SPORT LD SL 4 LAST

Yuvraj, who was hit on the shoulder by a short ball from
Dhammika Prasad who replaced Mathews, responded with a four
off the inside edge and then fell in the next over of
Muralitharan.
He stepped out of the crease to the wily off spinner and,
finding himself in no man’s land, chose to defend only for the
ball to pop up high to give a dolly catch to Tilekaratne
Dilshan at short covers.
Yuvraj departed after raising a crucial 125-run
partnership for the fifth wicket off 129 balls with Dravid,
outscoring his senior partner at the end.
Dravid and Dhoni, who joined the when the score read 157
for five, were unstoppable on a wicket that eased out from the
morning freshness and simply tore into the hapless Lanka
bowling.
Dhoni left at the fag end of the day, edging a wide ball
from Prasad behind the stumps, before Dravid and Harbhajan
Singh saw through to the end without being separated. PTI