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Mahela batters India

AFP, Ahmedabad
Former captain Mahela Jayawardene scored his sixth double-century as Sri Lanka seized control of the first Test against India here on Wednesday.
Jayawardene w’as unbeaten on 204 as the tourists closed the third dav at 591 -5 in their first innings, a lead of 165 runs over India s 426 with five wickets in hand at the Motera stadium.
Sri Lanka, who have never won a Test on Indian soil, have two days to force victory with a bowling attack led by world record holder Muttiah Muralidaran and take the lead in the three-match series.
The batting-friendly pitch helped Sri Lanka record their highest total in India, surpassing their420 all out in Kanpur during the 1986 series.
Wicket-keeper Prasanna Jayawardene joined the run-riot with an unbeaten knock of 84, helping his senior partner compile a record 216-run partnership.
It was Sri Lanka's best sixth-wicket stand,
eclipsing the 189 by Aravinda de Silva and Arjuna Ranatunga against Zimbabwe in Colombo in 1997.
Jayawardene. who quit as captain earlier this year to concentrate on his batting, has kept vigil for eight hours and hit 17 boundaries and a six in his 27th three-figure knock.
During the day, he overtook Pakistanis Inzamam-ul Haq and Javed Miandad, and Graham Gooch of England, to become the ninth highest scorer in Test cricket with 8,951 runs from 108 matches.
His double-century brought him to par with his present captain Kumar Sangakkara, former team-mate Manan Atapattu and Miandad. who all have six scores of200 or more.
Only Australian legend Don Bradman (12), West Indian Brian Lara (nine) and Englishman Wally Hammond (seven) have crossed 200 more times.
"I have learnt to manage my innings better because I know what my weaknesses are," said Jayawardene, 32. "It was good to get my first hundred in India and it was important in the context of the match. "There is ample time left in the game. If we can get a good lead tomorrow, it will give the bowlers a good opportunity to have a go at the Indians.
The Indian bowlers toiled in vain under the hot sun as the barren pitch offered no assistance to either the fast bowlers or the spinners.
The spinners proved the most expensive with Harbhajan Singh going for 1-151 in 39 overs and Amit Sharma returning wicketless at the cost of 152 runs from 43 overs.
Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera, who resumed at the overnight score of275-3, put on 138 for the fourth wicket to build on opener Tillakaratne Dilshan's century on the second day.
Samaraweera was dismissed for 70, but all-rounder Angelo Mathews helped Jayawardene add 43 for the fifth wicket before falling to a controversial decision in the last over before lunch.
Mathews, who made 17, was declared caught at forward short-leg by Australian umpire Daryl Harper even as replays showed the ball from Harbhajan bounce off the batsman's pad.
India, however, failed to gain another wicket in the last two sessions as the two unrelated Jayawardenes overcame defensive tactics by the hosts to pile up the runs.
Sri Lanka are playing three Tests, two T\venty20 matches and five one-day internation-alson theseven-weck tour.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard at stumps on the third day of the first Test between India and Sri Lanka at
the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday: INDIA: First innings 426 (Dravid 177, Yuvraj 68, Dhoni 110; Welegedara 4-87, Muralidaran3-97)
SRI LANKA: First innings (overnight275-3)
Dilshanc Dravid b Zaheer 112 Paranavitana c Dhoni b Sharma 35 Sangakkara c Tendulkar b Zaheer 31 M Jayawardene not out 204 Samaraweera cYuvraj b Sharma 70 Mathews cGambhirb Harbhajan 17 P Jayawardene not out 84 Extras (b-5,lb-13,w-3,nb-17) 38
Total (For 5 wkts in 160 overs) 591 To bat: Welegedara, Muralidaran, Prasad, Herath.
Fall of wickets: 1-74, 2-189, 3-194,4-332,5-375.
Bowler O M R W
Zaheer 30 4 93 2
Sharma 28 0 108 2
Harbhajan 39 3 151 I
Mishra 43 6 152 0
Yuvraj 13 1 49 0
Tendulkar 7 0 20 0