Gambhir slams ton as India continue fight back

Ahmedabad, Nov 20 (PTI) Opener Gautam Gambhir slammed his
seventh Test hundred as India continued to fight back,
reaching 256 for three at lunch on the fifth and final day of
the first Test against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad in west
India on Friday.


Resuming at 19
0 for two, India lost nightwatchman Amit
Mishra just after 45 minutes of play before Gambhir reached
his fourth hundred at home in the company of Sachin Tendulkar
with a glanced boundary off Angelo Mathews.
It was Gambhir's third hundred, all scored in the second
innings, following his marathon 10 and a half hour
match-saving 137 at Napier and 167 at Wellington in the last
two Tests of the three-Test series played in New Zealand in
March-April.
The 28-year-old Delhi player and ICC Test Player of the
Year completed his ton with half hour to go for lunch and
remained unconquered at the interval with 105 runs to his name
off 213 balls with 12 fours in it.
Tendulkar, who started off fluently with three early
boundaries before slowing down a bit, was the other unbeaten
batsman at lunch and was batting on 22, after facing 56 balls
and striking four fours in the team total of 256 for 3 in 74
overs.
With four more sessions left in the match, a strong
batting line-up to follow and the wicket showing no signs of
having deteriorated, the home team would be fancying their
chances to leave this city on level terms. MORE PTI SSR
MYR


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