat for Sri Lanka

India v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Ahmedabad, 2nd day

A dashing yet different Dilshan

Nov 17, 2009: Tillakaratne Dilshan's century was a calibrated effort that shaped Sri Lanka's fighting reply to India's large total

India v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Ahmedabad, 2nd day

'Game's pretty even' - Gary Kirsten

Nov 17, 2009: Gary Kirsten wasn't about to push any panic buttons after a poor day, though he admitted that a slightly more vigorous wag from the tail would have been handy

Sri Lanka in India 2009-10

Thilan Thushara ruled out of India tour

Nov 17, 2009: Thilan Thushara has been ruled out of the ongoing three-Test series against India because of a shoulder injury. He will be replaced by Dilhara Fernando in the squad

India v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Ahmedabad, 2nd day

Dilshan ton leads confident Sri Lankan reply

Nov 17, 2009: Tillakaratne Dilshan became the first Sri Lankan to score a century in India since 1997 as the visitors finished the second day with the upper hand

India v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Ahmedabad, 1st day

Dashing Dravid carries India's comeback

Nov 16, 2009: Rahul Dravid's 27th century - and 10th 150-plus score - carried more intent than probably any of his Test innings, and led India's remarkable comeback from 32 for 4

Sri Lanka in India 2009-10

'Reputations are there to be made' - Sangakkara

Nov 15, 2009: The Sri Lankan captain is unfazed by the fact that his seam attack is inexperienced and expects them to make a mark

India v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Ahmedabad

Battle for top spot kicks off

Nov 15, 2009: After nearly a year of no Test cricket on Indian soil, this match should be worth the wait

India v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Ahmedabad

Sri Lanka face weight of history

Nov 15, 2009: Cricinfo previews the first Test between India and Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad