Virender Sehwag gave excellent starts in both innings of the second test between India and Sri Lanka at the Galle International Stadium, Sri Lanka. India bounce back after a humiliating defeat in the first test and beat the home team by 170 runs.

1. Second Test Galle 31 July - 04 August 2008

2. VENUE Galle International Stadium Galle

4. TOSS India won the toss. Elected to bat first

5. TEAMS

7. Fall Of Wickets India : First Innings 1/167 (Gautam Gambhir, 31.5 ov.), 2/173 (Rahul Dravid, 33.1 ov.), 3/178 (Sachin Tendulkar, 34.1 ov.), 4/178 (Saurav Ganguly, 34.6 ov.), 5/278 (VVS Laxman, 59.6 ov.), 6/290 (Dinesh Karthik, 63.5 ov.), 7/317 (Anil Kumble, 74.3 ov.), 8/318 (Harbhajan Singh, 75.4 ov.), 9/323 (Zaheer Khan, 78.4 ov.), 10/329 (Ishant Sharma, 81.6 ov.)

10. Fall Of Wickets Sri Lanka : First Innings 1/4 (Michael Vandort, 0.3 ov.), 2/137 (Malinda Warnapura, 34.5 ov.), 3/144 (Kumar Sangakkara, 36.6 ov.), 4/192 (Thilan Samaraweera, 52.3 ov.), 5/192 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 52.6 ov.), 6/250 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 74.2 ov.), 7/255 (Chaminda Vaas, 75.2 ov.), 8/291 (Mahela Jayawardene, 92.3 ov.), 9/291 (Ajantha Mendis, 92.5 ov.), 10/292 (Muttiah Muralitharan, 93.3 ov.)

13. Fall Of Wickets India : Second Innings 1/90 (Virender Sehwag, 19.3 ov.), 2/144 (Gautam Gambhir, 40.6 ov.), 3/200 (Sachin Tendulkar, 54.6 ov.), 4/200 (Rahul Dravid, 55.6 ov.), 5/221 (VVS Laxman, 62.3 ov.), 6/252 (Dinesh Karthik, 69.1 ov.), 7/255 (Saurav Ganguly, 69.6 ov.), 8/257 (Anil Kumble, 70.5 ov.), 9/257 (Ishant Sharma, 71.1 ov.), 10/269 (Harbhajan Singh, 76.2 ov.)

16. Fall Of Wickets Sri Lanka : First Innings 1/4 (Malinda Warnapura, 1.3 ov.), 2/5 (Kumar Sangakkara, 2.2 ov.), 3/10 (Mahela Jayawardene, 3.3 ov.), 4/37 (Michael Vandort, 19.6 ov.), 5/113 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 35.5 ov.), 6/130 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 42.4 ov.), 7/131 (Chaminda Vaas, 44.2 ov.), 8/132 (Nuwan Kulasekara, 45.6 ov.), 9/135 (Ajantha Mendis, 46.4 ov.), 10/136 (Muttiah Muralitharan, 47.3 ov.)

18. INDIA WON BY 170 RUNS RESULT

19. And the credit goes to…. Virender Sehwag (Man of the Match)

20. Series Level 1-1 Next Match Third Test 08 – 12 August 2008 Colombo, Sri Lanka