Asked to follow on, the Indians were struggling at 181 for 5 at close on an eventful penultimate day of the first cricket match against Sri Lanka at Galle. India were faced with a daunting task of saving the match after spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan scalped six wickets in his last match. Muralitharan claimed 5 wickets in the first innings and added another wicket in the second to the just two short out of the 800 mark. The visitors lost Gautam Gambhir on zero and Virender Sehwag, 31 early but the experienced duo of Rahul Dravid, 44 and Sachin Tendulkar, 84 steadied the innings to some extent with a 119 run partnership. With one day remaining in the rain – hit Test, the Indians will have to bat out of their skin to save the match. Scores so far Sri Lanka: 520 for 8 declared India: 276 and 181 for 5