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ODI & Test Cricket Schedule Who will Win? 
Oct 23 - Dec 23 2005
Sri Lanka vs India 2005 - Delhi Test
Tendulkar, the mighty little master
Dec 10, 2005
Sachin Tendulkar scored a record-breaking 35th hundred in Test cricket. At
4.45 in New Delhi, the little master turned a ball from
Sri Lanka's Chaminda Vaas off his hip and took the consuming
single. Upon reaching the bowler's end, he raised his
bat and looked to the heavens. The crowd packed into the
Feroz Shah Kotla ground roared for their champion, the
master of the game. It had been a long wait. Tendulkar
scored his 33rd century in April 2004. A year ago he equalled
Sunil Gavaskar's tally with a 34th century against Bangladesh.
Since then the whole of India has been nervously waiting.India ended the day on 245-3 with VVS Laxman hitting 69 and Sourav Ganguly unbeaten on 39.
Tendulkar, who had not been in great batting form since returning from a six-month injury absence, took 177 balls for his century, hitting 13 fours and a six along the way.
And he reached the milestone in 125 Tests, the same amount Gavaskar took to score 34 centuries.
Second Test, Delhi, day one (close): India 245-3 v Sri Lanka
Kumble burst rivals Murali spell
Dec 11, 2005
Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan triggered a collapse to bowl India out
for 290 on day two of the second Test. Muralitharan took four wickets for two runs, including Sachin Tendulkar for 109, in 18 balls as India lost their last seven wickets for just 36 runs.
But spin rival Anil Kumble hit back with four wickets of his own in the space of six overs as Sri Lanka fell from 175-2 to 198-6 at stumps.
Second Test, Delhi, day two (stumps): India 290 all out v Sri Lanka 198-6
Delhi test: Pathan puts India in control
Dec 12, 2005
Irfan Pathan hit a career-best 93 as India reached 237-5 in their second innings at the close on day three of the second Test against Sri Lanka. Opener Pathan, standing in for the sick Virender Sehwag , put on 92 with skipper Rahul Dravid (53) as India extended their lead to 297 in Delhi.
Earlier, Anil Kumble finished with 6-72 as India bowled out Sri Lanka for 230. Pathan finished with 3-34 as Jehan Mubarak ran out of partners to finish unbeaten on 29. India were 86-3 at one point, paceman Chaminda Vaas removing opener Gautam Gambhir (3) for his 300th Test wicket and VVS Laxman (11).
Second Test, Delhi, day three (close): India 290 & 237-5 v Sri Lanka 230
Delhi test: Sri Lanka falter in record chase
Dec 13, 2005
Sri Lanka suffered a late collapse in their quest for a world record 436 to win the second Test against India, ending day four in Delhi on 123-5. They were progressing well at 109-1 with skipper Marvan Atapattu and Kumar Sangakkara sharing a partnership of 79. Atapattu hit 11 fours in 67 but Anil Kumble struck twice in one over and Thilan Samaraweera fell at the close.
Earlier Yuvraj Singh (77) and Mahendra Dhoni, who hit two sixes in 51 off as many balls as India declared on 375-6. Resuming on 237-5, Sourav Ganguly and Yuvraj added 34 before Ganguly played on to Muttiah Muralitharan.
Second Test, Delhi, day four (close): India 290 & 375-6 dec v Sri Lanka 230 & 123-5
Kumble spins India to Delhi win
Dec 14, 2005
Spinner Anil Kumble took 10 wickets as India beat Sri Lanka by 188 runs in the second Test to lead the series 1-0. Kumble and fellow spinner Harbhajan Singh rattled through Sri Lanka who collapsed to 247 all out in Delhi. The tourists, resuming the final day on 123-5 were all out soon after lunch as they tried in vain to chase the world record 436 to win.
Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene jointly top-scored with 67 as Kumble recorded his eighth 10-wicket Test haul. He took 4-85 in the second innings to add to the 6-72 from the first to record 10-157 in the match. Jayawardene battled for 164 balls for his 67 but when he fell to Harhajan Singh, who took 3-70, the last three wickets tumbled for four runs.
