Sri Lanka 312-2 after day one of second India Test

Colombo: Sri Lanka were 312-2 at stumps on the opening day of the second cricket Test against India at the Sinhalese Sports Club on Monday.

Skipper Kumar Sangakkara was unbeaten on 130 and Mahela Jayawardene was on 13. Opener Tharanga Paranavitana made 100.

An aggressive opening partnership of 99 between Tharanga Paranavitana and Tillakaratne Dilshan gave Sri Lanka an excellent start to the second test against India.
 
On a good batting track the two openers justified Kumar Sangakkara's decision to bat first by scoring runs briskly off a depleted Indian attack missing Zaheer Khan and Shanthakumaran Sreesanth.

Dilshan attacked from the beginning, smashing Ishant Sharma for four consecutive fours in his second over and repeating the treatment on Abhimanyu Mithun.

Dilshan completed his half century off 39 balls with 10 fours but at 54 got over-ambitious and in attempting to drive left-arm spinner Pragjyan Ojha gave a simple catch to VVS Laxman at short extra cover.

India v Sri Lanka second Test scoreboard
 
Sri Lanka 1st innings:
T. Paranavitana b Sharma 100
T. Dilshan c Laxman b Ojha 54
K. Sangakkara not out 130
M. Jayawardene not out 13
Extras: (b4, lb6, w1, nb4) 15
Total (for two wickets, 90 overs) 312
Fall of wickets: 1-99 (Dilshan), 2-273 (Paranavitana).
Bowling: Mithun 17-4-75-0, Sharma 15-4-66-1 (nb2), Ojha 23-5-59-1 (nb2), Harbhajan 22-3-61-0 (w1), Sehwag 9-0-26-0, Raina 4-0-15-0
 
Toss: Sri Lanka
Umpires: Daryl Harper and Rod Tucker
TV umpire: Ranmore Martinesz
Match referee: Andy Pycroft