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mcgillianaireSri Lanka A 266. Indians 1/25. (TT Samarweera 72, RR Bose 5-51, Ramesh Powar 4-85)
Despite losing Dinesh Karthik just before the close, the Indians took the honours on the first day of their three-day tour game against a Sri Lankan A XI. The Indians rested SRT, Ganguly, Zaheer Khan, RP Singh & S Sreesanth and replaced them with pacers RR Bose and Ishant Sharma, offie Ramesh Powar, and batsmen Gautham Gambhir & Yuvraj Singh. Dinesh Karthik donned the gloves instead of MS Dhoni, who fielded at mid-on for most of the day. Karthik's 2 dropped catches, one of them a sitter, will not do his cause any good to cement his place in the Test team as first-choice keeper. The heroes of the day however were RR Bose and Ramesh Powar. Neither played in the first two Tests, but after today's performance, Dravid may re-evaluate his options for the 3rd Test at the Oval next week. The south-London ground is known to aid the slow bowlers in the latter stages of a Test match. Given the exploits of Surrey's Harbhajan Singh in this season's county circuit, and Sreesanth's erratic form in the first two Tests, it would not be surprising if the team management plumped for Mumbai's stocky offie, Ramesh Powar, for the 3rd Test.
Despite losing Dinesh Karthik just before the close, the Indians took the honours on the first day of their three-day tour game against a Sri Lankan A XI. The Indians rested SRT, Ganguly, Zaheer Khan, RP Singh & S Sreesanth and replaced them with pacers RR Bose and Ishant Sharma, offie Ramesh Powar, and batsmen Gautham Gambhir & Yuvraj Singh. Dinesh Karthik donned the gloves instead of MS Dhoni, who fielded at mid-on for most of the day. Karthik's 2 dropped catches, one of them a sitter, will not do his cause any good to cement his place in the Test team as first-choice keeper. The heroes of the day however were RR Bose and Ramesh Powar. Neither played in the first two Tests, but after today's performance, Dravid may re-evaluate his options for the 3rd Test at the Oval next week. The south-London ground is known to aid the slow bowlers in the latter stages of a Test match. Given the exploits of Surrey's Harbhajan Singh in this season's county circuit, and Sreesanth's erratic form in the first two Tests, it would not be surprising if the team management plumped for Mumbai's stocky offie, Ramesh Powar, for the 3rd Test.
