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Pathan's narrow miss

AFP, New Delhi
Irfan Pathan struck a career-best 93 to help India to a comfortable position against Sri Lanka on the third day of the second Test at the
Ferozeshah Kotla ground on
Monday.
The left-hander frustrated the
visiting side in his role of make-shift opener as India reached 237-5 in their second innings after gaining a useful 60-run first innings lead.
Former skipper Sourav Ganguly (22) and Yuvraj Singh (28) were the not out batsmen at close as the home side went 297 runs ahead with five wickets still in hand.
Promoted to open the innings in the absence of Virender Sehwag, Pathan played both pace and spin with ease after veteran leg-spinner Anil Kumble helped dismiss Sri Lanka for 230 in their first innings.
Sri Lanka, resuming at 198-6 in reply to India's 290, failed to get any valuable contribution down the order as Kumble bagged two wickets in the morning to finish with 6-72.
The visiting side then ran into a determined Pathan, whose previous highest was 55 against Australia in Bangalore last year.
The all-rounder played shots all over the ground during his 143-ball knock smashing 10 boundaries and two huge sixes, both off experienced off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan.
Muralitharan, who bagged seven wickets in the first innings, failed to test Pathan who added 44 for the
third wicket with first innings centurion Sachin Tendulkar (16) and 93 with captain Rahul Dravid (53), who had opened in the first innings.
Pathan's opening partner Gautam Gambhir failed for the second time in the match on his home ground and became Sri Lankan seamer Chaminda Vaas' 300th Test victim.
Vaas also dismissed Venkatsai Laxman (11) caught behind by Kumar Sangakkara while legspinner Malinga Bandara trapped Tendulkar lbw, when the master
batsman failed to read a googly.
Earlier, Kumble dismissed Vaas and Muralitharan to bag his 30th haul of five or more wickets in a Test innings while seamer Pathan and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh chipped in with a wicket each.
The first Test in Chennai ended in a draw while the third and final Test will be played in Ahmedabad from Sunday.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard at stumps on the third
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day of the second Test between India and Sri Lanka at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground in New Delhi on Monday:
INDIA: First innings 290 (Tendulkar 109, Laxman 69, Ganguly 40; Muralitharan 7-100)
SRI LANKA: First innings (overnight 198-6)
Gunawardene lbw b Pathan 25
Atapattu c Gambhir b Kumble 88
Sangakkara c Kumble b Pathan 3
Jayawardene lbw b Kumble 60
Samaraweera b Kumble 1
Dilshan lbw b Kumble 0
Mubarak not out 29
Vaas c Harbhajan b Kumble 2
Bandara b Pathan 1
Muralitharan b Kumble 9
Fernando c Ganguly b Harbhajan0
Extras: (b-4, lb-2, nb-1, pen-5) 12
Total: (All out in 83.3 overs) 230 Fall of wickets: 1-54, 2-62, 3-175, 4179, 5-179, 6-198, 7-200, 8-204, 9219
Bowler O M R W
Pathan 22 8 34 3
Agarkar 16 4 40 0
Kumble 28 6 72 6
Harbhajan 15.3 0 67 1
Tendulkar 2 0 6 0
INDIA: Second innings
Gambhir lbw b Vaas 3
Pathan c Sangakkara b Fernando 93
Laxman c Sangakkara b Vaas 11
Tendulkar lbw b Bandara 16
Dravid run out 53
Ganguly not out 22
Yuvraj not out 28
Extras: (b-2, lb-4, nb-5) 11
Total: (For 5 wkts in 68 overs) 237 Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-42, 3-86, 4178, 5-190
Bowler O M R W
Vaas 17 3 58 2
Muralitharan 25 3 86 0
Fernando 14 3 57 1
Bandara 12 1 30 1