Second Test, Delhi, day five: India 290 & 375-6 dec beat Sri Lanka 230 & 247 by 188 runs
ScorecardIndia won the toss and decided to bat
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290 all out (96.4 overs)
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375 for 6 (105.0 overs)
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230 all out (83.3 overs)
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247 all out (91.2 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| G Gambhir | lbw | b W P U J C Vaas | 2 |
3 | 0 | 0 |
| R Dravid | c J Mubarak | b M Muralitharan | 24 |
43 | 5 | 0 |
| V V S Laxman | c K C Sangakkara | b M Muralitharan | 69 |
117 | 12 | 0 |
| S R Tendulkar | lbw | b M Muralitharan | 109 |
196 | 14 | 1 |
| S C Ganguly | lbw | b M Muralitharan | 40 |
129 | 4 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh | lbw | b C M Bandara | 0 |
5 | 0 | 0 |
| M S Dhoni | b M Muralitharan | 5 |
12 | 1 | 0 | |
| I K Pathan | c J Mubarak | b M Muralitharan | 0 |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| A B Agarkar | not out | 14 |
35 | 1 | 0 | |
| A Kumble | b C M Bandara | 8 |
14 | 1 | 0 | |
| Harbhajan Singh | b M Muralitharan | 7 |
22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 4b 8lb | 12 | ||||
| Total | all out | 290 | ||||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| D A Gunawardene | lbw | b I K Pathan | 25 |
73 | 5 | 0 |
| M S Atapattu | c G Gambhir | b A Kumble | 88 |
202 | 11 | 0 |
| K C Sangakkara | c A Kumble | b I K Pathan | 3 |
9 | 0 | 0 |
| D P M D Jayawardene | lbw | b A Kumble | 60 |
103 | 9 | 0 |
| T T Samaraweera | b A Kumble | 1 |
7 | 0 | 0 | |
| T M Dilshan | lbw | b A Kumble | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| J Mubarak | not out | 29 |
65 | 5 | 0 | |
| W P U J C Vaas | c Harbhajan Singh | b A Kumble | 2 |
9 | 0 | 0 |
| C M Bandara | b I K Pathan | 1 |
8 | 0 | 0 | |
| M Muralitharan | b A Kumble | 9 |
7 | 0 | 1 | |
| C R D Fernando | c S C Ganguly | b Harbhajan Singh | 0 |
18 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | 1nb 4b 2lb | 12 | ||||
| Total | all out | 230 | ||||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| G Gambhir | lbw | b W P U J C Vaas | 3 |
5 | 0 | 0 |
| I K Pathan | c K C Sangakkara | b C R D Fernando | 93 |
143 | 10 | 2 |
| V V S Laxman | c K C Sangakkara | b W P U J C Vaas | 11 |
38 | 1 | 0 |
| S R Tendulkar | lbw | b C M Bandara | 16 |
24 | 3 | 0 |
| R Dravid | run out | 53 |
89 | 6 | 0 | |
| S C Ganguly | b M Muralitharan | 39 |
115 | 3 | 0 | |
| Yuvraj Singh | not out | 77 |
168 | 10 | 0 | |
| M S Dhoni | not out | 51 |
51 | 5 | 2 | |
| Extras | 7nb 9b 16lb | 32 | ||||
| Total | for 6 | 375 | ||||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| D A Gunawardene | lbw | b I K Pathan | 9 |
20 | 2 | 0 |
| M S Atapattu | c and b | A Kumble | 67 |
129 | 11 | 0 |
| K C Sangakkara | c M S Dhoni | b A B Agarkar | 33 |
89 | 5 | 0 |
| D P M D Jayawardene | c G Gambhir | b Harbhajan Singh | 67 |
164 | 7 | 0 |
| C M Bandara | lbw | b A Kumble | 0 |
3 | 0 | 0 |
| T T Samaraweera | c R Dravid | b Harbhajan Singh | 0 |
14 | 0 | 0 |
| J Mubarak | lbw | b A B Agarkar | 3 |
26 | 0 | 0 |
| T M Dilshan | b A Kumble | 32 |
65 | 7 | 0 | |
| W P U J C Vaas | c Harbhajan Singh | b A Kumble | 17 |
36 | 3 | 0 |
| M Muralitharan | c M S Dhoni | b Harbhajan Singh | 2 |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| C R D Fernando | not out | 2 |
3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 6nb 2b 7lb | 15 | ||||
| Total | all out | 247 | ||||
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Umpires: Nadeem Ghauri, S J A Taufel
India: Yuvraj Singh, G Gambhir, R Dravid, S R Tendulkar, V V S Laxman, S C Ganguly, M S Dhoni, A B Agarkar, A Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, I K Pathan
Sri Lanka: D A Gunawardene, K C Sangakkara, D P M D Jayawardene, T T Samaraweera, M S Atapattu, T M Dilshan, W P U J C Vaas, C M Bandara, C R D Fernando, M Muralitharan, J Mubarak