India will resume their first innings with the overnight score of 181 for five on the last and final day today in the Galle Cricket test. It still needs 63 runs to avoid the embarrassment of an innings defeat. The Indian Team has the daunting task ahead to save the first cricket Test after spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan scalped six wickets in his last match to put Sri Lanka within sniffing distance of a victory. Muralitharan claimed of 5 for 63 in the first innings and added another wicket in the second to be just two short of the 800-historic mark as India were skittle out for 276 in their first innings in response to the home team's total of 520 for eight declared. Asked to follow on, the Indians are struggling at 181 for five.
News On AIR | July 22, 2010 9:52 AM
Galle test: India still needs 63 runs to avoid inning defeat against Srilanka