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Harbhajan puts India atop

Afp, Ahmedabad
Cricket
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh grabbed four quick wickets in a mesmerising spell to put Sri Lanka in deep trouble in the third and final Test against India here on Monday.
He took 4-24 off 11 probing overs to send Sri Lanka tottering at 131-5 at stumps on the second day in reply to India's first-innings 398. Tillakaratne Dilshan (27) and Jehan Mubarak (11) were the not-out batsmen.
Sri Lanka now need 68 more runs to avoid a follow-on.
Among Harbhajan's victims were well-set skipper Marvan Atapattu (40) and Kumar Sangakkara (41), and in-form Mahela Jayawardene (nought).
India earlier rode on Venkatsai Laxman's solid 104 and lower-order batsman Irfan Pathan's resolute 82 to post a respectable total after resuming at 247-6.
Pathan then returned as a fast bowler to trouble Sri Lanka as he denied the tourists a sound start when he had debutant Upul Tharanga (two) caught behind in his second over.
Sri Lanka appeared to have overcome the early setback when Atapattu and Sangakkara added 60 for the second wicket, but Harbahajan struck in quick succession on a batting track to put India on top.
Sri Lanka's slide began with the dismissal of Atapattu, caught sweeping by stand-in skipper Virender Sehwag after hitting six fours.
Jayawardene, who scored three half-centuries in the previous two Tests, lasted just one ball this time as he was caught off his gloves by short-leg fielder
Mohammad Kaif.
Thilan Samaraweera (one) managed to survive the hat-trick ball before falling to the Harbhajan-Kaif combination. The Indian spinner then bowled Sangakkara round the legs for his fourth victim.
It was a frustrating day for Sri Lanka, who struggled for nearly two
sessions to claim the remaining four Indian wickets.
Laxman and Pathan played big roles in putting India in a strong position, adding a record 125 for
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The seventh wicket.
The stand surpassed the previous best of 104 between Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Dhoni in the second Test of the ongoing series at Delhi.
Laxman, 71 overnight, completed his ninth Test century in style when he flicked fast bowler Farveez Maharoof for a four.
He was the lone batsman to be dismissed in the morning session, bowled by Maharoof through bat and pad. He struck 14 fours in his 237-ball knock.